PayPal, the online payments company owned by eBay Inc, just got a new rival in the race to develop a mobile payment service that can be used in physical stores.
2 min read · 23 February 2012
Four of the five companies have collectively raised more than $460 million in venture capital from firms including Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures.
4 min read · 22 February 2012
If Yelp is valued at $14 per share, Benchmark's shares would be worth $163M, Bessemer's would be worth $163M and Elevation's would be worth $118M.
2 min read · 17 February 2012
Social networks get their big day in court--and a win--but a new test will emerge in the U.S., where anti-piracy proponents are regrouping after an embarrassing defeat.
2 min read · 16 February 2012
The deal that Alibaba founder Jack Ma so covets could very well crumble before it even gets off the ground.
2 min read · 14 February 2012
Investors are certain to like Facebook's shares--but there is one advisor telling would-be buyers that the behemoth social network's shareholder structure also limits the responsibilities the board has to smaller stakeholders.
1 min read · 13 February 2012
This weekend, it looks like private equity has big eyes, eyeing several multi-billion dollar deals from strategics unloading assets--including United Technologies.
2 min read · 11 February 2012
Some big name PE firms are lining up for chemical maker Dupont's car paints business auction--but will is financing too tight to keep any single LBO shop from making a $4 billion deal?
2 min read · 11 February 2012
If anyone can pull off the labyrinthine deal between Alibaba Group and Yahoo Inc, it's Jack Ma, who founded the e-commerce group and within a decade unlocked China's huge online shopping potential.
4 min read · 10 February 2012
Apollo Global Management LLC (APO.N) on Friday became the latest private equity group to report lower fourth-quarter earnings because of the way it accounts for profits, even as the cash flow from its share of investment profits more than tripled.
3 min read · 10 February 2012
