Ingrid Lunden
Oct 4, 2011 9:53 AM
Not a new development, but further confirmation that there may be one on the horizon. China’s Alibaba, Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies and U.S.-based VC firm Silver Lake are preparing a joint offer to buy Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), according to reports.
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Ingrid Lunden
Mar 8, 2011 6:58 AM
A big milestone reached today for the music streaming service Spotify. It now has one million paying subscribers, according to a blog post from CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek.
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 3, 2011 2:45 AM
If Facebook ever does make it to an IPO, it looks like Goldman Sachs has acquired the banking equivalent of a golden ticket. The NYT reported late Sunday night that the investment bank has invested $450 million in Facebook at a valuation of $50 billion. Russian investor DST, which pushed…
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Legal, Regulatory, Money, IPO, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, dst, goldman sachs
Staci D. Kramer
Dec 30, 2010 5:48 PM
Some investors in local deals startup Groupon won’t have to wait for a sale or IPO to get a payout. In an SEC filing Thursday, the Chicago-based company said it has raised $500 million and held open the possibility of raising another $450 million, with nearly $345 million slated to…
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