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		<title><![CDATA[Smart! 2.3.1 (Mac)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=978807]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Collectors know they should keep track of their artworks. But who has the time? Smart! helps you document all of your artwork investments and includes the ability to record a wide range of data, far beyond the basics of medium, dimensions and date. Even keep track of the shifting value...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Analysis of Workday's capital infusion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=447]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Workday announced it had raised $75 million in Series E venture financing. The investors in this round included company founder Dave Duffield, Greylock Partners a firm Aneel Bhusri joined after his PeopleSoft days, as well as VC firm NEA Ventures. NEA is the new player in the mix. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:29:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Skype could be bought before any IPO; Gauging valuation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16376]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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.Â     EBay on Tuesday announced...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:33:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hedge Funds to Reconsider Administrators for Valuations and Risk Analytics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1178645]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The lingering credit crisis has surfaced issues for hedge funds that will have reverberations far into the future. The immediate impacts are already telling, for example in valuation. Hedge fund managers are being pushed as never before to provide greater transparency into the valuation of their portfolios. In addition, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Open source valuations remain birdseed]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3068]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The valuations offered are, frankly, birdseed. Mozilla brought in under $67 million, 85% from Google. Canonical, the sponsor of Ubuntu, still isn't profitable. SUSE Linux may book $110 million in revenue this year, Red Hat about $600 million. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:10:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[StockRazor by Ockham Research 1.0.1 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=661403]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[StockRazor by Ockham Research is the first app to give iPhone users access to fundamental research ratings on the go. Each week StockRazor generates up to 80 new stock ideas from Ockhams research universe of over 5,500 companies. Ockham Research utilizes a proven valuation methodology based on Benjamin Grahams teachings....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HomeCOST Estimator for Excel 6.00 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=656921]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a quick, easy and accurate way to create residential cost estimates? Home valuation? Applying for home refinance, home line of credit, home equity loan?  Try our award-winning cost estimating software, HomeCOST Estimator.  Features best of valuation estimating with advanced functions, customizable cost data, city cost adjustments...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The IT role in the mortgage meltdown]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1265]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IT did not have a major role in creating the current credit crisis - but a lot of IT people had the information needed to draw more attention to the risks the industry was incurring, and collectively what we did was nothing. by Paul Murphy]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:15:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does True Knowledge see value in distance from the bubble?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/semantic-web/?p=170]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The flurry of attention around yesterday's Microsoft/ Powerset news set me thinking once more about UK-based True Knowledge, which has been compared with Microsoft's latest acquisition.    TechCrunch UK's Mike Butcher reported last month that nameless venture capital firms were valuing True Knowledge at about Â£20million ($40million), and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:24:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Actuary Speeds Calculations by Factor of 10 With Windows-Based HPC Cluster]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=393711]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mercer, a global pension consulting firm, developed a new actuarial valuation system that required a sharp increase in numerical computations. By adopting High-Performance Computing HPC with Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, Mercer improved calculation speeds by a factor of 10. The new HPC system enhanced the functionality of Mercer's retirement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Silicon Alley Insider's startup index: Click bait? Nah. It's tip bait]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8645]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lists have never done much for me--especially financial lists. It's financial porn: Forbes' most wealthy people; the Fortune 500; 10 mutual funds you must have now and a few hundred other lists. And now Silicon Alley Insider has launched a startup valuation index that's bound to be a conversation starter....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:10:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can LinkedIn CEO's hot air inflate the company's valuation?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=41478&messageID=767708&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can LinkedIn CEO's hot air inflate the company's valuation?Why notIt's a Web 2.0 bonanza!  Everything must go!Why the hate on every social network?Jesus H. Christ, every day another ZDNet "news" article about how Facebook or LinkedIn sucks.  People find them useful and they're rampantly successful; what is the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can LinkedIn CEO's hot air inflate the company's valuation?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7165]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[LinkedIn CEO Dan Nye told Fortune that it would take a "helluva lot" more than $1 billion to get the company to sell.    Rumors have been flying about News Corp. being interested in LinkedIn, but the valuation could be sticky. Why not tell Fortune you're worth more,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:26:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Google: $900 price targets and the 'most basic element of Internet life']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=41179&messageID=762521&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Google: $900 price targets and the 'most basic element of Internet life'But wait!! But wait!!! This is all based on Linux and users do NOT likeLinux. It is only for nerds that use the command line and recompile the kernel.Silly in the extreme...I hope I am able to catch it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Growth Through Valuation and Acquisition of Intellectual Property in the Medical Device Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=972581]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The B&L/Acufocus case study raises an interesting question in terms of how the presbyopic patient market is defined. It should be obvious that B&L is a leading producer of eyeglasses and contact lenses, products that would compete against the Acufocus technology for market share. Yet B&L still apparently found Acufocus...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Countrywide Property Lawyers Grows and Achieves Competitive Advantage With Progress-Based Visualfiles Application]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=895177]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the UK's largest house sales and purchases conveyancer, it is critical that Countrywide Property Lawyers CPL has the ability to take advantage of market conditions to enable business growth while simultaneously meeting compliance regulations. CPL provides conveyancing services real estate legal transactions to nearly 1,100 estate agencies as well...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SaaS Summit reactions to Cisco buying WebEx]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11406-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=31385&messageID=580823&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SaaS Summit reactions to Cisco buying WebExGreat news for SaaS companiesPhill,This couldn't be better news for aspiring Startups looking to raise money for their SaaS offerings. Investors are always interested in good valuation propositions, and SaaS seems to carry a pretty premium. WebEx is not the first SaaS company to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real Option Valuation 1.0 (Mac)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=537747]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Real Option Valuation template encompasses a suite of option pricing tools to quantify the embedded strategic value for a range of investment scenarios. Traditional discounted cash flow investment analysis will only accept an investment if the returns on the project exceed the hurdle rate. While this is a worthwhile...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MySpace + Facebook = $14 billion?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it irresponsible of CEOs of public corporations to tout seemingly unattainable  valuations of corporate properties? Are corporate Directors harming the companies they advise by publicly declaring outsized self-valuations?Facebook board member Peter Thiel said last week: &ldquo;The sites college-aged users make it worth $8 billion or more, as much...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:00:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Glam.com Samir Arora on new media valuations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glam Media reflects an aspirational women&rsquo;s lifestyle experience, Samir Arora, chairman and founder, told me in announcing the company&rsquo;s $18.5 million series C venture capital funding earlier this week (see "Glam.coms fashionable $18.5 million").Arora also shared with me the aspirational business development &ldquo;story&rdquo; behind Glam Media, which he says is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:58:08 -0800</pubDate>
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