55 posts and columns on regulator

Is Facebook IPO on Track for Late May?

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

in Media on January 6 at 4:36 pm PT

Let the Hunger, oops, PR games begin!
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Yahoogle Redux? Why “Project Porcupine” Means Someone Is Definitely Going to Lose an Eye This Time.

in News on October 25, 2011 at 6:07 am PT

How do you hug a porcupine? Very carefully.
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As Skype Skips Through Approvals — What’s the Deal With the Deal?

in Media on October 11, 2011 at 12:50 pm PT

As the deal officially closes, what’s next?
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As U.S.-Listed China Internet Stocks Dive, Renren CEO Smacks Alibaba on the Way Down (And Gets Smacked Back)

in News on October 2, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

As Chinese Internet exec Joe Chen of Renren snipes at a competitor there, there’s a bigger problem for that country’s Web companies.
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Google Calls Justice Department Second Request on Motorola Deal “Pretty Routine” (If Four Percent Is Routine)

in News on September 29, 2011 at 4:31 am PT

The acquisitive search giant plays the odds again in Washington, D.C., with handset purchase.
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Loeb on Yahoo Board: I’ve Looked at Clowns From Both Sides Now

in Media on September 15, 2011 at 2:17 am PT

Hedge fund tough guy Daniel Loeb unloads on Yahoo, after it hung up on him. With more than five percent of the company — big mistake. Biiiiiig mistake.
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Motoogle: BOOM! The Mobile Business Just Got Completely Blown Up

in Mobile on August 15, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Things that make you go “Boom!!!”: Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola.
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Exclusive: Groupon Will Dump Controversial ACSOI Accounting in Amended IPO Filing

in Commerce on August 5, 2011 at 2:49 pm PT

The social buying phenom is planning to bid goodbye — and good riddance — to its lightning rod of an accounting metric.
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Not So Much on Groupon IPO Delay, But SEC Scrutiny Still a Drag

in Commerce on July 27, 2011 at 11:51 am PT

The Groupon public offering is still on schedule, despite a CNBC report saying it is delayed, but it is also not without its bumps.
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Worried About IPO Filing Backlash, Groupon Surveys Consumer and Merchant Reaction

in Commerce, July 7, 2011 at 3:05 am PT

Former FCC Chairman to Be Top Cable Lobbyist

in News, March 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT

Should the Next Commerce Secretary Be a Tech Exec (or Would It Cause a Schmidtstorm?)

in News, March 8, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Warning: Oversharing Ahead, as Wall Street Bankers Start to Talk Up Web 2.0 IPOs

in News, January 18, 2011 at 2:50 pm PT

Demand Media Clears SEC and Prices IPO

in News, January 12, 2011 at 7:06 am PT

Even If It Had 500 Shareholders Today, Facebook Doesn’t Have to Disclose Financials Until Spring of 2012

in News, January 6, 2011 at 2:15 am PT

Demand Media's IPO–Which Won't Happen Until After the New Year Now–Depends on How It Accounts for Content

in News, December 23, 2010 at 5:21 am PT

Google's Groupon Offer: $5.3 Billion, With $700 Million Earnout

in News, November 29, 2010 at 10:58 pm PT

If Google Buys Groupon, It'd Be a Windfall for Investors, Bankers…and Regulators?

in News, November 29, 2010 at 5:33 am PT

AdobSoft? "Nonsense" on the Microsoft-Adobe Rumor (In Any Case, It'd More Likely Be GooDobe)

in News, October 7, 2010 at 10:01 pm PT

Happy Labor Day: Now, Chillax With Chad Vader, Mud Bogging and Cherry Cheesecake!

in News, September 3, 2010 at 8:19 pm PT

Google Says Pending Search Dominance in Japan Has Not Riled Regulators. But Maybe It Should.

in News, July 27, 2010 at 8:50 am PT

Digital's Deadliest Catch, Part One: The MicroHoo Search Integration Team's Nelson and Morrissey Speak!

in News, July 1, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

Feds' Hairy Eyeball on Digital Not Just for Silicon Valley: Comcast/NBC Deal Continues to Undergo Stop-Start Vetting

in News, June 25, 2010 at 7:48 am PT

Germany Questions Google’s Data “Mistake”

in News, May 18, 2010 at 3:59 am PT