Tag Archives: Initial public offering

Sina plans New York IPO for Weibo microblog

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HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese internet company Sina Corp. plans to spin off its Twitter-like microblog service, Weibo, in a U.S. initial public offering to raise $500 million, a person with knowledge of...

‘Candy’ Crush Saga’ maker King Digital plans IPO

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NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of the blockbuster mobile game "Candy Crush Saga" will attempt to raise as much as $500 million in an initial public offering. King Digital Entertainment PLC, which also...

Breaking: Aerohive Networks Publicly Files For IPO

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Aerohive Networks is going public. The wireless access point maker based in Sunnyvale, CA submitted a public S-1 form to the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. The company is seeking up to...

Google awards Schmidt $106M in stock, cash

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Google awards $100 million in restricted stock plus $6 million cash bonus to Eric Schmidt MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is getting paid a lot more than he did when he...

JD.com IPO May Just Be Another Dangdang of China.

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Last week, JD.com filed to IPO in the US.  Its filing is here. The filing was noteworthy for a couple of reasons. First, it was the first big Chinese company to file to hold an IPO in the US...

Can Box.com Founder Aaron Levie Stop Talking As IPO Looms?

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Aaron Levie, the 29-year-old founder of closely held Box.com, calls himself the online storage company’s “chief magician.” Chief wiseguy might be even more apt. He packs his Twitter posts with sassy...

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...

With Yahoo On The Ropes, Mayer can still Lead A Big Turnaround!

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Yahoo! (YHOO) is very much on the ropes and its shares have suffered a shellacking after the Internet giant posted disappointing fourth quarter results, exacerbated by an even more uninspired...

Online Storage Company Box: Quietly Filed For IPO

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Online storage company Box has secretly filed for IPO, sources say, just weeks after announcing a $100 million funding round in early December to fuel international growth. “This was always the plan...