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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8 at 9:55 am PT
Caesars Entertainment stock popped 82 percent on the first day of its public offering, trading at $16.39 a share. The Las Vegas company sold only 1.8 million shares, at a price of $9 each. Caesars, known for its casinos, is also betting on new online initiatives, such as social and real-money gaming. The IPO will provide an exit for some of its investors, who paid $28 billion to take it private four months ago. Because of its debt balance of $22 billion, some analysts view the deal as unattractive.
Ina Fried in News on January 17 at 12:04 pm PT
At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show,
AllThingsD got some hands-on time with the Lytro, a camera whose “living pictures” can be endlessly refocused.
Lauren Goode in News on January 11 at 4:57 pm PT
Inside the CES Lost & Found booth, the iPhone is the hot ticket — among other … non-tech-related items.
Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret in News on January 10 at 10:38 pm PT
Walt and Katie walk the CES floor, and find less “newness” at this year’s event, noting that the absent Apple looms over the show.
Lauren Goode in News on January 7 at 1:00 pm PT
One thing the annual Consumer Electronics Show is known for, electronics aside, is the smattering of celebrities roped into tech-product promotions.
John Paczkowski in News on November 30, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT
Dell is scaling back its presence at the annual trade show — drastically.
Kara Swisher in D at CES on January 21, 2011 at 3:44 pm PT
As promised, after posting highlights last week, here’s the full video from an interview with Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang at our
D@CES event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The chipmaker exec talked a lot about how mobile is about to see super-duper-duper smartphones and more.
Kara Swisher in D at CES on January 19, 2011 at 9:17 am PT
As promised, after posting highlights last week, here’s the full video from an interview Walt Mossberg did with Microsoft Internet Explorer head Dean Hachamovitch at our
D@CES event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The browser chieftain talked a lot about privacy, as you can see from Hachamovitch’s latest shirt motto.
