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Facebook creates dual class structure; No plans for IPO yet

Facebook has created a dual class structure that could be seen as a move to lay the groundwork for an initial public offering. However, the company said there are "no plans to go public at this time." by Larry Dignan

Tags: Facebook, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Scary study on how lack of IPOs is harming US economy

The cart before the horse?With low skilled/educated labor and low negative savings rate, I don't think the ingredients for a fundamental rebound exist in the US. I guess Wall Street would like to continue to be able to fleece us, but hopefully, being taken once is enough for most investors....

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, economic destruction, same policy, IPO, carbon tax, USSR, socialist

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Scary study on how lack of IPOs is harming US economy

A new study proposes sweeping changes in stock market regulations to help drive new IPOs and catch up with Asian markets... by Tom Foremski

Tags: Stock, Stock Market, IPO, Investment, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-11-06

The paper chase: Intralinks calculator tracks paper saved, emissions diverted

Intuitively speaking, your team KNOWS that it could probably save a lot of money AND get greener by converting some information-sharing processes that have traditionally been paper-based think initial public offering prospectus or mega legal documents into a digital variant. IntraLinks, which has been looking for ways...

Tags: IntraLinks Inc., IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion

YayI've always been a big fan of Newegg. Great company. I'll probably drop a few hundred once their stock is available for public purchase.they are really dominating hubbies computer purchases on the interneti have been using them for almost 90% of my electronics purchases especially computer hardwareBest Customer...

Tags: Investment, Financial Planning, PRODUCTIVITY, Newegg.com, IPO

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion

Online electronics retailer Newegg is going public, launching an IPO estimated at $175 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The retailer has largely been focused on IT products such as hardware, software and peripherals since its launch in 2001 but recently...

Tags: Information Technology, Retail Company, Newegg.com, Retail, IPO, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-28

What does staid T. Rowe Price see in Twitter?

Twitter is reportedly close to raising $100 million in funding at a valuation approaching $1 billion. According to the Wall Street Journal Twitter may get the new funding from as many as seven investors. Tech Crunch reported that Twitter was going to be valued at $1 billion....

Tags: Twitter Inc., T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, Investment, IPO, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Financial Services, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Yahoo's sale of Alibaba.com stake opportunistic

There's a fair amount of hubbub about Yahoo's decision to sell its stake in Alibaba.com, but it's really just an opportunistic trade. Reuters notes that Yahoo is selling its entire 1.14 stake in Alibaba.com, China's B2B e-commerce giant, to net about $150 million. The move makes sense...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Alibaba.com, IPO, B2B, Investment, Taxes, Financial Planning, Financial Services, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Hey, baby, have I got a deal for you

Cayman Islands tax protection. An office in Houston, Texas. Run by a veteran of the Enron successes. Sound like a Hollywood plot? Nope, just a verrrrry rich IPO for the old energy crowd. Nearlya billion dollars expected to be captured. It's the IPO of AEI, Ashmore...

Tags: Natural Gas, AEI, IPO, Taxes, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Investment, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-19

News to know: Intel, Skype IPO, Microsoft netbooks, EMC

News to know: Intel, Skype IPO, Microsoft netbooks, EMCdeeplow Blue ray DVD Ripper///Blu ray DVD Burner

Tags: Financial Planning, Investment, Storage, Skype IPO, Microsoft-netbook, EMC Corp., IPO, Skype Technologies S.A., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

LogMeIn's IPO: The VCs made money. Will you?

LogMeIn's IPO: The VCs made money. Will you?This SMB ...... uses windows Remote Desktop and is investigating Direct Access in W7. No money left for addons when the OS does the job.That's fine if you have the capacity and ability to forward portsBut for me there are times when I...

Tags: Firewalls, Domain names, Network security, NETWORKING, SECURITY, DNS name, firewall, LogMeIn IPO, DNS, LogMeIn, IPO

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

LogMeIn's IPO: The VCs made money. Will you?

LogMeIn, which offers on demand remote access software, goes public today at $16 a share and is getting a nice round of applause from the folks following the venture capital world. After all, LogMeIn raised $107.2 million or so in a stock market that stinks. LogMeIn shares...

Tags: LogMeIn, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, IPO, Financial Services, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Facebook hires former Genentech exec as CFO

Facebook today announced the hiring of David Ebersman, the former executive vice president and chief financial officer CFO of Genentech, as the company's chief financial officer. He won't join the company until September. Techmeme Back in March, the company started the search for a new CFO before...

Tags: Facebook, Genentech Inc., CFO, Real Estate, Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, IPO, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Services, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Facebook snares $200 million investment from Russian investor

updated: Facebook said Tuesday that it has raised $200 million from Digital Sky Technologies DST, a Russian investment group. The deal gives values Facebook at $10 billion. In a statement, Facebook noted the following: Digital Sky gets preferred stock for a 1.96 percent stake...

Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Investor, Investment, IPO, Finance, Financial Services, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Time Warner: AOL's revenue slide continues; We plan to buy Google's 5% AOL stake

Updated: Time Warner's first quarter was weighed down by its AOL unit, which saw revenue fall 23 percent. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes reiterated that the company is looking for "the right ownership structure for AOL" and the company plans to buy back a 5 percent stake owned by Google. ...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Company, IPO, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Benchmarks part 1: Pre-K through 5

Despite constant brushfires and spending too much time on scheduling and database issues, I've been giving a lot of thought to a comprehensive, K-12 technology curriculum. With such a unified approach to teaching and integrating technology in our classes, teachers at each level would be able to expect certain...

Tags: Student, Teacher, Computer, Productivity, Internet, Transportation, IPO, Financial Services, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Yahoo's Bartz: "No comment" on Microsoft deal (but maybe a hint)

updated: Yahoo's earnings announcement - the actual financial numbers, that is - seems to be more of a formality these days. In a call with analysts today, CEO Carol Bartz made references to outsourcing or partnering pieces of Yahoo's business as the company rethinks its strategy under her leadership. Can...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Managed Hosting, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, IPO, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Financial Services, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Dear Facebook: If Rosetta Stone can go public so can you

Facebook is reportedly in the market for more funding at a valuation of either $2 billion or $4 billion and neither is all that palatable when you did a Microsoft deal valuing the social networking company at $15 billion.  Perhaps Facebook should just skip this round and...

Tags: Facebook, Wilson, IPO, Investment, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Planning, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-16

eBay: We're spinning Skype off in an IPO

eBay: We're spinning Skype off in an IPOI think it will back fire.Trying to to strong arm a potential buyer with the threat of an IPO in this economy is not going to be much of a threat. I can't imagine many people wanting to buy Skype stock given...

Tags: Financial Planning, Investment, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IPO

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Skype could be bought before any IPO; Gauging valuation

Analysts were busy Wednesday figuring out what Skype would be worth as a public company---$1.5 billion to $2 billion seems to be the consensus---but few prognosticators ever expect to hit the stock exchange. Why? Another entity will buy Skype before it goes public.  EBay on Tuesday announced...

Tags: Valuation, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-15