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Facebook has sold about $6.6 million worth of its shares to the investment fund GSV Capital Corp. as the company is believed to be preparing for an initial public offering next year. http://phys.org/news228491437.html Technology Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:51:02 EST news228491437 A study of the reaction by the United States stock market to international financial crises shows that small companies are often hit hardest, and the impact is above and beyond what would be expected given their exposure to global market factors. http://phys.org/news227878844.html Other Sciences Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:40:54 EST news227878844 (AP) -- Pandora Media Inc. sold its initial public offering of stock at $16 per share late Tuesday, fetching twice as much as the popular but unprofitable Internet radio service expected less than two weeks ago. http://phys.org/news227330915.html Technology Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:50:02 EST news227330915 (AP) -- Shares of Fusion-io, a maker of fast, chip-based "hard drives" for servers, are climbing in their market debut after the initial public offering priced above expectations. http://phys.org/news226837743.html Technology Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:29:24 EST news226837743 (AP) -- Digital coupon provider Coupons.com Inc. has received $200 million from undisclosed institutional investors, making it the latest Internet company to attract significant attention from the investor community. http://phys.org/news226813376.html Technology Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:43:07 EST news226813376 (PhysOrg.com) -- Haas professor Terrance Odean, who studies behavioral finance, finds that trading patterns involving previously owned stock are driven by a desire to avoid or at least limit anticipated regret. http://phys.org/news226125158.html Other Sciences Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:36:16 EST news226125158 Career networking website LinkedIn opened its Asian headquarters in Singapore on Tuesday, part of a plan to tap the region's large pool of professionals. http://phys.org/news226033076.html Technology Tue, 31 May 2011 03:58:17 EST news226033076 (AP) -- An online payment system founded by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group was granted a government license, the company said Thursday, following an ownership change that rattled investors in partner Yahoo Inc. http://phys.org/news225623958.html Technology Thu, 26 May 2011 10:19:34 EST news225623958 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz found herself in a familiar position Wednesday: assuring stock market analysts that she will clean up a mess damaging the long-slumping Internet company's market value. http://phys.org/news225548372.html Technology Wed, 25 May 2011 13:19:50 EST news225548372 LinkedIn's stock nearly doubled in its market debut Thursday because of huge investor demand for the first major U.S. social networking company to go public. http://phys.org/news225021915.html Technology Thu, 19 May 2011 11:07:48 EST news225021915 (AP) -- LinkedIn priced its IPO at $45 per share to set up the first stock market debut among a fraternity of Internet networking services that's captivating investors. http://phys.org/news224958709.html Technology Wed, 18 May 2011 17:31:59 EST news224958709 Investors are clamoring to connect with the online networking service LinkedIn Corp. in the latest sign of the fervor for Internet companies that specialize in bringing together people with common interests. http://phys.org/news224843367.html Technology Tue, 17 May 2011 09:29:43 EST news224843367 (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is bracing for weaker financial results this year as it overhauls its services business to undo what its CEO described as years of neglect under his predecessor. http://phys.org/news224840150.html Technology Tue, 17 May 2011 08:36:13 EST news224840150 These days a bad credit score will get you turned away by a bank, but if you tell a good story about that score, you can improve your chances of getting a microloan from a peer-to-peer lender, according to new research from Rice University and the University of Delaware. http://phys.org/news224782050.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 May 2011 16:27:52 EST news224782050 China's top online dating site, Jiayuan, is seeking to raise nearly $78 million with an initial public offering on Wall Street on Wednesday. http://phys.org/news224305664.html Technology Wed, 11 May 2011 04:08:02 EST news224305664 (AP) -- AOL's first-quarter net income fell sharply as advertising and subscription revenue declined. http://phys.org/news223714654.html Technology Wed, 04 May 2011 07:57:44 EST news223714654 If I knew how to pick stocks, which I don't, that information might stay under my hat. But I will tell you about a new smartphone application that, according to its creator, provides more than the usual stock charts for making investment decisions. http://phys.org/news223617422.html Technology Tue, 03 May 2011 05:30:01 EST news223617422 A longtime exporter of raw materials and a hub for foreign investors, Brazil is now seeking capital for cutting-edge research in oil and information technology. http://phys.org/news222406610.html Technology Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:00:03 EST news222406610 (PhysOrg.com) -- Stock analysts' earnings forecasts for companies with hard-to-read annual financial reports are more informative, but less accurate, say University of Michigan researchers. http://phys.org/news222077596.html Other Sciences Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:13:48 EST news222077596 Shares in Deutsche Telekom soared more than 10 percent on Monday as investors welcomed the planned sale of the German firm's T-Mobile USA unit to AT&T in a $39-billion deal. http://phys.org/news219913417.html Technology Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:04:09 EST news219913417 Improved financial reporting at private firms benefits not only potential outside investors but will help the firm make better business decisions for itself too, says a new study. http://phys.org/news219318559.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:49:37 EST news219318559 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of Notre Dame business professors continue to be recognized for their research that examines the correlation between Google search frequency and investor attention. http://phys.org/news217698128.html Other Sciences Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:42:19 EST news217698128 China's Renren, which started out as a Facebook clone, is eyeing a US listing that could make it the first social networking site to go public, a report said Monday. http://phys.org/news217482537.html Technology Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:00:03 EST news217482537 Microblogging sensation Twitter has discussed the prospect of acquisition with Internet titans Google and Facebook, the Wall Street Journal said Thursday. http://phys.org/news216543161.html Technology Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:40:03 EST news216543161 The US computer-based investment branch of the French AXA group will pay $242 million in compensation and fines after hiding a program glitch that cost investors millions, the SEC said Thursday. http://phys.org/news215970700.html Technology Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:51:56 EST news215970700 Yahoo Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled, but the Internet company's crumbling revenue showed that it's still struggling to cash in on the online advertising boom. http://phys.org/news215196660.html Technology Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:51:15 EST news215196660 (AP) -- Facebook said Friday it has raised $1 billion from non-U.S. investors, which combined with an infusion from Goldman Sachs and Russia's Digital Sky Technologies in December, brings the haul from its latest round of funding to $1.5 billion. http://phys.org/news214851605.html Technology Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:00:26 EST news214851605 For every powerhouse like Google, there are dozens of Internet companies that flop. Still, a decade after the dot-com bubble that burst, there is no shortage of investors trying to get a piece of the next online blockbuster. http://phys.org/news214769029.html Technology Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:40:01 EST news214769029 While savvy investors might say that a stock’s value is the determining factor for how much they’re willing to pay, Pitt researchers have shown that recent price trends and other aspects unrelated to a stock’s value are important in determining the price investors actually pay. http://phys.org/news214493991.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:40:02 EST news214493991 In a controversial move deemed either shrewd or unfair -- depending on whom you ask -- investment firm Goldman Sachs recently invested $450 million in the high-profile, world-changer Facebook. The deal provides Facebook with the cash to make more Friends, while Goldman investors get the privilege of investing, without public disclosure, as much as $1.5 billion in a private company that's made investors' mouths water for years. http://phys.org/news214222832.html Technology Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:21:01 EST news214222832