3 posts and columns on risk factors

Salesforce.com Honored With Rare Microsoft Patent-Infringement Suit

in News on May 19, 2010 at 3:07 am PT

In a January Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Salesforce.com listed among its risk factors “a communication from a large technology company alleging that we were infringing upon some of their patents.” The company didn’t identify the source of that communication or the extent of its allegations, only that the two were in discussions and no litigation had yet been filed. Well, on Tuesday litigation was filed–by Microsoft.

The OpenTable Binge and Purge

in News on May 25, 2009 at 1:31 pm PT

For a company whose business is built on the recession-brutalized fine-dining industry, OpenTable’s IPO last week was impressive. Must have made for quite a windfall for the company’s larger investors. Especially those who took the opportunity to dump their stakes in their entirety.
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Sirius Subscribership Injured in Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy Pile-Up

in News on May 11, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

If you thought the decline in subscribers posted by Sirius XM Radio in its first quarter was ugly, you ain’t seen nothing yet. With the souring economy weighing heavy on the auto industry–a mainstay of Sirius’s business–and partner Chrysler navigating bankruptcy, the struggling company is bracing itself for continued subscriber losses in its second quarter.
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