Nancy Miller
Recent Stories By Nancy Miller:
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Why Investors Are Suddenly Smitten with LinkedInFebruary 8, 2013
LinkedIn sent an early Valentine to investors Thursday, surprising them with outsized earnings and profit margins in the fourth quarter. And now everyone is talking engagement – rising page views,...
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14 Things We Learned from Facebook’s Earnings CallJanuary 31, 2013
Whatever you think of Facebook and the fourth quarter earnings it released Wednesday, remember this: Facebook is m-o-b-i-l-e. In a conference call with analysts last night, CEO Mark...
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Mobile Wars: Can Kayak Thrive Where Facebook Hasn't?August 2, 2012
Facebook, the giant in social media, is still a midget in mobile. Though the social media giant has asked investors to have confidence that it will come through with a plan to make money from a fast-...
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Facebook Guessing Game: What's It Really Worth?May 29, 2012
Where were all those analysts before Facebook (FB) went public? You know the ones I’m talking about – the ones who are suddenly saying that Facebook is worth less than $60 billion, or about $21 a...
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How Nasdaq Screwed Up the Facebook IPOMay 18, 2012
What a disaster.After a lot of “we are ready for the onslaught” preening, the Nasdaq stock exchange fell apart from the minute Facebook (FB) was released for trading.In anticipation of heavy volume,...
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Wall St. Cuts Bonuses for Poor Little Rich BankersMarch 1, 2012
It’s official: Wall Street had a lousy year and that means that for some people the annual ski trip to Aspen will be put on hold. Time for Occupy Wall Street to pack up its tents? The New York...
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The Big Market Worry: Investor OverreactionMarch 11, 2011
Just when investors thought it was okay to jump back into equities, they got slapped by a barrage of bad news that shook the stock market hard and briefly pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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The Bond Market Will Be Just Fine After QE2March 4, 2011
PIMCO’s bond king Bill Gross , raised a few hackles earlier this month, when he asked rather dramatically, “Who will buy treasuries when the Fed doesn’t?” Cue up the ominous music. The Fed, Gross...
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Building a Different American Dream, Brick by BrickMarch 2, 2011
For what seems like generations, owning a home was not just a goal but a core value of America –a brick-by-brick strategy to build a society based on communal ties, responsibility, and hard work....
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Keeping it Simple, No Matter How You Translate ItFebruary 24, 2011
In a thesaurus, you’ll find synonyms for simplicity: candor, clarity, ease. But what do those terms really mean from culture to culture? That’s what the branding firm Siegel+Gale set out to...
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Same Job, Less Pay: Temporary Workers Fill Labor Needs January 22, 2011
In 2010, the economy reclaimed little more than 1.1 million of the 8.4 million jobs lost in the Great Recession, barely keeping ahead of what’s considered natural growth in the working population....