Category Archives: United States

Yahoo Acquires Tumblr for $1.1bn

Yahoo Inc. is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion.  The deal announced Monday represents Mayer’s boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo’s latest comeback attempt.  It marks Yahoo’s most expensive acquisition since … Continue reading

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Yelp Reports Revenue Growth of 70% in First Quarter

First-quarter earnings showed strong growth in key areas. Net revenue increased 70 per cent year-on-year to $46m, topping analysts’ expectations. Unique visitors and cumulative reviews were both up more than 43 per cent, while paying local business accounts (local businesses … Continue reading

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Big Data Firm Tableau Raises $254m with IPO

Big data visualization and analytics provider Tableau Software has raised $254.2m in an IPO, which priced its shares at $31 each and has valued the company at $2 billion. Seattle-based Tableau offers a range of business intelligence, data visualization and … Continue reading

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Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Help U.S. Trade Professionals Comply with Import and Export Regulations

Thomson Reuters has released additional international trade publications on Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, the industry-leading online service that provides research, news, analysis, and productivity tools to tax, audit, accounting, legal, trade, and finance professionals. Checkpoint includes a vast library of import- … Continue reading

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Experian Software Helps Gather Mobile Phone Usage Data

Experian announced Tuesday that a division of its marketing services department, QAS, has launched phone number verification software that can differentiate smartphones from landlines. The credit rating agency said the technology will allow companies to gather better information on mobile … Continue reading

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The Bloomberg Scandal: Omniscience and Omerta

Bloomberg reporters have used private client data from terminal users at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan for news stories.  After Goldman complained about an unnamed reporter pointing out that a partner at the bank had not logged in and inquired if he had left the … Continue reading

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New D&B Hoovers Analytics™ Product Gives Small Businesses the Power to Uncover Prospects and Drive Growth

Solution Expands Big Business Insight to Smaller Organizations D&B (NYSE: DNB) introduced Hoover’s Analytics, a new product to help small businesses segment and evaluate their customers and prospects to identify new growth opportunities.

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