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Dude, Where’s My Facebook IPO Filing? (Ashton’s on Hold!)

Kara Swisher in News on February 1 at 5:50 am PT

Mr. Kutcher really wants to know what’s what this fine IPO-awaiting morning.

Is Facebook IPO on Track for Late May?

Kara Swisher in Social on January 16 at 1:31 am PT

With a click, with a shock, phone’ll jingle, door’ll knock, open the latch! Something’s coming, don’t know when, but it’s soon; Catch the moon, one-handed catch!

RIM Rumors Resurface

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 13 at 4:00 am PT

Rumors of a Research In Motion sale are swirling again.

IPO Watch: Facebook Hiring Brunswick to Help With Comms for Expected Public Offering

Kara Swisher in Media on January 6 at 4:36 pm PT

Let the Hunger, oops, PR games begin!

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Amazon May Miss Q4 Estimates, Despite Selling More Than One Million Kindles a Week

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 29, 2011 at 10:25 am PT

But maybe that is the problem. Amazon’s top-selling item this holiday season likely has a profit margin close to $0.

Workday Is Looking for Bankers to Help It Go IPO in 2012

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 23, 2011 at 4:22 am PT

The wait begins for one of the most anticipated IPOs of 2012.

Yahoo Intensifies Search for CEO (With Hulu’s Kilar as One Dream Unicorn Candidate)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

Wanted, one magical exec to work miracles against increasingly troublesome dragons. Ability to sparkle a plus.

Six Million Kindle Fires Sold in 2011? It Could Happen.

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 13, 2011 at 8:02 am PT

And it would surpass the iPad’s domestic sales in its first December quarter in 2010.

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Uber Gets Uber-Large Round of Funding for Mobile Car Service

Liz Gannes in News on December 7, 2011 at 8:31 am PT

Uber today announced it had raised $32 million in Series B funding from Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Bezos Expeditions, Benchmark Capital and others, and it also launched in its first European city, Paris. The 18-month-old company says it wants to be a “global transportation and logistics brand.” For now, it helps users hire and pay private luxury cars to drive them around.

Dropbox Lands $250 Million Funding Round (And Once Spurned Interest From Steve Jobs)

Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 18, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

Rare is the company that spurns the acquisitive interests of cash-rich Apple. Drew Houston, the founder of file-sharing start-up Dropbox, once did just that.