News tagged with capitalization

Facebook deflates any thought of new tech bubble

The horrendous stock market debut for Facebook suggests investors are not ready to jump in and create another tech bubble despite big expectations for social media, analysts say.

Technology / Business

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook windfall to help California fill budget hole

Facebook's initial public offering will make lots of its staff in California rich -- and should therefore help the perennially cash-strapped state fill a whopping $16 billion budget hole.

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

California leads green tech funding, reduces greenhouse emissions

California has had remarkable success in developing and deploying clean technology, using it to help fuel the state's economic rebound and drive its effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions, even as its population continues ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Effective knowledge transfer and creation promote internationalisation in SMEs

In small and medium-sized companies, investments in knowledge transfer and creation promote internalisation. Knowledge is transferred both through internal and external transfer, i.e. between the various actors within the ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Venture capital investments fall 19 percent in 1Q

(AP) -- Funding for startups fell 19 percent in the first three months of the year, as cautious venture capitalists funneled less money into fewer deals.

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created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Science lacking on whether death penalty deters murder

Scientific research to date provides no useful conclusion on whether the death penalty reduces or boosts the murder rate, said a report by the US National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 19

Apple market value hits $600B

(AP) -- Apple, already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Beyond GDP: Experts preview 'Inclusive Wealth' index

Brazil and India pay a high price for rapid economic growth, according to experts speaking at a major international meeting in London, Planet Under Pressure.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Apple's stock closes above $600 for first time

Apple's stock closed above $600 for the first time Monday, the same day the company announced plans to reward shareholders with a dividend and a share buyback program.

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Apple stock tops $600 day before new iPad release

Apple Inc.'s stock touched $600 for the first time, the day before the company's latest iPad goes on sale.

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created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Zynga holders plan to sell up to $400M in stock

Zynga shareholders may sell up to $400 million of stock through a public offering, three months after the online game maker went public, to try to avoid a drop in its stock price.

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created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple to add 3,600 jobs at new $304M Texas campus

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is investing $304 million in a new campus and more than doubling its workforce in the Texas capital, boosted by a $21 million incentive from a state fund designed to attract high-tech companies, Gov. Rick ...

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Virdia gets $100 million to start cellulose ethanol plant

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite calls for finding alternatives to using corn to make biofuel, the United States currently has no such commercial biomass-to-sugar processing plants able to do so. That may soon change ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Canadian farmers trust regulated dairy industry

Canada's response to the "milk wars" in the United States in the 1970s was to establish a supply management system that both protects and restricts the income of its dairy farmers. A University of Illinois study examined ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Venture capital managers affect firms' success, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Corporate venture capital investment strategies, goals and outcomes vary greatly depending on the background of the investment manager, a new University of California, Davis, study shows.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0