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Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

Private equity funds search for Turkish companies

April 20, 2011

Analysis of:Private equity funds search for Turkish companies | akbaspost.blogspot.com

Domestic and foreign investment funds are seeking companies to take in a partnership in Turkey. Turkey has increased its attractiveness for foreign investors, despite the global crisis as the OECDs highest growth market and only third in the world after China and Argentina in 2010

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

Intel & IBM highlight rebound in IT spending, cloud services & emerging markets

April 19, 2011

Analysis of:Intel and IBM highlight rebound in IT spending and increasing momentum in cloud | akbaspost.blogspot.com

The latest earnings reports from IBM, Intel,WMware continue to show strong rebound in IT spending including a shift toward cloud computing and emerging economies.Intel reported revenues of $12.8bn, up 25% on a year ago. Profits of 56 cents a share were up 30 per cent on a year ago and beat expectations of 46 cents.IBM’s revenues rose 8% to $24.6bn and its operating earnings rose 21% to $2.41 a share. But its shares slipped amid concerns for signings of new contracts by its services businesses.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Amazon makes the money on the reader software - Not hardware

April 19, 2011

Analysis of:The Kindle is an iPad Accessory, And That's Why It's Still Going to Be Huge | www.businessinsider.com

People own Kindles and iPads. The great thing is that you can read kindle books on your ipad with the kindle reader. Amazon has been smart to focus on the content and the software that runs on the kindle. If they make it run on all the tablet platforms, then it could be a solution like Microsoft office is to productivity tools.

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSOLUTIONZ HOLDINGS

Travel Industry impact of Google's acquisition of ITA Software - Market maker?

April 19, 2011

Analysis of:Google Seals ITA Deal; Larger Antitrust Review Looms | www.foxbusiness.com

In any retail business, when you are able to control or influence consumer behavior, your ability to dominate a particular product or service category increases exponentially. Google controls 64.9% of search traffic. That is market control by any measure. Add to that the ability to take simple queries for the most common of all online activities - travel planning and intervene with recommendations versus pure search results - and you have the making of a market maker in the travel industry.

Hakan AkbasPresident & FounderGlobal Dealings, LLC

eBAY to expand in Turkey taking a 93% stake in GittiGidiyor

April 19, 2011

Analysis of:eBAY to expand in Turkey taking a 93% stake in GittiGidiyor | akbaspost.blogspot.com

e-commerce continues to expand overseas boosting growth prospects for companies such as ebay and amazon via acquisitions. eBay has agreed to buy Turkey's leading online marketplace in Turkey. Accordingly, eBay today announced that it has agreed to acquire additional shares in GittiGidiyor, the leading online marketplace in Turkey. The deal follows eBay’s acquisition of a minority stake in the company in 2007. Upon closing of the transaction, eBay will own approximately 93% of the outstanding shares of GittiGidiyor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

My intellectual property creation is not manageable

April 18, 2011

With all of the recent new applications being developed for the tablet (iPad is my case), the ability to track company Intellectual property is getting more difficult and protecting these assets is nearly impossible. Yet IT is challenged with maintaining corporate assets with regards to digital information.

Harnath SithamrajuConsultantHarnath Sithamraju

Right Move Right Place Right Time Or Is It

April 17, 2011

Analysis of:BP Makes Huge Push Into India's Oil And Gas Industry | www.businessinsider.com

1. Growing population with growing income levels buying top model cars push consumption of fuels to new highs leading to search for resources even into the bowels of the Earth.

Cliff BellChief Information OfficerINFOGAIN CORPORATION

Social Media - A Terabyte of Knowledge or Noise each day

April 10, 2011

The amount of data that can be gathered by companies on Facebook, twitter, and the many other sources of social media can add up to a terabyte of data a day (and increasing) for companies with even a meager amount of brand recognition. We finally have a source of new information that is like drinking from a fire hose – literally. There is so much information becoming available that all companies are racing to understand and manage this new source of market feedback.

Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision

NASDAQ-NYSE: Perhaps It's Just An April Fool's Day Prank?

April 1, 2011

The worst kept secret in exchange mergers, a NASDAQ ICE bid for NYSE Euronext has finally been announced on April Fool's Day. This may be an unfortunate choice of date for a deal without many clear merits.