Valuation
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Samsung's market value approaches Intel's
News In 2002 it surpassed Sony, and now some analysts expect Samsung to surpass Intel in market valuation in a year or so.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Memory Chip, TV, Market Capitalization, semiconductor, Sony Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., handset
Apple's cash conundrum
News news analysis Its stash may soon be bigger than Microsoft's. But should all those billions continue to lie dormant?
Tags: Mac OS, Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., marketing, bank, valuation, managing director, revenue
Apple shares drop 17.5 percent
News The company's shares experience a sharp dropoff in early morning trading, after Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets downgrade the stock.
Tags: Mac OS, Personal Computers, Apple Inc., Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, Apple Macintosh, Stock, earnings per share, unit growth, Environment
Another US$100 million for Twitter?
News Private equity firm T. Rowe Price and VC group Insight Venture Partners are leading the round, which will value the company at around US$1 billion, says report.
Tags: Web 2.0, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., Dashboard, analytics, TechCrunch, founder, valuation, Wall Street Journal, mutual fund, Web 2.0
Research: Twitter has yet to grow into valuation
News Company is worth significantly less than US$1 billion, one company surmises. That's in part because the effectiveness of its possible business plan is still up in the air.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, revenue strategy, Twitter Inc., advertisement, revenue, Web 2.0, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., API, research company
Twitter hits 5 billion tweets
News Twitter hits landmark tweet amid recent explosion of mainstream and celebrity use of the microblogging service.
Tags: Twitter Inc., dot-com, Bay Area, San Francisco, co-founder, valuation
Twitter on the verge of big search deals?
News Microsoft and Google are separately talking to the company about potentially licensing its massive amounts of real-time data to supplement search results, new report says.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Data Management, Data mining & analysis, Facebook, Google Inc., Twitter Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp., revenue
Israel's high-tech IPO market falls flat in '08
News The country didn't see a single high-tech initial public offering last year, a first since 2003.
Tags: Mergers, IPO, high-technology company, Israel, technology company, CEO, leader, valuation, venture-capital fund, merger
Facebook ousts CFO Gideon Yu
News Facebook confirmed that CFO Yu will be leaving the company. Now the big question is, why?
Tags: Human resources, CFO, IPO, GAAP, Gideon Yu, Gideon, EBITDA, Facebook, financial, valuation
Motorola's fourth-quarter loss hits US$3.6B
News Trouble in the company's Mobile Devices segment was a significant factor in the loss. Overall revenue of US$7.1 billion was down 26 percent year-on-year.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Handhelds, Smart phones, Mobile, Motorola Inc., Mobile Device, Sales, Forecasting, financial
Facebook stock for sale
News Top execs at the social network are selling shares--at prices far lower than the site's once-vaunted US$15 billion valuation.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Employee, Google Inc., Stock, venture capital, social networking, software, Facebook, valuation
Intel investing US$20M in business social-net firm
News Already a client of Telligent, Intel is infusing the software company with millions to expand its reach and sales team.
Tags: Investments, Venture capital, Business applications, Intel Corp., Advertisement, Dallas, Associated Press, software, Visa Inc., marketing
Yahoo 12-month price target cut
News Wall Street analyst trims company's 12-month price target to US$24 a share. Meanwhile, Yahoo's stock dips as low as US$17.25 in early morning trading.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Paid Search, Advertisement, antitrust, valuation, shareholder, U.S.
Playdom exec: Social gaming to look 'a lot more like Hollywood'
News After raising US$43 million in venture funding and acquiring two smaller companies, it's no surprise that Playdom's days of running like a Web start-up are numbered.
Tags: Games, Networking technology, Facebook, Green Patch, CBS Interactive Inc., game company, entertainment, Electronic Arts Inc., valuation, Hollywood
Tech M&A spending takes steep hit in third quarter
News Tech mergers and acquisitions fell by a third in the September quarter, fueled by credit tightening and havoc on Wall Street, according to a report by The 451 Group.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Quarter, Google Inc., M&A, technology company, financial, financial analyst, bank, valuation
