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Google Buys Frommer's To Compete With Apple, Yelp

Google Buys Frommer's To Compete With Apple, Yelp
Google has reportedly purchased the rights to the Frommer's travel brand from publisher John Wiley & Sons for an undisclosed sum, according to The Wall Street Journal, presumably to bolster its local reviews of small businesses, restaurants, sights and destinations around the globe. With the combination of Frommer's and Zagat, Google will be able to give audiences plenty of ways to view reviews and/or ratings of local businesses around the world throughout its mobile Android platf...
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CafePress Announces IPO At $19 Per Share

E-commerce website CafePress said on Tuesday it will raise $85.5 million through the initial public offering of 4.5 million common stock shares, priced $19 apiece.
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Bono's private equity firm on tour for $1 billion

The private equity group co-founded by Irish rock star Bono has approached investors seeking $1 billion for its second fund, buoyed by its success with investments in Facebook Inc and Yelp Inc, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Yelp soars in market debut on Facebook optimism

Consumer review website Yelp Inc made a sparkling market debut on Friday, buoyed by optimism ahead of Facebook's public listing and hopes for further successful public listings by Internet companies down the road.
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Yelp Stock Price Quote ‘Exceptionally’ High on First Day: Is it Too Late to Invest?

Yelp stock was traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the first time on Friday, March 2. The stock, which is listed under the ticker symbol YELP, opened at $22.01 a share and quickly rose in value to $24.40 a share in just a few hours. The question now is whether YELP stock will continue to rise in the foreseeable future, or if the online company's stock value will soon begin to drop.
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Yelp shares soar on market debut

Consumer review website Yelp Inc's shares traded more than 60 percent above their initial public offering price in their market debut on Friday, as investors rushed to buy a piece of the growing local advertising market.
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Wall Street Dips, Eyes on Oil Prices

Stocks ticked lower in early trading on Friday in a light day on the economic calendar, but the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were on track to close their eighth positive week in the last nine.
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Stock futures slip as oil prices, Yelp IPO eyed

Futures on the S&P 500 edged lower in sparse volume on Friday in a light day on the economic calendar but were still on track to close their ninth straight week of gains, the longest such run since January 2004.
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Yelp files for $100 million IPO

Yelp Inc, which runs a website for online reviews, filed on Thursday for an initial public offering of up to $100 million of Class A common shares.
Yelp boasts more than 22 million reviews, 61 million monthly unique visitors and 529,000 business pages.

Yelp Files IPO, May Achieve $2 Billion Valuation

Online reviews site for local businesses Yelp filed its initial public offering with the SEC Thursday. Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are the lead underwriters for the IPO, which is expected in early 2012.

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