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EBay Acquires Berlin-Based brands4friends for $200 Million

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 20, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

It’s been a busy shopping season for eBay, which has made its third acquisition in as many weeks.

EBay Acquires Mobile App Developer Critical Path

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 15, 2010 at 11:57 am PT

EBay has acquired Critical Path Software, the developer that has built some of eBay’s most popular mobile applications.

Exclusive: Silicon Valley Go-To Guy Peter Currie Joining Twitter Board

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2010 at 3:53 am PT

According to sources close to the situation, well-known Silicon Valley power player Peter Currie is joining the board of directors of Twitter. It’s an interesting choice to bring the well-regarded moneyman to the microblogging start-up, and could indicate an intent to push to an IPO eventually. With much hot start-up experience, Currie is also suited to helping Twitter sort through its current funding round.

Meet Peter Currie, Facebook's New Money Man (For Now)

Kara Swisher in News on April 1, 2009 at 7:11 am PT

Back in the heyday, Peter Currie was the money man to see in Silicon Valley. As CFO of Netscape Communications, he led the famed browser start-up into history, as the first great Internet rocket ship, when it went public on Aug. 9, 1995. Rising to insane levels, the stock was ground zero of the Internet gold rush, despite the fact that it had no profits to speak of. But it did have a 23-year-old co-founder and tech wunderkind in Marc Andreessen and a growth trajectory that was astounding. If you think it sounds somewhat similar to Facebook today–where Currie will now help out as temporary financial adviser after the social-networking site parted ways with its CFO, Gideon Yu, yesterday–you are correct.