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Recently Public Ancestry.com Now Private Again
Analysts estimate that genealogy enthusiasts spend anywhere between $1,000 and $18,000 over a year to discover their roots. In January 2009, the number of people undergoing genetic genealogy testing to determine their roots were 765,000, compared with 650,000 people reportedly undertaking genetic testing as of November 2007. Besides genetic tests, several genealogy research websites are
Twitter: 2014 IPO or Acquisition by Apple?
Many analysts have been speculating about Twitter’s IPO prospects, and the company itself seems to have toyed with the idea of going public (or not) more than a few times. Last year it even indicated that it will remain an independent company for years to come. But after a few months of silence, the market
Shutterstock’s IPO Performance
New York–based Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) filed its S-1 earlier this summer and came out with its IPO early last quarter. The company’s offer was received positively by the market, which has not been kind to many new-age digital stocks. Recently, Shutterstock announced the results of its first quarter as a public company. Here is a quick
IPO Pool 2013: Rearden Commerce
There is a whole bunch of private companies thriving in the market today and are valued near or above a billion dollars in the private market. Today, we will talk about one of them. Readers may recall, we introduced you to Patrick Grady, CEO of Rearden Commerce while ago. Today, we will revisit Rearden and
Could MercadoLibre Be on Amazon’s Shopping List?
Analysts believe that it is not just Brazil, but all of Latin America that is poised for strong economic growth in the coming years. Over the past five years, Latin America’s economic growth has been double that of crisis-ridden Europe and North America. The region’s per capita income is projected to grow by nearly 50%
Oracle Continues to Build Cloud Portfolio
According to recent analyst reports, cloud computing will be a strong area of growth for technological investments. Gartner projects that software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based business application services will grow at a compounded rate of 19% over the five-year period between 2011 to 2016 to $32.2 billion. IDC expects enterprise cloud application revenues
ServiceNow Gaining Ground on BMC, HP, CA
According to market reports, the IT service management (ITSM) market is expected to be worth $1.5 billion. Market reports for 2011 saw the market being led by BMC, with a 38.6% market share. HP’s Service Manager came in a distant second, with a little over 20%. CA’s Service Desk Manager was ranked the third, with
A Long View on Planet Earth from the Perspective of Water
This is our last technology stock post for the year, and we have chosen a company that is trying to address one of the most critical problems facing humanity: the global water crisis. The United States, it seems, will become energy independent with the successful commercialization of shale in the upcoming years. This will change