Software behemoth Microsoft beats Google to the punch for a piece of social-networking site Facebook, pumping in a $240 million investment that gives founder Mark Zuckerberg's company a $15 billion valuation.
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Private equity, however, remains a strong lure for public companies.
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Buyouts push fundraising to $178 billion.
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Shopping comparison site will use funds to add more merchants and users.
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Government-backed incubator spending millions on consulting with companies it invests in.
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Investors scramble to get on the deal train. Watch for crowding.
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Red Herring magazine's finance news briefs for the week of May 1, 2006.
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Finance news briefs for the week of April 24, 2006.
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The private-equity firm said it is buying one of the oldest domain registration service providers for $200 million.
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The private equity firm plans to revive fortunes of the company that makes portal and e-business software.
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Vector Capital has acquired the maker of popular file compression software WinZip.
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Private-equity tech specialists will invest $350 million in buyouts, spin-offs, and recapitalizations.
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Expensing stock options is not inevitable.
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Small caps could be the best bet for big gains.
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Trading Private Equity Publicly May Not Fly.
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The former chief economist at the SEC is helping craft the Sand Hill Index, designed to give private investors a yardstick by which to measure the performance of their portfolios.
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The declining value of the euro is causing concern among European government officials, but investors are far less worried.
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VCs are taking bigger slices of the pie
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