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Today - Friday, May 17
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8:08 PM Yahoo (YHOO) update: The board will meet Sunday night to decide on a $1.1B all-cash deal for Tumblr, according to AllThingsD. (earlier) Comment!
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12:18 PM Marketo's (MKTO) IPO is nearly as good as Tableau's. Shares opened at $20 and are currently moving at $20.24, up 55.7% from an IPO price of $13. That gives the cloud marketing automation software vendor and occasional subject of Salesforce buyout speculation a valuation of $722M, or 12x 2012 sales. (S-1) Comment!
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11:33 AM U.S. Cellular (USM +5.5%) spikes higher after announcing a $5.75/share special dividend that will be paid on June 25 to shareholders on record as of June 11. The announcement comes as USM states it has closed its $480M deal to transfer spectrum and 420K customers to Sprint. Comment!
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10:41 AM Tableau's (DATA) IPO is as good as advertised. Shares opened at $47 and are currently at $49.82, up 61% from a raised IPO price of $31. That gives the analytics/data visualization software vendor a valuation of $2.86B, or a whopping 22x 2012 revenue. Rival Qlik (QLIK +4.6%) is up in sympathy - a bullish BMO note might also be helping. (S-1) (Pac Crest) Comment!
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