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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
(Updated) Large Scale Downtime At Rackspace Cloud	A large number of customers of Rackspace Cloud, including Techcrunch, have been experiencing downtime for the past 1h 20m or so. The status blog reports that the service was degraded, and other reports state that it is due to a power outage at the Dallas network operations center. Customers of both Rackspace Cloud and Slicehost are affected, putting services such as Posterous, Dailybooth, tr.im and others out of commission. I got the first alert as I was stepping towards the door to leave (it is...	November 03, 2009
Hold On. Newspaper Companies Aren't Worth 7% More	As WC Fields said: "Never give a sucker an even break, never wise up a chump." Newspaper stocks are up in sympathy with the News Corp (NWS) bid for Dow Jones (DJ). But, Murdoch & Company want the publisher of The Wall Street Journal for some specific reasons. The two most important are to pick up a stable-mate for Fox's new business channel; the other is that Murdoch can pretty much buy what he wants, even if he overpays. And, he will be overpaying for Dow Jones. The business publ...	May 01, 2007
eSpeed (ESPD) Comments on Tullett Proposal and Recent Shareholder Statements	From 13D TrackereSpeed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPD) commented on recent statements and proposals made by one of eSpeed's competitors and by certain shareholders in Schedule 13D filings in recent weeks. The Company said on April 19th they sent a letter to Terry Smith of Tullett Prebon plc stating that the Board of Directors has been informed by its controlling stockholder, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., that it is not interested in selling its controlling interest in the Company to Tullett, in terminating...	April 20, 2007
eSpeed (ESPD) Comments on Tullett Proposal and Recent Shareholder Statements	eSpeed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPD) commented on recent statements and proposals made by one of eSpeed's competitors and by certain shareholders in Schedule 13D filings in recent weeks.The Company said on April 19th they sent a letter to Terry Smith of Tullett Prebon plc stating that the Board of Directors has been informed by its controlling stockholder, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., that it is not interested in selling its controlling interest in the Company to Tullett, in terminating its arrangements with...	April 19, 2007
eSpeed (ESPD) Holder WC Capital Wants Evaluation of Tullet Bid, Encourages Cantor to Make Bid	From 13D TrackerIn a press release on eSpeed Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPD), 6.4% holder WC Capital called for an independent evaluation of Tullet Prebon's $12 bid for the Company. Aaron Braun, the manager of WC Capital, said, "We view the Tullet Prebon bid as extremely attractive and deserves to be considered by the independent directors of eSpeed. Should Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. decide to match this or any potential future offer, we would welcome that development." WC Captial said the $12 b...	April 18, 2007
eSpeed (ESPD) Holder WC Capital Wants Evaluation of Tullet Bid, Encourages Cantor to Make Bid	In a press release on eSpeed Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPD), 6.4% holder WC Capital called for an independent evaluation of Tullet Prebon's $12 bid for the Company.Aaron Braun, the manager of WC Capital, said, "We view the Tullet Prebon bid as extremely attractive and deserves to be considered by the independent directors of eSpeed. Should Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. decide to match this or any potential future offer, we would welcome that development." WC Captial said the $12 bid is at the low end of the $12 t...	April 18, 2007
Another Large eSpeed (ESPD) Holder Calls for a Sale or Other Measures to Increase Shareholder Value	From 13D Tracker In a 13D filing after the close on eSpeed Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPD), WC Capital disclosed a 6.4% stake (1.92 million shares) in the company. The firm also disclosed a letter send to ESPD Chiarman, Howard W. Lutnick. In the letter the firm said the shares are currently very undervalued. The firm also requested the board review certain options. 1: Sale of the Company, 2. Convert Class B shares to Class A, 3. Return of Capital to Shareholders (one-time dividend, share rep...	March 30, 2007
Another Large eSpeed (ESPD) Holder Calls for a Sale or Other Measures to Increase Shareholder Value	In a 13D filing after the close on eSpeed Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPD), WC Capital disclosed a 6.4% stake (1.92 million shares) in the company. The firm also disclosed a letter send to ESPD Chiarman, Howard W. Lutnick.In the letter the firm said the shares are currently very undervalued. The firm also requested the board review certain options. 1: Sale of the Company, 2. Convert Class B shares to Class A, 3. Return of Capital to Shareholders (one-time dividend, share repurchases ), 4. Initiate Procedures...	March 30, 2007

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