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5 O’Clock Roundup: Amazon’s all-time high, Microsoft’s ignorable low, the Windows 7 questions no one but David Pogue wants to be seen answering
Amazon shares hit an all-time record — Today’s $118.49 price is higher than the $400-plus days of 1999, because of splits in the years since. Today’s share price would be about $700 without the splits, says the Wall Street Journal. The Journal hauled out Mary Meeker, a big booster of Amazon and other dot-com stocks [...]
Jan 10th, 2011 | Filed under News -
Volpi and Index Ventures Out of Skype Deal, the Lawsuit-Happy Founder Twins In
According to sources close to the situation, Index Ventures and Michelangelo Volpi are out of the deal to buy Skype–and their lawsuit-loving nemeses, the founders of the Internet telephony service, are in. Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis had sued Index and partner Michelangelo Volpi via tech companies they control, Joltid and Joost. The [...]
Jan 10th, 2011 | Filed under NewsTags: Chunk, Confidential Information, Court Filings, Ebay, Ebay Ebay, Ebay News, Founders Of The Internet, Index Sources, Index Ventures, Internet Telephony Service, Janus Friis, Michelangelo Volpi, New York Times, Niklas, Om Malik, Settlement Talks, Situation Index, Skype, Software Licensing, Venture Firm