Super Bowl thoughts from business tweeps
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:58:47 PST 2012There was no shortage of Super Bowl commentary on Twitter from the Jacksonville business community. A selection of thoughts, in 140 characters or less, from business tweeps throughout the night: Wally Lee, president of Jax Chamber, @WallyLeeJax: ?What a game!!! I?m old enough to remember when #SuperBowl games were lopsided and not interesting. Let?s bring the Lombardi trophy to Jax!? Mark Fr...
January records show 10-degree increase in high temps
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:56:35 PST 2012The official records confirm what Western New Yorkers already know: January was unusually warm and wet for a midwinter month. The average high temperature last month at the official weather station in Cheektowaga was 37.3 degrees, according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service. That was 10 degrees warmer than the same month a year ago. January 2011 had an average high of 27.2...
Gas prices reach new January high
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:55:51 PST 2012South Florida pump prices rose again last week, marking the most motorists have paid for gasoline in January. Gas prices reached a national high, averaging $3.37 ? 28 cents more than January 2011 and 66 cents more than in 2010, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. Gas prices continue to rise, despite oil trading $1.72 less than the week before to close Friday at $97.84 on the New York Merc...
Sacramento holds steady in ?miserable cities? ranking
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:55:43 PST 2012Sacramento got slighted again. Forbes released its list of the country?s top 20 most miserable cities, and Sacramento held steady at No. 5. Forbes said it ranks the country?s largest cities on several factors, ranging from crime, taxes, unemployment, foreclosures, commute and sports. Sacramento, which also came in at No. 5 in 2011, ranks as one of the most miserable cities in part because of ...
Zuckerberg could sell $1.67B in Facebook stock for taxes
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:55:22 PST 2012Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg may have a historic tax bill following Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering, Bloomberg reports. Zuckerberg could sell some $1.67 billion of stock during the IPO to pay taxes he will owe on exercising options. Zuckerberg could become one of the world's wealthiest people with a stake in the company that could top $28 billion. ...
Mobeam adds funds to Series A round
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:54:55 PST 2012Mobeam Inc. said Monday it has added $1.5 million to the $4.9 million Series A round it announced in October 2011. The San Francisco-based company specializes in patented, light-based communications technology with applications in mobile commerce. The company has added investor DFJ Athena, a Korea-focused venture fund affiliated with Menlo Park-based Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as new fun...
Charlotte gas prices continue upward
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:54:48 PST 2012The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the Charlotte market has climbed to $3.60 from $3.54 a week ago, according to AAA Carolinas. A month ago, a gallon of regular gas cost $3.39 in the Charlotte metro area. The average price in North Carolina is $3.57, up from $3.50 a week earlier and $3.40 a month ago. In South Carolina, the average price for regular gasoline is $3.36 per ga...
FNF acquiring O'Charley's restaurant chain
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:54:37 PST 2012Fidelity National Financial Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding common stock that it does not own of the restaurant chain O?Charley?s Inc., making it the sole owner. FNF already owns 2.1 million, or 9.5 percent, of O?Charley?s (Nasdaq: CHUX) outstanding common shares. The company will offer O?Charley?s stockholders $9.85 per share. O?Charley?s stock has traded...
Data-management needs spurring mergers
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:54:33 PST 2012Managing the huge amounts of data flowing over the Internet will be a driving force behind tech mergers and acquisitions in the coming year, Bloomberg reports. Bay Area tech giants will likely be among the companies looking to cash in on the new data-management needs. Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), along with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), led a 36 percent in...
Chinese court throws out AMSC trade secret complaint
Posted: Mon Feb 06 06:54:24 PST 2012AMSC (Nasdaq: AMSC) will see one of its cases against former partner Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd. decided in arbitration, as a Chinese court has thrown out its legal complaint alleging that Sinovel stole wind turbine technology. Formerly known as American Superconductor, The Devens, Mass.-based energy technology firm announced in a news release, Monday, that the Hainan Province Number 1 Interme...
Fool Cheatsheet: Novellus Systems Earnings
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Synchronoss Technologies Passes This Key Test
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Why Weatherford International May Be About to Take Off
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International Rectifier Goes Negative
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Why Dollar General's Earnings May Not Be So Hot
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