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To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/6/2009 6:42:15 PM
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You are a Champion among mere mortals.

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/6/2009 6:53:30 PM
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The Rally, When It Comes, Will Be a Doozy seekingalpha.com

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/6/2009 8:18:01 PM
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Microsoft waiting for acquisition targets to reach ‘right’ price techflash.com

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/6/2009 11:17:07 PM
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Silicon Valley may feel more pain this time marketwatch.com

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/6/2009 11:53:57 PM
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Tonight Charlie Rose interviews Google CEO Eric Schmidt for the hour...on Monday night Charlie Rose talks to Hedge Fund Manager Barton Biggs about the stock market... charlierose.com Here's a link to a conversation with Marissa Mayer, V.P. of Search Product and User Experience at Google charlierose.com

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/7/2009 7:35:11 AM
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Google in position to capture Uncle Sam's spending marketwatch.com

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/7/2009 11:59:09 PM
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When will the high-tech M&A bottom feeders emerge? techflash.com

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/11/2009 10:08:07 AM
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Google has entered the sometimes controversial arena of behaviour-based advertising... news.bbc.co.uk

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	3/11/2009 10:17:05 AM
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Index Ventures secures $441 Million ____________________________________________________________ 9 March, 2009 In a sign of continuing venture capital interest in young firms despite the economic downturn, Index Ventures announced last week that it raised $441 million for an early stage technology fund, its fifth in 10 years. Index Ventures V will focus on early investments in the technology, biotechnology and cleantech sectors in Europe, the United States and Israel. The fund was raised almost entirely from the Swiss-based group’s existing base of limited partners. Index, best known for backing Internet phone-calling leader Skype Technologies before it was bought by online auction house eBay Inc. for $2.6 billion in 2005, has invested in a range of up-and-coming technology and biotech companies. Other portfolio companies include Swedish open-source database firm MySQL, which was sold to Sun Microsystems for $1 billion; British online betting group Betfair; and Danish antibody drug specialist Genmab. Partner Francesco De Rubertis said the recession was causing “natural selection” among startups by killing off those companies that lacked original or disruptive technologies. The dire economic backdrop has also hit valuations. “It is a great moment [to invest],” he said. “There are not of lot funds that are fully financed and that gives us some competitive strength.” About 60% of the new fund is expected to go into IT startups, with biotech making up most of the remainder and cleantech accounting for a relatively small proportion. The typical investment size will be between $6.3 million and $19 million. Index also announced that Ben Holmes, a London-based member of the technology team since 2002, had been named a partner of the firm. Holmes focuses on investments in consumer and Internet infrastructure companies and currently sits on the boards of Mind Candy, Netlog, Playfish, Rebtel and Stardoll. —Ben Hirschler, Reuters

To: Sea Otter who wrote (162424)	4/9/2009 6:58:58 PM
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Intel Capital Looking for Bigger Deals By Ian King April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp.’s venture-capital arm plans to increase the size of its deals and is being approached by more established companies amid the worst market for initial public offerings on record. Intel Capital is looking at investments in the $10 million to $50 million range, Vice President Keith Larson said. The unit has typically invested smaller amounts, giving a total of $7.5 billion to about 1,000 companies since it was founded in 1991. “We’re looking at a little more mature companies that have revenue,” Larson said in an interview. “Those companies can have more positive impact back on Intel.” Intel Capital, whose mandate is to foster technologies that will later help microprocessor sales, is being approached by more companies looking for capital as the money flowing into venture capital dwindles, Larson said. Startups are approaching deep-pocketed companies such as Intel as an alternative to the closed market for IPOs and slump in acquisitions. Previous investments in technologies such as Wi-Fi helped Santa Clara, California-based Intel boost sales and extend its lead over Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Last year, Intel Capital spent $1.59 billion in 169 investments. About $1 billion of that went into Clearwire Corp., the provider of high-speed wireless- Internet service. That investment mirrors Intel’s earlier strategy of backing companies working on Wi-Fi, a short-range wireless technology that Intel built into its Centrino laptop product from 2003. Centrino’s popularity helped Intel boost annual sales 13 percent in each of 2003, 2004 and 2005. International Investments The company made 62 percent of its investments outside the U.S. last year, with the biggest chunk spent in Western Europe and the Middle East. Larson said Intel doesn’t comment on deals before disclosing them publicly. In contrast with Intel’s ability to spend, the venture- capital industry is hurting from the recession. The amount raised by U.S. venture funds fell 71 percent in the fourth quarter, to $3.37 billion, according to the National Venture Capital Association in Arlington, Virginia. No startups were able to hold initial public offerings in the first quarter, the second period of drought in a row. The market for selling startup companies fell to 56 deals from 106 a year earlier, with the average value of sales where prices were disclosed falling to $49.6 million from $113.6 million. Investing in companies that are more mature will give Intel a better chance of making a return, because firms that already earn revenue are less likely to fail, Larson said. “People have definitely hunkered down, trying to work with the companies they have now,” he said. One of the main challenges startups face is that banks are cutting credit lines regardless of the companies’ operating performance, Larson said. Intel rose 71 cents to $15.98 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. The stock has gained 9 percent this year. To contact the reporter on this story: Ian King in San Francisco at ianking@bloomberg.net Last Updated: April 9, 2009 16:06 EDT