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Will Wall Street Heart AOL Today (Even if It Partied Hearty at the NYSE Last Night)?

Kara Swisher in News on December 10, 2009 at 12:48 am PT

This morning, after AOL execs ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, the latest chapter for the long-troubled Internet icon begins as it tries to convince Wall Street that this time will be the charm. AOL officially spins off from Time Warner when the markets open for trading on the NYSE, and the company’s execs have promised that things will now change for the better. And while having Diddy at the AOL party last night was pretty cool, investors will soon be the only real judge of that.

Twitter Investors Celebrate: The Paparazzi Proof!

Kara Swisher in News on September 28, 2009 at 9:30 am PT

Well, it’s not like Twitter’s investors are Britney Spears or anything, but somehow, the $1 billion valuation of Twitter deserves a BoomTown all-lenses-shooting response. Thus, the crack team at All Things Digital went all out in trying to capture one such investor in his true state. Click in to see photographic proof!