I love to talk about real estate to my friends and family. But each time, in the middle of the conversation, the same words come up: “risky”, “complex”, “uncertain”, “time consuming”… What if all this were about to change thanks to technology? Here are three areas where digital is dusting off real estate. Online Tools and Mortgage Simulators Online simulators are a down-to-earth living example … Continue reading When technology dusts off real estate
The internet may seem like a luxury enjoyed only by people in prosperous Western nations, but in fact it’s the backbone of a revolution taking place across the planet. Far from being useful only to those who are already financially comfortable, it’s enabling ordinary people in some of the world’s least developed areas to pull themselves up out of poverty and do business on an … Continue reading How the growth of online communications has allowed developing economies to flourish
Whispers on the Street put microblogging site Weibo’s IPO price at $17-$19 a share. Known as the Chinese version of Twitter, China-based Weibo is a subsidiary of SINA Corp. (SINA). Weibo has approximately 129 million monthly active users (MAUs), an overwhelming majority of them on mobile MAUs. The company’s revenues increased significantly from $65.9 million in 2012 to $188.3 million in 2013, according to Zacks. … Continue reading SINA’s Weibo to IPO Between $17-$19 a Share
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company, said late Thursday that its board of directors has authorized and declared an initial dividend of $0.09 per share for the period from the pricing of the company’s initial public offering on March 5, 2014, through March 31, 2014. The dividend reflects a quarterly dividend rate of $0.30 per share, prorated for the 27 … Continue reading TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Declares Initial Dividend
Pandora Media (P) shares were higher more than 3% in recent pre-market trade after saying that listener hours rose 14% to 1.71 billion in March while the share of the total U.S. radio listening rose to 9.11% from 8.05% a year ago. The internet radio service said active listeners amounted to 75.3 million and the end of March, up 8% from 69.5 million in the … Continue reading Pandora Media Gains; Listener Hours Rise 14% in March
Texas Industries (TXI) shares edged up Thursday, after the supplier of construction materials late Wednesday reported a narrower-than-expected adjusted loss for its fiscal Q3 on revenue that topped the Street view. For the quarter ended Feb. 28, the company posted a net loss of $21.8 million, or $0.76 per share, compared with a year-earlier net loss of $5.8 million, or $0.21 per share. Excluding one-time … Continue reading Texas Industries Edges Up on Narrower-Than-Expected Adjusted Q3 Loss
