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The initial news of the investment was rushed out by Intel with Deutsche Telekom holding off announcement of their investment until today
May 29 '07 -Business- blog.express-press-release.com -investment,skype,jajah
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Jajah Announces Deutsche Telekom As Second Series C Investor Earlier this month we announced VOIP startup Jajah had accepted $20 million in series C investment from Intel Capital
May 29 '07 -Business- blog.express-press-release.com -investment,skype,jajah
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RBS shares were down 2.5 pct at 626-1/2 pence by 12.58 pm
May 29 '07 -Business- www.forbes.com -abn,bank,eur
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In early October 2003, right before the stock began a slow but rocky slide from $60 to $25, its P/E ratio was only slightly higher, at 58.9
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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Amazon did in the quarter what few were expecting - it showed it was serious about pushing down margins that had been eroding for quarters
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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And it inspires as much debate as a passionate screed from Al Gore or Christopher Hitchens
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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Shares of ABN Amro fell 0.13 euro, or 0.4 percent, to 35.97 euros in Amsterdam, showing investors remained skeptical about the consortium’s bid
May 29 '07 -Business- www.nytimes.com -bank,abn,euros
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Of more importance is how a merger/acquisition affects competition - in other words, would it give Google a monopoly in online advertising
May 29 '07 -Business- www.readwriteweb.com -antitrust,google,online
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(Recasts, adds background, further comment from CEO teleconference) AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (nyse: RBSPRD - news - people )-led consortium seeking to buy ABN Amro (nyse: ABN - news - people ) has unveiled a 71.1 bln eur proposed bid for the Dutch bank, oustripping an agreed takeover offer from Barclays (nyse: BCS - news - people )
May 29 '07 -Business- www.forbes.com -abn,bank,eur
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As it turns another page to open up a new chapter, now is a good time to ask: Is Amazon finally too expensive
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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Few stocks can make moves like that without raising eyebrows
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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Google’s acquisition spree shows no signs of stopping: now the company has acquired Mountain View-based GreenBorder , which creates security software
May 29 '07 -Business- blog.express-press-release.com -investment,skype,jajah
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The 80% gain in Amazon’s stock in the last three months should shut down the Amazon’s-just-a-retailer argument, but also amplify the debate over its stock’s value
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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We were wrong: The stock has pushed further to $73.31 last week, another 17% gain, largely on the back of its decision to sell DRM-free music tracks
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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Skype Founders Invest in Frenzoo Ambient Sound Investments , a company established by the four co-founding engineers of Skype, have invested in the Hong Kong based 3D social networking company Frenzoo as part of a Series A round of investment aimed at expanding the service through out Asia
May 29 '07 -Business- blog.express-press-release.com -investment,skype,jajah
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Ironically two of the companies that called for this were Microsoft and AT&T, both of whom have colorful histories battling antitrust suits
May 29 '07 -Business- www.readwriteweb.com -antitrust,google,online
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Of course, the plot turns have been much more enjoyable for the bulls in recent weeks
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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Google on May 11 acquired an online security company called the GreenBorder Technologies
May 29 '07 -Business- www.googlified.com -greenborder,technologies,internet
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Kimmitt is a former United States ambassador to Germany
May 29 '07 -Business- www.bloomberg.com -states,zoellick,united
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The group of three banks provided more details about how it plans to break up ABN and how it wants to finance the bid
May 29 '07 -Business- www.nytimes.com -bank,abn,euros
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Materials provided by the company say Tishman Speyer has managed more than 14,000 apartment units
May 29 '07 -Business- www.marketwatch.com -archstone,tishman,smith
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Many observers, including myself, believed that surge was just a short squeeze that wouldn’t last long
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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To answer that, it helps to review its short history: In 1994, Jeff Bezos stared into a browser and saw a way to radically simplify the way we all shop
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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The idea let him take company public; but as the stock soared and Amazon expanded, the debt piled up
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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ABN’s management, which had said it prefers the Barclays bid because it avoids a breakup of the bank, had criticized the Royal Bank of Scotland consortium for not guaranteeing financing for the bid
May 29 '07 -Business- www.nytimes.com -bank,abn,euros
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In developing news, the NY Times is reporting that The Federal Trade Commission has "opened a preliminary antitrust investigation into Google's planned $3.1 billion purchase of the online advertising company DoubleClick"
May 29 '07 -Business- www.readwriteweb.com -antitrust,google,online
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Archstone-Smith said it would pay its regular quarterly dividend payable on May 31, but will not pay any subsequent dividends
May 29 '07 -Business- www.marketwatch.com -archstone,tishman,smith
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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Archstone-Smith said it has agreed to be acquired by a partnership sponsored by Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.for about $22.2 billion including debt
May 29 '07 -Business- www.marketwatch.com -archstone,tishman,smith
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Headquartered in Mountain View, California, GreenBorder Technologies was founded in 2001 to bring a new approach to enterprise security
May 29 '07 -Business- www.googlified.com -greenborder,technologies,internet
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If it does, it would give the bears and the shorts another excuse to pummel the stock
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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But also for that reason, I hope it doesn’t surge much farther away from a sober valuation
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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ASI owners include Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, Senior Developers at Skype, Ahti Heinla, Chief Architect at Skype and Toivo Annu, a former Skype Head of Engineering.
