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Real Rogue trader not kweku adoboli but delta one desk(thebureauinvestigates.com)
2 points by lambtron 15y ago|0 comments
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Start-Ups Gain Financing Leverage(online.wsj.com)
2 points by lambtron 15y ago|0 comments
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Virtual Products, Real Profits(online.wsj.com)
2 points by lambtron 15y ago|0 comments
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by lambtron 15y ago
thanks for sharing, i think this is a fun, light-hearted application! i would be interested in seeing a percentage of how east coast rapper i am (60% east coast / 40% west coast) just to see the break out. also, it would be cool to show som
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by lambtron 15y ago
probably a good idea for groupon. though i enjoy bagging on Groupon's highly unconventional approach to wall street bankers in preparation for its IPO, seven years ago Google was in the same position [1]. Google exhibited hubris and showed
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Groupon Reevaluating IPO Plans Due to Market Volatility(online.wsj.com)
19 points by lambtron 15y ago|0 comments
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by lambtron 15y ago
i agree. many small businesses are using groupon or livingsocial to bring in foot traffic, then switching the new consumers over onto their own loyalty programs to retain them. if the consumers like their experiences, they can join a mailin
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Small Businesses Making the Most of Groupon(online.wsj.com)
2 points by lambtron 15y ago|0 comments
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Feral developers: why game industry talent is going indie(arstechnica.com)
3 points by lambtron 15y ago|0 comments
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by lambtron 15y ago
i wonder if the company plans to pass along the staggering costs of a helicopter, private jets, and fleets of cars, to the end user. what would be the end users pricing plan for a helicopter from midtown to jfk? what other revenue sources
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Google concedes that technology is not free(blogs.hbr.org)
9 points by lambtron 15y ago|1 comments
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by lambtron 15y ago
would be interesting to see the various balance of profitability and growth of competing groupon clones. maybe groupon can shift their emphasis from growth to profitability before time runs out.
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by lambtron 15y ago
thats true; i have yet to see structured financial data for cheap. although depending on the targeted audience, that 'structure' varies. equity analysts might be concerned about operational performance, top line growth, margins, and stock b
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by lambtron 15y ago
seems like a great product for a pain that most people have. i don't seen professional investment firms or bulge bracket banks would use this, however; at citi we use factset and capiq and even those services don't reveal everything and hav
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by lambtron 15y ago
i think this will be accretive as $39bn of cash was just sitting there collecting minimal interest and motorola is moderately profitable. google has a strong management team with a pretty successful bolt-on acquisition history. even though
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Are Fake Stores a Compliment to Western Retailers in China?(adage.com)
1 points by lambtron 15y ago|0 comments
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by lambtron 15y ago
even though i have my qualms about andrew mason, it seems as if it were the bankers working on the IPO that are doing all they can to get it approved by the SEC so they can earn the fees and to cash out before the public is allowed to inves
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by lambtron 15y ago
i believe keynes approach during times of economic recession is the right one. when firms and household spending declines, economic output will decline, leading to a deflationary spiral. government spending needs to increase to buoy the eco
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by lambtron 15y ago
technology is an inherently fiercely competitive landscape--a missed technology cycle can materially adversely impact a businesses operations. coming out of the 2008-2009 recession, companies are flush with cash, of which shareholders encou
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by lambtron 15y ago
interesting to see this area of the smartphone marketplace, as opposed to OEM or OS market share by units. apple definitely has the upper hand in that it owns the entire vertical, from the iOS software to manufacturing the phone itself. fur