Many of these trusts hold international properties and stakes scattered across the United States. Together, Empire State Realty manages 7.7 million square feet of space, including 5.8 million in Manhattan. 79.9% of its New York space is currently leased. The trust also has the option to acquire two more Manhattan properties, adding another 1.4 million […]
Feb 18 2012 | Posted in
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In 2006, the Malkins assumed day to day control of the Empire State Building and embarked on a $500 million renovation, which will continue past the public offering. The trust expects the Empire State Building makeover to “substantially” finish by 2016, after a further investment of $55 to $65 million funded by cash flow and […]
Feb 18 2012 | Posted in
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Facebook is on the verge of going pubic this summer. The new name, Facebook, Inc., will certainly help the company in getting to the dazzling heights with extra cash worth around $5 Billion. On the other hand the social network also has other tricks up its sleeve to compete not only on internet but also […]
Feb 7 2012 | Posted in
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Zynga’s rally fizzled Wednesday, and if you’d listened to Sterne Agee’s Arvind Bhatia, it never would have happened at all. Bhatia began to question the business model behind the world’s biggest social-games creator even before its public debut last December. Zynga then spent much of January below its IPO price, but now enjoys an average […]
Feb 7 2012 | Posted in
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Bhatia will look at Zynga’s daily traffic, too, which was down some 6% in December and up just 2.8% for the year, according to Appdata.com, which tracks Facebook applications’ traffic. If Zynga fails to bring in new users—people possibly more willing to pay—it must turn existing users into payers. Bhatia doubts Zynga could do that […]
Feb 7 2012 | Posted in
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(Reuters) – Facebook’s corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social networking website would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of one of the largest U.S. investors, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. The pension fund, which has a portfolio valued at around $145 billion, is planning […]
Feb 7 2012 | Posted in
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With Facebook now in registration for an initial public offering, the question is top of mind for investors in technology stocks. Facebook generated $3.7 billion in revenue in 2011, and a cool $1 billion in net income. If the conventional wisdom is right, and Facebook goes public with a $100 billion market cap, that makes […]
Feb 6 2012 | Posted in
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But let’s do a little more math. In calendar 2011 – not their September fiscal year – Apple had revenue of $127.8 billion, and profits of $33 billion. Ergo, the company is trading at 3.4x trailing revenues, and 13x trailing profits. Back out the $100 billion or so Apple now has in cash, and the […]
Feb 6 2012 | Posted in
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(Reuters) – About a year ago, when it became clear that taking Facebook Inc public was a matter of when not if, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg went out and poached Caroline Everson, then global advertising head at Microsoft Corp. Landing an executive with Everson’s pedigree was a coup – prior to Microsoft, she was […]
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(Reuters) – It’s the year’s hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients. The world’s biggest social network is expected to seek a $75 billion to $100 billion valuation in its IPO, the most anticipated stock offering from Silicon Valley since Google Inc went […]
Feb 4 2012 | Posted in
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Facebook filed their S-1 document at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, February 02. The move to go public in the summers will certainly lure much wanted cash to the California-based company. Analysts have estimated the net worth of the company in 2012 to be in tune of around $80 to $90 Billion, up […]
Feb 3 2012 | Posted in
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In the 24 hours or so since Facebook filed its long-awaited S-1 and started on the way to a second-quarter public offering, some of the focus has been on the near-certainty that the bulk of the social network’s shares being sold will be snatched up by big institutions and high net-worth individuals. There are some […]
Feb 3 2012 | Posted in
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