Tag Archives: Equity Financing

How a Harvard Prof’s Blog Post Slashes Blinkx Stock Price 21%

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Can one person move a stock? The answer depends on the person, the message, and the stock. In the case of Blinkx, a British online video and advertising company, the answer is Yes. For Blinkx, a...

Sheryl Sandberg Joins Youngest Women Billionaires As Facebook Soars

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In her book Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg detailed her negotiations with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg as she was being scouted for the position of chief operating officer. Poised to become the...

AT&T Says no to Vodafone Purchase

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Rumors have been circulating for a while that AT&T was looking to purchase European wireless company Vodafone. Talk of an AT&T purchase first began to surface when Vodafone sold off its...

Ahead of the Bell: Twitter downgraded

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Twitter falls in premarket trading as analyst cuts rating on lofty stock price NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Twitter fell in premarket trading Wednesday with another analyst cut his rating...
    






The Impact Of Facebook’s Secondary Stock Offering

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Facebook is planning a follow-on stock offering of 70 million shares. The company will issue 27 million new shares and another 43 million shares will be sold by certain stock holders including...
    






The Biggest Career Breakthroughs Of 2013

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After publishing my roundup of the biggest career crashes of 2013—I started looking for politicians, athletes, movie stars and corporate executives who experienced the complete opposite: an...
    






Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly Dumped Big Pile of Shares To Pay for Divorce

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Hubert Joly became the new CEO of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy about a year ago. Today he makes headlines as the Best Buy revealed that he sold over 450,000 shares to pay for the divorce...

Kabam Now Valued at $700 Million After Employees Sale Common Stock

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Kabam, after a sale of $38.5 million in former workers’ common stock, ended up worth a hefty $700 million. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, the company is not keeping any of the money....

Apple Leads U.S. Smartphone Market Share Again

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comScore, Inc. issued its latest report for three months average of smartphone market shares ending April 2013. Apple is still on top as manufacturer for smartphone OEM market share. First position...
    


Verizon Wireless Vodafone Stake’s $100 Billion Bid

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The famous company, Verizon already has a 55% share in Verizon Wireless. But now it is sure to go up to 100% with the rumors of a new bid of $100 billion for full ownership. Bankers and lawyers have...