Deal Radar 2008: Figleaves and Specialty e-Tail

(I want to preamble this piece by saying that when you read it, please don’t be surprised if Google AdSense starts pushing lingerie ads to you. It is not a very smart algorithm!) Figleaves.com is the world’s largest online retailer of branded intimate apparel. It includes Aubade to La Perla to Zimmermann. Users can shop

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Sunpower Seems Unreasonably Slaughtered

Sunpower’s (SPWR) Q4 stock performance has been scary as the company’s stock reached heights of $160/share in intraday trading and then plummeted on general market madness and company outlook to $73/share recently. It is worth looking at the company to see what has been going on.

Forbes Column 08: How To Dig Out Yahoo’s Treasures

More on the same topic. My Forbes column How To Dig Out Yahoo’s Treasures provides commentary on Yahoo’s earnings later today.

Deal Radar 2008: Zappos Wants to be Amazon When it Grows Up

You have heard me talk about the verticalization of the web. Here’s a good example of a brand built on that premise. Zappos.com is the #1 online footwear retailer. Apart from retailing around 1,100 well known brands of shoes, boots, sandals, and athletic footwear, it also retails accessories including socks, wallets, belts, designer handbags, and

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2007 M&A Overview

A nice list: M&A: Web and Internet Companies Acquired in 2007.

House of Cards

CBS has an excellent segment on the sub-prime housing crisis in the US that is driving us into a recession: House of Cards. Citibank departing CEO Chuck Prince walked out with $29 Million and Merill Lynch CEO Stan O’Neal walked out with $160 Million after losing billions for their respective companies. Capitalism gone awry, indeed!

Deal Radar 2008: eHarmony Replacing Yenta

eHarmony is an online dating/matchmaking site that uses its patented Compatibility Matching System™ to match singles. In November 2004, eHarmony raised $110 million in a Series B round of financing from Sequoia Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures and Tuputele Ventures. It had earlier raised $3 million in Series A from Sarofim Fayez and Co.

Good Networking and Telecom Blogs

Here’s a quick survey of blogs in the networking and telecom domains that we like. Do you have some to add?