Will Zynga Become the Google of Games? Herald Tribune | SAN FRANCISCO - ORIENTATION for new employees of Zynga, the fast-growing maker of Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, can be a heady affair given the company’s outsize ambitions — all of which are embodied in Mark Pincus, Zynga’s 44-year-old founder. | In a pep talk ...
US STOCKS-Earnings lift Wall St, but Amazon.com plunges The Guardian * UPS, 3M, Caterpillar post robust results, raise outlooks * Home resales fall less than expected in June * Amazon.com tumbles after the bell, Microsoft ticks down * Indexes up: Dow 2 pct, S&P 2.3 pct, Nasdaq 2.7 pct (Updates with Microsoft, Amazon.com reporting results after the close in paragraphs...
Google looks to expand with acquisitions San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 | Paul Sakuma / AP | Images | View Larger Images Get Quote | Symbol Lookup | Google Inc. snapped up at least 15 companies in the first seven months of the year as it fights to protect its online dominance amid rapid transformation in the sector...
MakeMyTrip to raise $100mn in US The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Online travel services company Make-MyTrip plans to raise up to $100 million through an initial public offer on US stock exchange Nasdaq, it informed the capital markets regulator Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). | The Gurgaon-based...
LinkedIn 'worth over $2bn' as hedge fund Tiger takes stake The Independent | LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, is believed to have received investment from a hedge fund that values the site at more than $2bn (£1.3bn). | Tiger Global Management paid $20m to buy a 1 per cent share from existing holders in the pr...
While you were sleeping: Stocks suffer on outlook Scoop Thursday, 29 July 2010, 7:52 am | Article: Businesswire | While you were sleeping: Stocks suffer on outlook | July 29 (BusinessDesk) - Equities declined on fresh signs of a slowdown in the pace of economic recovery, with orders for U.S. durable goods...
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Supply Chain for iPhone Highlights Costs in China The New York Times | SHENZHEN, China — Last month, while enthusiastic consumers were playing with their new Apple iPhone 4, researchers in Silicon Valley were engaged in something more serious....
Google's future in China is shaky San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 | Nelson Ching / Bloomberg | The Chinese government told Google to stop redirecting users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site. View Larger Image Get Quote | Symbol Lookup | Goog...
IAC Revenue Up In 1Q, Results Beat Analyst Views CBS News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - IAC/InterActiveCorp reported stronger second-quarter revenues Wednesday, citing growth in its search and Match online dating businesses. Profits fell compared to last year, however, because that quarter included a bump from the s...
IAC revenue up in 1Q, results beat analyst views The State | SAN FRANCISCO - IAC/InterActiveCorp reported stronger second-quarter revenues Wednesday, citing growth in its search and Match online dating businesses. Profits fell compared to last year, however, because that quarter included a bump from the sale...
IAC revenue up in 1Q, results beat analyst views Newsvine | SAN FRANCISCO — IAC/InterActiveCorp reported stronger second-quarter revenues Wednesday, citing growth in its search and Match online dating businesses. Profits fell compared to last year, however, because that quarter included a bump from th...
How Facebook will take over the world The Guardian | Facebook will announce its 500 millionth user any day now, and that's around 22% of all internet users globally. That's a pretty impressive milestone, but founder Mark Zuckerberg has already said he expects Facebook to reach one billion users before long. | But given that take-up among those key demographics in the developed world isn't far from ...
Siemens and VW Surge on Roaring Demand From China The New York Times | FRANKFURT — Germany continued to show surprising strength Thursday as a drop in unemployment, coupled along with better-than-expected profit at two of the country’s biggest manufacturers, underscored how Europe’s largest economy is benefiting from a weaker euro and surging exports to emerging markets. | German unemployment fell ...
