Facebook, the most cynical tech giant ever

Source: Reuters Blogs

For all its vaunted idealism, Silicon Valley can be just as cynical as any other area of commerce. The tech companies set up to profit from spam and search-engine trickery are too numerous to count. But Facebook’s short history makes one thing cl ...
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Silicon Valley investors drawn to Calgary startups

Source: Globe and Mail

The latest news and information for entrepreneurs from across the web universe, brought to you by the Report on Small Business team. Follow us on Twitter @GlobeSmallBiz . Download our app here . A new Canada-U.S. par ...
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Venture capital deals

Source: CNN/Money

The latest on private equity, M ...
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Sonatype Selected as a Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Company

Source: MarketWire

SILVER SPRING, MD and SANTA MONICA, CA--(Marketwire - May 25, 2012) - At an award gala celebrating North America's most innovative and promising private companies held May 23 in Santa Monica, Calif., Sonatype received high hono ...
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peHUB First Read

Source: PE Hub

Elevation Partners, the private equity firm that famously counts Irish rock star Bono among its co-founders, sold 5.2 million of its Facebook shares (or 13% of its stake) for $198 million as part of Facebook’s […] Turning ...
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Facebook IPO: Nasdaq set to pay out $100million as tech giant faces legal trouble over hidden losses

Source: Daily Mail - UK

Underwriter says it will adjust prices for investors who overpaid for sharesTwo congressional panels reviewing IPO debacleShareholders filed a lawsuit alleging banks that underwrote the IPO downgraded revenue p ...
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No-money-down leasing deals add energy to solar panel sales

Source: The Portland Maine Press Herald

SAN FRANCISCO - Sunrun Inc. has a message for homeowners who are contemplating going solar: It's cheaper and easier than you think. Co-founder Lynn Jurich says Sunrun Inc., a provider of residential solar-power systems, raised $60 million to inves ...
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Don't crucify Facebook's CFO -- yet

Source: CNN/Money

FORTUNE -- David Ebersman's career has been something of a fairy tale. Brown University, research analyst on Wall Street, and a stellar 15-year stint at Genentech, the world's premier biotech company. By his mid-30s, he had emerged as a right-hand ...
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