angel investing, crowd funding, internet, ipo, technology
The concept of business crowd funding appears to be gaining ground as IPOs continue to be delayed, with a lack of confidence in Wall Street, and the economy in general, being cited as reasons behind the reluctance to launch initial purchase offerings right now. It is estimated that more than three hundred public offerings, including IPOs by high-profile companies such as Zynga and Groupon, have been put on ice this year, with no indication of when that ice is likely to thaw. The combined capital these IPOs are hoping to raise exceeds $180 billion,...
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facebook, internet, investors, ipo, social media, twitter
When LinkedIn started trading on the New York Stock Exchange in May this year, speculation was rife that other social media companies would do the same. It had been seven years since Google went public, and investors appeared to be eager to enter the realms of uncharted territory presented by the social media sector of information technology. Other social media companies that were targets of speculation included Twitter, Groupon, Zynga and FaceBook. Certainly, LinkedIn's foray onto Wall Street generated a few surprises as its pre-IPO price climbed to $45, with...
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facebook, internet, linkedin, myspace, nasdaq, social media
Having paid $580 million to acquire MySpace in 2005, this week News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) offloaded the social networking site to Specific Media Inc. for approximately six percent of its original purchase price. Clearly satisfied with their rumored-to-be $35 million purchase, executives at Specific Media, backed by celebrity Justin Timberlake as a shareholder, intend to turn MySpace around and recapture the market share it has lost to other social media sites, most notably Facebook. In the wake of LinkedIn's recent phenomenal IPO which saw shares...
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internet, investment, investors, media, technology, telecommunications
Established in 1997 during what came to be known as the 'dotcom boom', or 'dotcom bubble', the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards highlight the outstanding success of US technology companies in an ever-evolving world of innovation. Run and moderated by renowned professional services provider Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, more commonly referred to and branded simply as Deloitte, the awards incorporate all areas of technology and include both private and public companies. Participants include everything from internet service providers, through to computer software and hardware providers,...
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competition, google, internet, microsoft, share prices, technology
Google’s stock responded positively to the announcement by the company that it is launching its own web browser. The new browser, called Chrome, will compete against Apple’s Safari, Mozilla’s Firefox and arch-rival Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The news of the launch follows hot on the heels of the release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 and is seen as a challenge to Microsoft’s long-held dominance of the market. Microsoft controls an estimated 70 percent of the browser market at present and Google’s new software opens up a whole new aspect of...
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analysts, internet, regulators, technology, telecommunications
Despite past market performance by Latin America’s largest mobile-phone company, America Movil, which until recently showed more than a twenty percent increase in customers, analysts are predicting that the financial quarter ended 30 June 2008 is likely to reveal the company’s worst quarterly stock performance in the past six years. It would seem that, in part, this situation can be attributed to the slowing down of subscriber growth as well as the possible intervention of regulators with regard to mobile call costs.
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business newspapers, internet, media
Why should we not carry a special on stock investing for airline pilots?
They have relatively short earning careers. They could be found medically unfit to fly any year. The poor guys are forced by the FAA to lie idle in hotels for days between flights. Wireless Internet makes them just right for online stock trading.
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business schools, earnings, gross margin, internet, nasdaq
Are you a DVD-hire junkie? Can you imagine life without a new movie every day? Or are you a multiplex die-hard? Will you come on-board when Netflix Incorporated (NASDAQ: NFLX) offers streaming video through the Internet. Do you believe in the Recreational Activities Industry stocks at all?
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