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Facebook will make its debut on public markets between April and July next year and plans to raise up to $10 billion at a $100 billion valuation, says The Wall Street Journal. For that amount, it wo…

There are signs that European leaders might finally be getting their act together. Ed Harrison at Credit Writedowns has translated an article from Welt online reporting that the Bundesbank is increa…

The story of McDonalds as a mega corporation is nothing short of amazing. Here are some mind blowing stats about how it has become such a massive business.First, as McDonalds itself says, there are …

Microsoft has signed a non-discloure agreement that will give it a chance to look at Yahoo's books, according to the New York Times. If the report is correct, Microsoft is a strong bidder for wh…

In the last few weeks I have done blog entries, like this one, on Google's plans to enter the TV market. The basic idea is to snaffle advertising from the rest of the industry as Google is alrea…

The rumours continue of an imminent Facebook IPO and the scam-merchants are moving in.Politico reports the US Securities and Exchange Commission has cracked down on an investment scam that was touti…

With the arrival of Amazon as the third elephant in the mobile services world along with Apple and Google, Citigroup analysts have speculated that the world's biggest bookstore will soon produce…

When you think of James Murdoch going into Daddy's business, it's not that unusual. According to a new study, nearly 70 percent of the sons of the richest men have worked at Dad's compan…

So it's all over for EMI whose artists include Robbie Williams and the Beatles. It was bought by private equity firm Terra Firma for £4.2 billion ($US6.5 billion) including debt, and the company…

With France and Germany moving to a two-speed Europe in order to try and pull the Eurozone back from the brink of a Depression, and with US consumer confidence at rock bottom, it's worth looking…