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Yahoo for Sale: Possible Bidders Circling — Including Marc Andreessen — as Board Pressure Mounts

in News on September 14, 2011 at 12:28 pm PT

As Yahoo’s board meets today to talk about what to do next, the unsettled situation at the Silicon Valley Internet giant might overtake them sooner than later.
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What Bad Economy? Three Big Silicon Valley VCs Poised to Haul in $2B in New Fund Raising.

in News on September 8, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Despite the bad economy, turbulent markets and lackluster venture returns of late, limited partners looking for an investment edge seem to still be adding more dough to the VC kitty.
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Finding the Scale of the Rest of the World Lacking, Early Designer Rejoins Facebook

in Social on February 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Aaron Sittig, who left Facebook after being the company’s lead designer for five years, is now back at the mother ship, having rejoined in January with the title “product architect.”

How to Win at Farmville: Bob Pittman’s Pilot Group Sells Zynga Shares

in Media on June 25, 2010 at 11:11 am PT

Zynga generates most of its revenue selling virtual goods for hit games like Farmville. And that has turned into real money for at least one of its investors.

Pre Sales May Be Slowing. Yes? Nooooooooo!

in News on July 24, 2009 at 3:23 pm PT

Now this is just getting silly. Pali Research says sales of the Palm Pre are slowing. RBC’s Mike Abramsky says they aren’t and claims 325,000 to 375,000 have been sold to date, ahead of his expectations. Jesup and Lamont analyst Kevin Dede says the device is plagued by high exchange/return rates of potentially 40 percent. Abramsky says it’s more likely between two and three percent. Who’s right? Who cares?
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Report: 2008 IPO Market Obviously Lousy

in News on December 11, 2008 at 5:40 am PT

With the economy in contraction and the stock market going all to hell, 2008 was not a good year for the IPO market. In fact, volumewise, it’s looking like it was one of the worst in the last 13 years. Global IPO activity has more than halved since 2007, according to Ernst & Young’s year-end Global IPO update.