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Calculating the Real Value of High-Tech Companies
Lists and explains the legal, but misleading, ways in which high-tech companies can exclude important negative information regarding sales, earnings, etc. from their official financial figures. (12/22/2000 at GigaLaw.com)
Do You Kick Yahoo?
The same market analysts who pumped Yahoo's stock market valuation to over $100 billion last year are bashing the company now, and predicting its imminent death; they were wrong then, and probably wrong now. (3/10/2001 at Salon.com)
Early Market Movers: Yahoo Puts on the Hex
Yahoo's stock price decline, a result of its earnings warning and search for a new CEO, appears to have dragged down other related (and unrelated) tech stocks. (3/8/2001 at The Industry Standard)
Get Ready for the Fire Sales
As huge dot-coms with no money seek to sell off assets - as PSINet and MarchFirst are doing - their resources will go cheap, and stockholders may walk away with nothing. (3/27/2001 at ZDNet)
Hurry to the IPO Cash Sale
A number of dot-coms have market capitalizations below the value of their combined cash and assets; some will dissolve and distribute the value to shareholders, while others are taking measures to ward off potential hostile takeovers. (1/15/2001 at Wired News)
It Can Go Down To Zero
Many people - analysts, journalist, investors - were expecting a correction in Internet stock prices. Beyond having their stock prices corrected to reasonable levels, though, Net companies could lose all their value. (12/20/2000 at Fortune)
Nasdaq Gives Reprieve to Drowning Firms
The Nasdaq is relaxing its rules for companies to remain listed with them until January 2nd, to allow companies whose stock prices have fallen precipitously after the WTC attack to recover. (9/27/2001 at Siliconvalley.com)
PayPal Raises $70.2 Million in IPO
PayPal Inc., the online payment company, has raised $70 million in its delayed IPO. (2/14/2002 at The Boston Globe)
Profits, Losses and Damn Lies
Corporations often report two different profit/loss totals for the same quarter, depending on whether they're measuring by EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) or net/loss income. (4/27/2001 at Wired News)
Tech Guru Sees Brightening Skies
Michael Murphy, editor of the California Technology Stock Letter, believes that dismal market performance in 2000 was Greenspan's fault, and now is the time to load up on technology stocks. (1/18/2001 at The Industry Standard)
Tech Stock Boom Was a Legal Con Game
For almost 2 years, "Internet mania" changed the rules of investing and business; and the media helped fuel the craze. (12/16/2000 at Mercury Center)
Tech Stocks Not Likely to Recover Soon, Analysts Say
Analysts and economists say the technology sector probably won't recover from its investment slump this year; and many start-ups won't survive the downturn. (3/13/2001 at USA Today)
Tech Titans' Earnings Keep Investors Upbeat
After Microsoft and EBay posted better-than-expected earnings, some market analysts have become more upbeat regarding technology stocks. (4/20/2001 at Los Angeles Times)
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