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With Ad Sales Doubling, Why is China’s Renren Getting Clobbered?

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Shares of China’s social network Renren (RENN) are now worth half their May 4 IPO […]

Burbank Contrarian Bets on Saudis Show Why Oil Reality Helps Return 23.6%

By Edward Robinson, Bloomberg, As a hedge-fund manager who thrives on turbulence in the commodities markets, John Burbank couldn’t have […]

Foreign Ownership of Japanese Shares Up, Financial Institutions’ Holdings Down

By Hiroyuki Kachi and Judy Lam Foreign ownership of Japanese shares rose for the second straight year, according to data […]

China Stocks Drop to Nine-Month Low on Economic Growth, Bank Loan Concern

From Bloomberg, China’s stocks fell to the lowest level in almost nine months after Nomura Holdings Inc. forecast the central […]

A Bargain in Berkshire Shares

by Dave Kansas, Smart Money, A 52-week low, a long track record, and a modest valuation — even Buffett would […]

Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning

By Bill Powell, Fortune, Investors are pitching the Zuckerberg-Gates-Google model of college-kid startups at China’s prestigious universities. And the kids are […]

Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings

From 247WallSt.com site, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed […]

The next huge Internet IPO is not Facebook (or Groupon)

By Dan Primack, CNN Money, LinkedIn is so yesterday. Today’s conversation is about “who’s next?” Lots of talk about Groupon, […]

Is Renren Finally Getting Worth a Second Look?

From 247Wallst site, Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) has been an absolutely brutal initial public offering.  Since “The Facebook of China” […]

LinkedIn raises IPO ante amid high investor demand

Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer, On Tuesday May 17, 2011, 5:55 pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investors are clamoring […]