May 29 '07 -Business- blog.express-press-release.com -investment,skype,jajah
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It’s trading at 55.7 times its forward earnings, even after analysts have repeatedly upped their profit forecasts
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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Deutsche Telekom’s investment in Jajah marks the first investment of a telco in one of the VoIP startups
May 29 '07 -Business- blog.express-press-release.com -investment,skype,jajah
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Google Acquires GreenBorder - First Step Towards Google Antivirus
May 29 '07 -Business- blog.express-press-release.com -investment,skype,jajah
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He was later named deputy secretary of State under Condoleezza Rice
May 29 '07 -Business- www.bloomberg.com -states,zoellick,united
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May 29 (Bloomberg) -- The German government has told the Bush administration that it would support the nomination of former United States Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to head the World Bank, a German government official said
May 29 '07 -Business- www.bloomberg.com -states,zoellick,united
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In other action over the past month, Yahoo spent $680M to purchase Right Media, AOL acquired a controlling stake of German ad-serving company ADTECH AG, and WPP purchased 24/7 for $649M. Very early days yet, but it's the first time Google has been put under any major antitrust scrutiny
May 29 '07 -Business- www.readwriteweb.com -antitrust,google,online
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But Amazon forged into new technologies, many successful (S3, Web services) and some not (Unbox)
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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But the bears wouldn’t admit defeat: Amazon wasn’t a technology company but just another retailer, they said - worse, a retailer with grimly low profit margins
May 29 '07 -Business- www.gigaom.com -amazon,stock,bears
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"The short-term outlook remains cautious, and rising gasoline prices are having a negative impact on consumers' inflation expectations," Franco said
May 29 '07 -Business- www.canada.com -april,consumers,inflation
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The resignation takes effect on June 30.
May 29 '07 -Business- www.bloomberg.com -states,zoellick,united
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Bond prices fell as prospects of moderate growth would leave little room for the Federal Reserve to trim interest rates with inflation expectations on the rise
May 29 '07 -Business- www.canada.com -april,consumers,inflation
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REUTERS/Eric Thayer Email to a friend Printer friendly Font: ****"All in all, confidence levels continue to suggest growth, albeit at a slow pace," Lynn Franco, the Conference Board's director of research said in a statement
May 29 '07 -Business- www.canada.com -april,consumers,inflation
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Shares of Archstone had risen 8% Friday after reports that Tishman and Archstone were in discussions about a transaction
May 29 '07 -Business- www.marketwatch.com -archstone,tishman,smith
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That step, known as a "second request" for information, would suggest that the proposed acquisition raises more serious antitrust issues
May 29 '07 -Business- www.readwriteweb.com -antitrust,google,online
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United States officials last week told the development agency's European donors in a conference call that Zoellick may be the American choice to replace Paul Wolfowitz, said the official, who requested anonymity
May 29 '07 -Business- www.bloomberg.com -states,zoellick,united
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Zoellick, now an executive at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., completed talks to grant China entry into the World Trade Organization as trade representative during President George W.Bush's first term
May 29 '07 -Business- www.bloomberg.com -states,zoellick,united
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Consumer mood rises, as does inflation fears Reuters Published: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) - United States consumer confidence rose more sharply than expected in May as a more upbeat business outlook and a surging stock market overshadowed the impact of record gasoline prices, a survey showed on Tuesday
May 29 '07 -Business- www.canada.com -april,consumers,inflation
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When combined, this gives a lot of user data to one company
May 29 '07 -Business- www.readwriteweb.com -antitrust,google,online

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