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Gevo: Richard Branson’s New Age Chemical Company Goes Public
by Tom Taulli on Feb.10, 2011, under Towing
Gevo, part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group companies, went public this week on Nasdaq. The firm sold 7.15 million shares at $15 each, which was at the high end of its estimated range of $13 to $15. On its first day of trading, the stock shot up about 16%.
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Gevo: Richard Branson’s New Age Chemical Company Goes Public originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:15:00.
Filed Under: Energy, Company News, Technology, Investing
RPX’s Plan: Make a Fortune by Fixing the Patent Mess
by Tom Taulli on Jan.25, 2011, under Towing
RPX has been in business since just 2008, but it has rapidly built a list of big-name clients attracted to its novel service. It offers tech companies a way to gain access to patents without having to own them outright — and without having to deal with litigious “patent trolls.”
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RPX’s Plan: Make a Fortune by Fixing the Patent Mess originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Investing
Is NeXt a Better Way to Buy Into Facebook Before the IPO?
by Tom Taulli on Jan.12, 2011, under Towing
Unless you’re ultra-wealthy or willing to chance the vagaries of the secondary markets, you can’t invest yet in hot social networking companies like Facebook, Zynga or Groupon. But soon there may be an alternative: a new fund called NeXt BDC Capital that will take stakes in top-quality venture-backed firms like those.
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Is NeXt a Better Way to Buy Into Facebook Before the IPO? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:40:00.
Filed Under: Technology, Investing, Facebook, Twitter
Launched in China, Youku.com’s Stock Goes Into Orbit
by Tom Taulli on Dec.09, 2010, under Towing
Have the markets entered an IPO time warp? This week, Chinese deals were red-hot. Take a look at Youku.com. In Wednesday’s debut, itsstock soared 161% to $33.44, raising $203 million. It marked the best return since Baidu hit the markets five years ago.
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Launched in China, Youku.com’s Stock Goes Into Orbit originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:55:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Investing, Stocks in the News
Salesforce.com Takes a Shot at Oracle with New Database.com
by Tom Taulli on Dec.07, 2010, under Towing
As it looks for ways to grow, Salesforce.com is targeting another big market: databases. Its new offering, Database.com, looks to be a direct threat to Oracle. Maybe its time for Oracle to finally get serious about cloud computing.
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Salesforce.com Takes a Shot at Oracle with New Database.com originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:30:00.
Filed Under: Oracle, salesforce.com
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