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Current credit crunch is contracting capital

2008-09-09 04:09:31 by admin in Web 2.0 Portals
 
Pat Stone explains how the current real estate market is being impacted by the credit crunch and what resulting impact that will have on the economy. more read more More: continued... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more
 
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Sprint Local-Phone Spinoff Embarq: Can't Sell Ourselves In This Credit Crunch

2008-10-02 10:00:00 by Dan Frommer in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...crunch isn't helping phone companies with their best hope for survival: Consolidation Embarq (EQ), the fourth-largest U.S. phone company, which Sprint (S) spun off in 2006, has been trying to sell itself for weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports . But those plans are tabled for now because potential partners -- like smaller Windstream, the...
 
Tags: phone companies, embarq, credit crunch, credit, analysts expect embarq, broadband growth tanks, business, local phone business, customers
 
 
 
 
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Do you Care about Eco-friendly PCs?

2008-10-03 10:08:53 by PC Freak in MS Windows Vista Compatible Software
 
...crunch yet, well it would be best not to wait for it to come to you. As a PC user, you also have to be aware that your finances may soon encounter some rough sailing especially now that everything (but your salary perhaps) is going up sky high So what is the best thing to do? Well for one, check if you have an energy saving computer. Through...
 
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How Yahoo Missed Its Asia Window (YHOO)

2008-10-07 16:03:00 by Vasanth Sridharan in Silicon Alley Insider
 
...crunch limits the options left for Yang, who said he may sell or spin off the assets to shore up the stock after failing to reach a buyout agreement with Microsoft Corp. Yahoo kept the stakes even after billionaire Carl Icahn, a Yang critic who advocated their sale, joined the board in August, and Yahoo shares fell yesterday to the lowest in...
 
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How start-ups can survive

2008-09-29 22:04:00 by Rafe Needleman in Webware.com
 
...Crunch points out how the credit crunch will lead to a venture crunch, and Jason Calacanis' latest e-mail newsletter predicts that "50-80 percent of the venture-backed start-ups currently operating will shut down or go on life-support" within the next 18 months (italics mine). Is it time to panic I don't believe so, although to operate as if...
 
Tags: products, b2b products, business, business models, business products, technology companies, companies, real business, economy
 
 
 
 
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At microloan sites, the new college try

2008-06-02 20:09:00 by Stefanie Olsen in Webware.com
 
...crunch. With his site, students can get a government-loan rate of 6.8 percent from friends and family We look at the student as an entrepreneur," said Agarwal. "People already help each other informally. We're trying to make it more efficient and take the stigma of asking for a handout and turning it into a loan Unlike traditional banks,...
 
Tags: student loan, student, student loan market, college, student loans, students, sites, college students secure, loan
 
 
 
 
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The Crisis In Venture Capital

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2008-07-01 14:30:43 by Erick Schonfeld in TechCrunch
...crunch/mortgage crisis: 64 percent Sarbanes Oxley regulation: 57 percent Here are some of the other responses Venture capitalists who do not see the IPO window opening in 2008: 81 percent Number of venture capitalists who believe that venture-backed companies are less likely to want to go public today than they were 3 years ago: Two thirds...
 
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Ning Worth Half A Billion Dollars

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2008-04-18 23:39:04 by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch
...crunch, its good to be conservative with these things The timing of this is great for Ning - theyre also the subject of a beautifully uncritical fluff piece in this months Fast Company that talks about viral expansion loops Ning has now raised over $100 million CrunchBase Information Ning Information provided by CrunchBase Crunch Network...
 
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Who Are The Biggest Users of Amazon Web Services? Its Not Startups.

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2008-04-21 22:58:48 by Erick Schonfeld in TechCrunch
...crunch You just hear more about the startups because many are increasingly putting their entire businesses on Amazon, and the economics of cloud computing really levels the playing field for them. They also tend to be more open about their data practices. But cloud computing is already going much deeper than the startup world, and gaining...
 
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