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Citi Analyst Lures Hot Internet IPOs

in News on January 5 at 7:00 am PT

When real-estate website Zillow Inc. was looking for a Wall Street bank to lead its $80 million initial public offering in July, Citigroup Inc. rose to the top of the list.

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Afternoon Reading: Yahoo's Got That Urge to Merge Again

in News on May 21, 2009 at 2:06 pm PT

Yahoo isn’t just selling, it is looking to buy, too. The Internet web search and ad company’s chief technology officer, Ari Balogh, told the Reuters Global Technology Summit that Yahoo is looking to buy companies that will enable it to become a bigger player in social networking and revamp its family of products.

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Why Frontier Will Escape the Curse of the Verizon Deal

in News on May 15, 2009 at 6:55 am PT

Should Verizon Communications deals come with a warning label? In the past few years, the telecommunications company has been shedding slow-growth businesses as it focuses on its wireless and FiOS businesses. While the deals have served Verizon well, they haven’t worked out as well for those acquiring the assets–at least in three cases.