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On June 2, 2011, Groupon filed with the SEC to raise up to $750 million in an initial public offering. The IPO will be handled by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group, and Credit Suisse Group and will trade under the ticker symbol GRPN.
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website ... Read More
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1986: $0.19/Share 2011: $33.55/Share
Adobe Systems, Inc. was founded by Charles Geschke and John Warnock in December of 1982. Adobe’s corporate logo was designed by Warnock’s wife, Marva, who is a graphic designer.
The two creators established Adobe after leaving Xerox, in order to develop and sell their PostScript page description language. Apple ... Read More
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Murray Simser, President and CEO of Toronto-based Mobile Integrated Systems (Symbol: MIBI), talks with the Opportunist’s managing editor Leslie Stone about his company’s new direction and expansion into mobile applications across multiple business platforms.
Murray Simser has founded tech startups in enterprise software, dot-com, mobile applications and game spaces. He has ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from The Associated Press | July 13, 2012 | Time.com |
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC launched two mobile apps that will let people watch Olympics events as they happen, look up athlete profiles and access other extra content on their iPads, iPhones and certain Android ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Matt Nesto | April 4, 2013 | Yahoo.com |
Nearly three years after Facebook (FB) and Taiwanese device-maker HTC first offered up the unpopular ChaCha and Salsa phones to highlight the social networking site, they're at it again. Only this time, there's a twist. With ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Rosa Golijan | April 22, 2013 | msnbc.com |
We've known since March that TweetDeck's days are numbered on Android and iOS. But now we know exactly when the plug will be pulled on these Twitter tools: May 7.
After Twitter acquired TweetDeck, focus shifted to ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from KIT EATON | May 8, 2013 | Nytimes.com |
Summer is coming at last. Like me, you may be thinking that a few improvements to your fitness and physique might be in order before you hit the beach. It’s also possible that, like me, you ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Wilson Rothman | May 13, 2013 | msnbc.com |
With an upcoming fix for Windows 8, Microsoft finds itself in a strange position: It has to make the faithful happy by shaping the experience to be more like the respected Windows 7. Meanwhile, the company ... Read More
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