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Some More Inconvenient Truths (Including Spider Goats): Al Gore Talks About “The Future” at SXSW
Live from Austin, Texas, it’s the man who brought you the Internet. (Really, he did, along with others.)
Amazon Surges to New Highs on Expectation of Positive Holiday Report
Amazon’s fourth-quarter sales should be up as much as 30 percent year over year, or double the overall e-commerce market.
Go West, Young Geek: Chris Dixon on Why He Became a Silicon Valley VC at Andreessen Horowitz, and More! (Video)
If you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere.
News Byte
Insight Ventures Invests $53 Million in SR Labs, Electronic Trading Player
Insight Venture Partners announced today that it had made a $53 million investment in SR Labs, a company that builds high-performance electronic trading platforms. Founded in 2007, SR Labs serves clients that include hedge funds and investment banks, including Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan. Its specialty is data gathering and trade execution. Deven Parekh, managing director at Insight, and Martin Angert, a principal at the firm, will join SR Labs’ board of directors as part of the deal.News Byte
Kayak Prices Slightly Above Expectations at $26 a Share
Kayak has officially priced its initial public offering at $26 a share to raise $91 million, at a valuation of $1 billion. The online travel company was initially seeking to sell 3.5 million shares between $22 to $25 each. Trading is expected to begin Friday morning on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “KYAK.”Kayak Finally Set to Take the Plunge Into Uncertain Market
The online travel company hopes to raise as much as $100 million, to value it at nearly $1 billion.
Yahoo Stock’s Dead-Cat Bounce After Splashy CEO Pick — And Here Are the Slides Explaining Why
Not down is the new up? In the land of Yahoo, it is, indeed.
Voices
Nasdaq Points Up Regrets in Launching Facebook IPO
A senior Nasdaq Stock Market official told customers Tuesday afternoon that it would have pulled the plug on Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering had it known the full extent of the technical problems that plagued its systems.News Byte
Facebook Closes Down 11 Percent in Second Day of Trading
Shares of Facebook stock sank 4.2 points in their second day of trading on the Nasdaq, ending the day at $34.03, a somewhat expected downturn after a lackluster start last Friday. The stock opened at around ten percent under where it closed on Friday, most likely due to lack of underwriter support in propping prices up by exercising the “greenshoe” option.Zynga’s Stock Tanks After Facebook Fails to Pop
At least for now, we can expect Zynga’s and Facebook’s stocks to trade in lockstep, given their relationship status.