Neowin News Feed for: Investment

Dell and Taxes: How an investment could be a great move for Microsoft

Brad Sams — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:12:18 +0000

Over the past few days, we have heard quite a bit about Dell wanting to go private and remove itself from the burden of being listed on a stock exchange - and Microsoft could be the perfect partner. Read more...

Spotify financing to value the company at $3 billion

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:21:49 +0000

Spotify are looking to solidify their position in the volatile streaming media market by completing a round of investment deals that would value the company at over $3 billion. Read more...

Groupon files for IPO

James Woodfin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:05:09 +0100

After LinkedIn filed their IPO and doubled their stock value on the first day, another company is looking to join in on the fun. Groupon has filed a S-1 form with the United States Securities... Read more...

Warren Buffet warns against investing in social networks

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:34:15 +0100

Warren Buffet has spoken, and when Buffet speaks, people listen. Specifically, the CEO and founder of Berkshire Hathaway, and one of the most prolific and successful investors the world has ever known, has spoken out... Read more...

Facebook made $355 million profit in nine months last year

Matthew Jones — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:26:38 +0000

Documents provided to Goldman Sachs clients have revealed Facebook made $355 million US in profit in the first nine months of last year. Reuters reports that the investments and securities firm began hand-delivering copies of a... Read more...

Facebook scores $500 million investment, most visited site of 2010

Brenton Currie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:16:29 +0000

Facebook, the world's most popular social networking site, has reportedly finalised a round of almost $500 million in funding from Goldman Sachs as questions about a possible IPO date begin to surface. According to the New... Read more...

Intel to spend $8 Billion on plant upgrade

Tom Dwyer — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:48:55 +0100

In a press release today, Intel announced that it will spend $6-8 billion upgrading plants in Arizona and Oregon. The upgrade will help the company manufacture Intel’s next-generation 22-nanometer chips and will happen over "several... Read more...

Microsoft set to invest $1 billion in Windows Mobile

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:21:42 +0000

According to Forbes, Microsoft is set to make a $1 billion investment into the mobile market, as its plans to acquire Palm - or Research in Motion (RIM) - are “unlikely” to happen. Instead, Microsoft will... Read more...

Facebook takes back control of its adverts from Microsoft

Tom Warren — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:02:17 +0000

Microsoft confirmed today that it had reached a mutual decision with Facebook, allowing the social network to take over responsibility for selling display advertisements on its own site. In October 2007 Microsoft announced a $240 million... Read more...

Microsoft announces investment in DRM for mobiles

Tom Warren — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:51:01 +0100

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Today at CTIA WIRELESS 2006, Microsoft announced it will makesignificant investments in its digital rights management (DRM)technologies for wireless devices. With Windows Mobile smartphones able to download pictures, video and music - Microsoft... Read more...

Infinium sued by former investment bankers

malebolgia — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:44:07 +0000

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The latest chapter in the often-bizarre saga of technology start-up Infinium Labs has unfolded in the USA, with investment bank SBI-USA filing a lawsuit against the prospective platform holder for fraud and breach of contract.... Read more...

Litigation is a great investment

Mr magoo — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:24:47 +0100

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Baystar, a group that recently invested (and even more recently un-invested) in SCO, have conceeded that the reason why they invested in SCO was because they banked on getting a good return from the litigation... Read more...

DRAM companies speed up investment to meet DDR2 demand

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:37:46 +0100

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Realizing the increasingly important role to be played by DDR2 memory, DRAM makers plan to quicken the pace of capital investment for production of the new generation of double data rate chips. Mainly driven by... Read more...

Microsoft raising Xbox investment

Marcel Klum — Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:05:00 +0000

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Software giant Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it would pour more resources into its efforts to carve out a position in the $10 billion video game market rather than cutting its losses and exiting from... Read more...

Teen made $1 million in Internet investment scheme

configure — Tue, 08 Jan 2002 04:31:22 +0000

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U.S. financial regulators said on Monday they had uncovered a fraudulent $1 million Internet securities scheme they alleged was run by a 17-year-old high school student. Cole Bartiromo defrauded 1,000 investors through... Read more...