valuations

Tesla, Slack Show Lure Of Non-Public Funding Amid High Mkt Valuations
Tesla, Slack Show Lure Of Non-Public Funding Amid High Mkt Valuations
August 14, 2018  |  Investments

As the saying goes, cash is king. Amend that a bit to state that when it comes to corporate events, cash may be … well,...

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Amid The Good (Stock Market) Cheer, Clouds Gather?
Amid The Good (Stock Market) Cheer, Clouds Gather?
December 07, 2017  |  Investments

Nine years is a long time for anything to run — a TV show, your car, a bowling league — especially so the bull market that...

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Lyft Raises $1B Led By Google
Lyft Raises $1B Led By Google
October 20, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Ride-hailing platform Lyft, a competitor to Uber, announced Thursday (Oct. 19) that CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth investment fund, was the lead investor in a $1 billion round of...

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Titan, Contrarian Klarman’s Views On Trump Rally
Titan, Contrarian Klarman’s Views On Trump Rally
February 08, 2017  |  Investments

The conventional wisdom may hold that a number of new Trumpian policies auger well for business: Lower taxes, less regulation and sweeping infrastructure work. But...

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Behind the Tech Stock Resurgence, Warning Bells … Or Not
Behind the Tech Stock Resurgence, Warning Bells … Or Not
August 22, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Could tech stocks be hijacking the U.S. stock market? As computer and software equities drive seemingly ever higher, with several marquee names such as Microsoft...

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The Unicorn Shoe (Wing) Drooping Towards Dropping?
The Unicorn Shoe (Wing) Drooping Towards Dropping?
August 18, 2016  |  Payment Methods

The worries over valuations tied to unicorns, by now universally defined as the tech firms with implied valuations above $1 billion, have ebbed and flowed,...

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Earnings Giveth and Taketh Away for Payments Stocks
Earnings Giveth and Taketh Away for Payments Stocks
August 08, 2016  |  Payment Methods

In the week that just ended, with a bang and not a whimper on strong jobs numbers, the Payments Stock Index gave a decidedly mixed...

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Unicorn Watch: Hazy Summer Days, And One IPO Draws A Line
Unicorn Watch: Hazy Summer Days, And One IPO Draws A Line
July 21, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Unicorns have been as quiet as they are mystical over the past week plus, which may be an outgrowth of summer’s torpor or continued reticence...

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Do Stock Market Highs Bode Well For Payments?
Do Stock Market Highs Bode Well For Payments?
July 13, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Stocks may have enjoyed a bump on last Friday’s jobs report, but you should let the bubbly chill for a while. The June numbers were...

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