Finance

If you have anything to do with computer or Internet, it’s virtually impossible for you to show un-awareness about the word “Mark Zuckerberg”. The name has been a kind of synonym of Internet and for most of the people...

It’s been second time in a row when Groupon, a leader in daily discount deals company, has turned down another lucrative acquisition offer. This time it was Google which has been thrown to the wall by Groupon management. Earlier...

Google is always known to do something innovative and out of the box. No matter, whether such moves have immediate effect to company’s business model or long term returns. Keeping the tradition intact, Google seems to be considering the...

Troubled but still world’s largest mobile handset maker Nokia announced its third fiscal quarter result which comes to many as surprise but surely a good sign for company as well as investors. Compare to loss of aprox USD 700...

Computers have taken over many facets of our lives which includes activities, which we wouldn’t have let them down a few decades back. One of those activities is letting them trade stocks, bonds and other financial instruments on our behalf. Now when I speak on computer-trading or more accurately algorithmic or automated trading, I am not referring to online trading, which I’m sure quite a few readers of this site is familiar with.

Skype, a software company which allows people to call over Internet, has filed for IPO. Skype which was aquired by eBay in 2005 and later sold to private investors last year is all set to re-emerge as its own public traded company. A VoIP service provider which has filed with SEC for its first public offer is expected to raise minimum $ 100 million through IPO.

As per a recent report published at Bloomberg, Linkedin has been evaluated as $2 Billion company now. A recent move by Tiger Global Management LLC, a hedge fund, paid $20 Million to have control over 1% of Linkedin Corp, which made Linkedin such a high valued company.