May 20, 2013

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Facebook Shares Rose 77% in Last 3 Months

According to foreign media reports, the U.S. private equity trading platform SharesPost auction will be held on Thursday 10 million shares of Facebook stock, reported a starting price of 23 dollars per share, more than three months ago an increase of 77%. SharesPost will auction 10 million shares of Facebook shares, the minimum bid price [...]

Forbes 400 – Bill Gates on Top, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Now Worth More than Steve Jobs

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The co-founder of Microsoft Corp. Bill Gates, remains the richest American with estimated assets of $54 billion, according to Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Mr. Warren Buffett, the legendary investor who runs Berkshire Hathaway, easily held on to the No. 2 spot on the Forbes list with $45 billion, and he [...]

Dutch Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors IPO Price Slashes, Its 28% Below Midpoint

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Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI.O, the first of four big private equity-backed IPOs in the U.S. pipeline, priced shares in its stock flotation more than 28 percent below the midpoint of the expected range, according to an underwriter. KKR and Bain Capital, which led the 2006 buy-out, cut the price of the shares on [...]