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The past two years have seen a marked rebound in the number of venture-backed technology companies that are going public. After the depths of the “great recession” in 2009, it’s quite a relief for venture capitalists and those who invest …
Social games company Zynga’s stock ended its second day of trading on the Nasdaq exchange down nearly 5 percent, a signal of turbulent times ahead for the value of the company.
Zynga’s stock closed on Friday at $9.50 a share, …
Zynga’s stock price rose as high as 15 percent in early trading on Nasdaq as the company went public at $10 a share.
[Update: at 12:10 pm Eastern time, Zynga's stock has fallen to $9.88 a share]
Raising …
As the tech IPO window creaks open, contractor reviewing site Angie’s List has announced a $13 opening share price for a planned initial public offering later this month.
Evelyn Rusli of The New York Times reports that the company plans …
Groupon (GRPN), the popular daily deal company, saw brisk trading on its first day of public trading, peaking at $30 per share and closing the day at $26 per share.
That puts the company’s market value at $16.5 billion. Market …
Apple shares rose 3.3 percent today to close at $422 a share, an all-time high for the company.
As fans flocked to Apple stores and waited in long lines to buy the iPhone 4S today, Apple’s market capitalization closed at …
A record number of companies delayed their initial public offerings this week in the wake of market upsets.
Following agency Standard & Poor’s downgrading of the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA (and the subsequent stock market slide), many …
Better-than-expected fourth quarter fiscal earnings help pump up Cisco’s share price on Thursday and — along with a promising jobs report — helped bolster the entire market during a wild roller-coaster week. The Nasdaq ended the day up 4.7 percent …
Stocks made a comeback this morning after huge slides on Friday and Monday. Traders appear to be anticipating good news from the Federal Reserve’s policy statement today.
The Nasdaq is up 3.57 percent to 2441.75 and the S&P 500 is …
The world financial markets continued to tumble early Tuesday morning, as stock markets in Asia opened sharply lower.
South Korea’s market fell 5.2 percent, while Hong Kong’s main market index was down 6 percent. The Nikkei 225 Inex in Japan …
Like other upcoming public offerings, Groupon’s now has a big shadow hanging over it.
With the NASDAQ composite index down nearly seven percent for the day in response to the U.S. government’s credit score downgrade, most tech stocks have been …
The pundits were out in force today as they described the big drop in the stock market. Which quote was your favorite?
“Markets will rise and fall, but this is the United States of America,” Barack Obama said. “No matter …
As the New York Stock Exchange saw major indices plummeting by five or six percent today, tech stocks dropped even further than many of their non-tech counterparts. The picture is especially clear if you look at the stock price changes …
In the game industry, all eyes will fall to Zynga and whether or not it will still go public in the face of the big stock market collapse.
If the economic headwinds continue to get worse, that will make it …
On a damaging day for the U.S. stock market, enterprise-focused stocks got hammered just like everything else. But their prospects during a downturn are better than most, according to analysts contacted by VentureBeat.
At the end of trading Monday, the …
The biggest question on every mind in Silicon Valley relates to our collective worst nightmare: Could a macroeconomic collapse trigger another dotcom-esque bust?
For at least one VC, Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Tim Draper, the market for U.S. startups just …
Cleantech companies might not be feeling the sting of today’s market frenzy any worse than the rest of the pack. But for those companies, which typically require massive capital investments, a sustained downturn could crunch down on the sector’s badly-needed …
U.S. President Barack Obama took to the airwaves today to try to calm a stock market set in turmoil by after market analysis firm Standard & Poor’s downgraded the U.S.’s debt rating to AA+ from AAA.
Obama said that he …
It’s day two of complete market mayhem. Has the chaos closed the window for companies looking to file for an initial public offering?
As of market close, the NASDAQ composite index was down nearly 7 percent for the day. This …
Update: As of 7:51 am PST, the Dow is down 2.62 percent and the Nasdaq is own 3.31 percent.
When the stock market opening bell tolls on Monday, much of the technology industry will be paying attention. This weekend has …
