In the 1990s, Kevin Mitnick was the most wanted cyber-criminal in the world. These days, Mitnick is wanted for another reason — his expertise. Demand for Mitnick’s services as security consultant —…
There is a game of chicken between social networks and the stock market. Each new IPO raises more questions about valuations. Those questions may bring more skepticism from investors. The big social…
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) is the IPO of the day in the U.S. and it is one more check-mark on our own TOP 17 IPOs TO WATCH IN 2011. The deal has…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is being viewed differently because of its Facebook investment that gave the social networking monster a valuation of about $50 billion. In order to not throw…
DuPont (NYSE: DD ) will buy Danisco for $5.8 billion to move into food business (Reuters) A number of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) traders will depart to start a hedge fund…
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Douglas A. McIntyre There is a notion that Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) should not be allowed to buy shares in Facebook for $450 million and sell them to clients. The SEC plans to look…
Douglas A. McIntyre December retail sales may the last rise in several months. (Reuters) The US will ease some restrictions on deepwater drilling. (Reuters) Oil reached a 27-month peak. (Reuters) Blu-ray could accelerate 3D TV…
Douglas A. McIntyre Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre The determination of foreign governments to protect their national technology franchises or censor information that originates outside their borders could limit the growth prospects of Skype, Facebook, and Twitter. That’s something competition…
Douglas A. McIntyre Facebook raised money at a $50 billion valuation. (NYT) Foreign commercial real estate investors ranked the US as the No.1 location to buy properties. (Reuters) Oil is unlikely to surge quickly above…
Douglas A. McIntyre Americans do not merely love their favorite and most cherished brands, they love them. Consumers love Apple. They love the Mustang. They love Starbucks, and they once loved The Dallas Cowboys. Brand…
Douglas A. McIntyre Facebook, Twitter, and Skype face an unusual challenge if they are to keep the dominance in their respective markets. It may be difficult to keep each of the services online all of…
Douglas A. McIntyre The head of the FCC said he supports the Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) plan to take a majority position in GE’s (NYSE: GE) NBCU. (Reuters) SpendingPulse reports online retail sales are up 15.4%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Most of the comScore commentary about its November review of the largest US websites and their traffic was devoted to the increase in activity at the large e-commerce destinations due to the…
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