10 posts and columns on invest

Facebook Finances Focus of Bloomberg TV Tonight

in Social on January 5, 2011 at 10:36 am PT

When companies file normal IPOs, they go into quiet periods. But there has been nothing quiet about the latest financing behind Facebook. Tonight, an hour-long special on the topic will air on Bloomberg TV, featuring interview clips from key investor Yuri Milner along with commentary on the controversial Goldman Sachs investment.

He's Back! Bebo Founder Michael Birch Reinvests in His Old Company

in Media on December 9, 2010 at 7:01 am PT

See? You can go home again! And if your old home has significantly depreciated since you last saw it, you could even put some money back into it.

The eMoney Ribbon Cutting

in Commerce on December 1, 2010 at 5:28 am PT

Welcome to the grand opening of eMoney. I’m Tricia Duryee, one of the latest additions to All Things Digital. You may know me from the three years I spent at mocoNews, where I wrote about the mobile industry, or before that, as a technology reporter at the Seattle Times. Going forward, I’ll write about e-commerce and gaming.

CEO: SecondMarket Is a Return to Old-Fashioned Investing

in Social on November 9, 2010 at 5:01 am PT

Today’s stock markets have “a casino-type mentality” driven by factors like the rise of automated trading and shorter-term average holding periods. People don’t take the time to do research and really get to know a company before they invest in it, in the opinion of SecondMarket founder and CEO Barry Silbert. He thinks SecondMarket–best known for its facilitation of trading of private tech company stock–is a way to bring back a human touch. SecondMarket doesn’t necessarily replace an IPO. But for companies like Facebook, LinkedIn and eSolar, SecondMarket trading slots into a pre-IPO dead zone driven by the longer average time to a public offering–now something like 8.8 years.

News Byte

Intel Cuts Ribbon on Billion-Dollar Plant in Vietnam

in News on October 29, 2010 at 10:20 am PT

In Ho Chi Minh City today, Intel officially opened what CEO Paul Otellini called “the largest and most sophisticated assembly test facility in Intel’s global manufacturing network.” The $1 billion plant began cranking up in June, making chipsets for mobile devices. Just Tuesday, Otellini presided over the opening of another big Asian investment–a $2.5 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dalian, China. In a pre-emptive defense against criticism for exporting jobs, the chip giant said last week it planned to invest between $6 billion and $8 billion on future generations of manufacturing technology in its U.S. facilities.

Latest Check Shows Insufficient Venture Funds

in News on July 12, 2010 at 11:51 am PT

The “Darwinian contraction” in the venture capital industry continues with no end in sight. A joint study released today by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters found that VC firms in the U.S. raised just $1.9 billion in the second quarter of 2010. That’s a nasty 49 percent decline from the $3.7 billion they raised in the first quarter.

Sellaband Selling Bands, Again

in Media on February 26, 2010 at 5:21 am PT

Sellaband, the Dutch company that lets fans “invest” in musician’s albums, is back, after a brief dip into bankruptcy.

Google Back in a Buying Mood

in News on October 16, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

Some words of reassurance for econalypse-addled entrepreneurs worried about an exit strategy: Google really is in a buying mood again. Discussing the company’s latest earnings on a conference call Thursday, CEO Eric Schmidt said Google is looking for businesses to buy, perhaps even big ones.
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IBM: The "M" Stands for "Mobility"

in News on June 18, 2009 at 8:19 am PT

Between 2006 and 2011, IBM expects the number of mobile phone users to increase by 191 percent to approximately one billion. Little wonder then that the company is dedicating more resources to mobile services-related R&D.
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IBM: The “M” Stands for “Mobility”

in News on June 18, 2009 at 8:19 am PT

Between 2006 and 2011, IBM expects the number of mobile phone users to increase by 191 percent to approximately one billion. Little wonder then that the company is dedicating more resources to mobile services-related R&D.
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