This Week’s Deals
Deals: Metaweb, @Last, Acquicor
Sex And The Single Zillionaire
Venture Capital, the way it was practised by Tom Perkins, is dead. Called by whatever different name, the company-building game today is more Private Equity than true venture capital.
Not ONLY Google vs Microsoft
Google acquires hosted word-processing software that they are likely to offer as a service. Where is this going?
First Women, Then Latinos
Comcast ties up with Yahoo-like site for Latinos.
iVillage: SOLD
iVillage acquisition by NBC: comments
First LBO in For-Profit Education
First buy-out happens in For-profit Education. What’s next?
Mango Diplomacy
President Bush allows Indian mangoes to be brought into the US: A nostalgic tribute to the fruit, and a culture that had developed around it.
Rise, Fall, Rise Again
Rise, Fall, and turn-around of Finisar.
