News tagged with capitalization
Study Shows Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlanta is poised to become the nation’s poster child for how to kill off a burgeoning industry. A new study by professors at Georgia Tech reveals that the city’s reputation as a high technology ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Twitter to raise $100 mln in new funding: WSJ
Twitter is close to raising up to 100 million dollars in new funding in a deal which values the hot micro-blogging service at one billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Sep 24, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale
The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.
Sep 18, 2009 |
3 / 5 (1) |
0
Skype founders file lawsuit against eBay
(AP) -- A company owned by the founders of Skype has filed a copyright infringement suit against the Internet phone service and parent eBay Inc. - an action that could crimp eBay's plans to sell Skype for about $2 billion ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Fewer players in wireless could rein in price cuts
(AP) -- How many wireless carriers do we need? It's a question that's popping up again as T-Mobile USA is said to be looking at buying Sprint Nextel Corp.
Sep 14, 2009 |
not rated yet |
2
Private exchange to aid startups seeking more cash
(AP) -- Since June, a Web site called SharesPost has been helping a small pool of qualified buyers and sellers trade shares in fast-growing startups that have not yet gone public. Now, the private stock exchange is hoping ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
eBay to sell Skype to investor group, to retain 35 pct stake (Update)
Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars.
Sep 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Yahoo investors unimpressed with Microsoft deal
An Internet search and advertising partnership that Yahoo Inc. struck with Microsoft Corp. last month has so far failed to inspire the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's investors.
Aug 30, 2009 |
1 / 5 (1) |
0
At Singularity University, tech is seen as savior
(AP) -- Chatter about ensuing plans permeates any graduation, though it's not common for the talk to surround which class projects will receive venture capital funding.
Aug 28, 2009 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
2
Andreessen fund's 1st investment has familiar ring
(AP) -- A new fund managed by Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen and his longtime confidant Ben Horowitz is treading familiar ground with its first investment - a high-tech startup already tied to the two partners.
Aug 18, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Qwest 2Q profit up 18 pct on one-time tax savings
(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc.'s second-quarter earnings rose 18 percent because of one-time tax savings, even as revenue continued to slide as customers abandon landline telephones, the phone company said ...
Jul 29, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
China first out of global financial crisis, says leading expert
China is the first major economy to start emerging from the global economic crisis, according to Dr Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics at Washington DC. This ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
1
VC investments plunge 51 pct to $3.7 billion in 2Q
(AP) -- Venture capitalists cut their U.S. investments in half during the spring, the second-consecutive quarter to mark a more than 50 percent decline, leaving the money flowing to startups at the slowest trickle in 12 ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
NetApp claims victory in bidding for Data Domain
(AP) -- NetApp Inc. has claimed victory over EMC Corp. in a bidding battle for Data Domain Inc., a company whose products help cut unnecessary data storage.
Jun 04, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Study: Lack of capital not a 'death sentence' for start-ups
A new study from North Carolina State University is turning the conventional wisdom about technology start-up companies on its head, showing that ventures with moderate levels of undercapitalization can still be successful ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 02, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
