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Startup City Is Littered With Lost Billions In Investments: Here Are 6 Obits From 2017
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 - 11:36am | 973The first half of 2017 was a boulevard of broken dreams for a variety of startups that raised billions in capital, but only have ghostly, untended websites to show for it. The reasons are varied, including this one: If the long-feared fintech bubble hasn’t quite burst, it kind of sprung a...
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4 Career Moves Marissa Mayer Could Make If She Leaves Yahoo
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 3:02pm | 531Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)'s CEO Marissa Mayer made it clear she wants to remain CEO of the company, even though it has agreed to sell its Internet assets to Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). Yahoo's remaining properties, including its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), Yahoo!...
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Pro: Marissa Mayer's Future As A CEO Is Like Hindenburg Pilot Being Asked To Fly The Goodyear Blimp At The Next Super Bowl
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 9:51am | 534Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)'s corporate entity radically changed on Monday after the company confirmed the sale of its Internet properties to Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). Related Link: This May Explain Why Verizon Wants To Buy Yahoo's Properties We know what's next for Yahoo — the...
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Jawbone: Another Company To Join The 'Junk IPO Parade'?
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 11:14am | 324Global Equities Research's Trip Chowdhry commented on Jawbone's downfall and possible IPO, referencing Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT)'s past "Junk IPO," stating that Jawbone could be just one of the many junk stocks "on parade" that have recently had an IPO. The comments came after Jawbone considered...
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5 Tech Trends To Watch In 2016
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 4:45pm | 1700Tech is an ever-changing landscape that has provided investors and venture capitalists with an unending supply of "next big things." Over the past decade, Internet use has completely upended the way most companies do business and built an entirely new industry based on connecting people with each...
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IPO Outlook: Fitbit Running On Pace For This Week's Hot IPO
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 1:05pm | 1515The wearable fitness tracker company Fitbit, Inc. hopes to raise $358 million this Friday in what could be the hottest IPO of 2015. With great growth across the board, the company plans to issue 22.4 million shares between $14 and $16 per share on the NYSE under the ticker FIT. What Is Fitbit?...
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Getting In On The Apple Watch Buzz, Without Investing In Apple
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 11:35am | 469The time has finally come for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to prove itself once again as a leader in the development of new technology. The company is expected to reveal its iWatch on Monday at the company's "Spring Forward" event in San Francisco. Investors are eager to see if the...
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Google Vs. Samsung: The Race For The Smart Home
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 9:29am | 1027Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) are vying for smart home supremacy, but will either firm dominate this burgeoning market? Google first entered the race when it paid $3.2 billion to acquire Nest Labs, the startup from former Apple Inc. engineer Tony Fadell....
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Analysts Expected A Beat On Nike's Q3, But Did The Company Just Do It?
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 5:01pm | 591Nike (NYSE: NKE) is getting some love in after-hours trading after the company reported its third quarter results. There might have been a degree of fear leading up to the release. At market close, shares of Nike were up only 0.15 percent. Wedbush analyst Corinna Freedman said that she expected a...
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Firsthand Funds' Kevin Landis Talks Best Tech Stocks And Twitter Value
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 1:13pm | 342Lately, everyone has had Twitter on the brain even more so than usual. "Whatever it is, it should be higher," joked Kevin Landis, president and chairman of Firsthand Funds and chief investment officer of Firsthand Capital Management. Landis landed the line right before taking a shot at...