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Apple stock breaks $500 level, continuing rally
(AP) -- Apple's stock broke above $500 for the first time Monday. It was the latest step in a rally that began more than two weeks ago, when the company reported staggering sales and profits for the holiday quarter.
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VC firm Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B to invest
(AP) -- A venture capital firm started by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Andreessen has raised an additional $1.5 billion to invest in promising technology startups.
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Research: Is fair value really fair?
As the United States continues its struggle to emerge from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a practice known as fair-value accounting has been taking heat. Critics—mostly banking associations—say ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Investors clamor for Facebook's IPO
Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would ...
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Apple briefly passes Exxon as most valuable co.
(AP) -- Apple briefly surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after an excellent quarter, though the oil company has regained the lead at the market's close.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Apple shares soar, edges ExxonMobil in market cap
Apple shares soared on Wednesday following blockbuster quarterly earnings and the California gadget-maker leapfrogged over ExxonMobil to become the largest US company in terms of market value.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Venture capital investments up 19 percent in 4Q
(AP) -- Funding for startups rose 19 percent in the fourth quarter as venture capitalists fueled money into more companies in the Internet, clean technology and other sectors.
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Dropbox co-founder aims to build his own Google, not sell to them
Four years ago, Drew Houston was just another super-smart hacker with ambitions of starting his own company.
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Samsung Group to invest record $41.56 bln this year
South Korea's Samsung Group announced it would invest a record 47.8 trillion won ($41.56 billion) this year and hire an all-time high of 26,000 new employees despite global economic gloom.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Calif. stands to reap windfall from Facebook IPO
What's good for Facebook and its employees could be very good for California's treasury.
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Sony quits organic-screen TV business
Sony Corp. has discontinued production of TV sets with organic electroluminescence (EL) display panels, widely seen as the mainstream panel to be used in next-generation flat-screen TVs, it was learned Saturday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Startup receives $4 million to develop drug delivery targeted to the back of the eye
Technology developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University for delivering drugs and other therapeutics to specific locations in the eye provides the foundation for a startup ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Zynga's IPO flop could hurt some Silicon Valley startups
Zynga's unexpected IPO flop this month could be bad news for other Silicon Valley startups.
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Cult video gaming firm closer to IPO
Leading video game hardware company Razer has secured $50 million from a Beijing-based venture capital fund that takes it potentially closer to a public listing, the company said Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Investors give 'Farmville' maker a cold shoulder
(AP) -- As its workers celebrated with hot chocolate and cinnamon buns, Zynga saw its stock dinged on its first day of trading Friday - an unexpected turn of events for a closely watched public debut seen ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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