Tag Archives: Acquiring

Honest Tea: A $100 Million Brand 15 Years In The Making

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Seth Goldman was born to do this As Co-Founder and CEO of Honest Tea, his picture is in the dictionary next to the word tenacity. With Co-Founder Barry Nalebuff, their brainchild just finished the...
    






Five Reasons California’s Energy Efficiency Plan Flopped

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On paper, Energy Upgrade California looks like a sure winner. Under the program, California utilities have been offering qualified homeowners $4,500 in matching funds to make their homes more energy...
    






Top VCs Predict Where They’ll Invest Their Money In 2014

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With the new year on the minds of tech companies and investors alike, it’s time to look back on 2013′s startup crazes and forecast what’ll be the next wave in tech for 2014. What types of companies...
    






Demand For Larger Screen Size To Drive Corning’s Display Technology Business In 2014

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Corning’s revenues from its display business are expected to increase in the coming year driven by growing demand for larger displays in TVs, mobile devices and tablets. Revenues from its display...
    






Why Apple Should Buy China’s Xiaomi

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Let me be clear from the beginning. I don’t have any information regarding whether Xiaomi — China’s low-cost smartphone maker – is for sale or not. And I have no information concerning whether or...
    






Use the New Year to Improve Your Behavioral Fitness at Work

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This article is by Lee Newman, dean of innovation and behavior at IE Business School, dean of IE’s School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, a former consultant at McKinsey & Company and a...
    






Is College a Sucker Bet?

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I’m proud to say that I’m the father of highly accomplished identical twin high school senior daughters, and like their friends and more than three million other 12th graders around the nation, they...
    






With $1.5B Responsys Buy, Oracle Aims Right At Adobe, Salesforce In War For Cloud

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On Thursday, Oracle announced positive quarterly earnings results that beat Wall Street estimates. The next day, it declared war. Oracle’s announcement Friday that it’s acquiring cross-channel...
    






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...
    






Spinning The Wheels At International Game Technology

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Forbes Dividend Investor subscribers received this hotline on December 11. Investing in gambling-related stocks may seem like just that, a gamble, but buying at the right times–just like betting big...