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Nvidia to Return $1 Billion to Shareholders, Largely Through Stock Buyback
Nvidia Corp. plans to return $1 billion to shareholders this fiscal year, largely through a share buyback program including the repurchase of $100 million in stock this quarter.Voices
Sharp Faces Dwindling Financing Options
Japan’s Sharp Corp. is trying to find new sources of capital ahead of key looming financing deadlines. But the electronics maker’s options have shrunk, as management has told potential funders it doesn’t want to relinquish control of key decisions, while rebuffing demands from creditors that it shed core assets.Read the Letter Launching the Campaign to Unseat Three HP Directors
Demands include cutting ties with Ernst & Young.
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LivingSocial Gets a Much-Needed $110 Million Boost
LivingSocial Inc. recently raised $110 million from existing investors, giving its coffers a much needed boost after the daily-deals company’s 2012 losses widened by 30 percent last year.When Mayer Called Yahoo’s Mobile Revenue “Nascent,” She Wasn’t Kidding (And Here’s the Actual Number She Left Out)
The Silicon Valley Internet giant makes a paltry $125 million in annual mobile revenue. Can the new CEO turn that around?
Time Warner Dumps Time Inc., and Wall Street Loves It
Even if the Meredith deal doesn’t go through — and it should — Jeff Bewkes is out of the magazine business. Investors are partying like it’s 2007.
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Zynga’s Stock Drops Nearly 12 Percent as Investors Cash Out
Zynga’s stock lost some of its gains in the new year today, sliding nearly 12 percent, or 43 cents, to $3.24 a share. There didn’t appear to be any specific reason for the drop, other than investors were taking advantage of the recent run-up to sell the stock (trading volume was three times higher than normal). The game company’s COO David Ko and CFO Mark Vranesh appeared at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference this afternoon, where they mostly reiterated the company’s fourth-quarter results.Kamcord Gets Backing From Top Investors to Record Mobile Game Play
Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and Tencent are just three of the investors backing a small San Francisco start-up called Kamcord.
Apple Investors Return to Senses After Brief Moment of Insane Insanity
“The sell-off in Apple’s stock over the past eight weeks has gotten to the point of being ‘insanely insane.’”
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Tech Cash Pours Into Food Start-Ups
There is a frothy new deal in Silicon Valley, and it gives a taste of where some investors are pouring money these days.Partner Advertisement
