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Rajiv Dutta, former President of Skype and more recently a partner at private equity firm, Elevation Partners succumbed to colon cancer on January 31, 2011. He joined the private equity firm, after spending nearly 10 years at eBay. He also served as President of PayPal. Read more »

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Shares of Palm tanked after the company said carrier orders for its webOS gadgets have been weaker than expected. Customers don’t want its phones, and no one seems interested in buying its business. So what can be left for Palm? Read more »

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Yelp, like Facebook and Zynga before it, has taken a large late-stage funding round that includes measures to cash out employee shares. In doing so, the local reviews startup effectively negates internal pressure for a public offering to make early employees rich. Read more »

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The last few weeks have been dominated by speculation over two things: the Google Phone and the Apple tablet. One is now a reality. The other is still a myth. And beyond this twin-headed meme, attention has been paid to little else. Forgotten is the fact […] Read more »

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Over the weekend, rumors emerged that private investor ONEXIM Group, led by Mikhail Prokhorov, was buying Forbes and its residual holdings. Having worked at Forbes during the dot-com days, I was intrigued by the development, but couldn’t get any facts about this deal. So I emailed […] Read more »

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