Latin American comparison shopping engine company Buscape was acquired for $342 million by Naspers, Ltd. a large media company in S. Africa
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News report: Twitter raising $100 million in new investment at $1 billion valuation! That is a pretty rich valuation!
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Just landed at London Heathrow airport after a busy 3 days in Germany. Looking forward to going home tomorrow.

Just landed in Munich. Waiting for flight to Berlin. Intrigued by the fact that taxis are Mercedez Benz and police cars are Porsches here.

Preparing to go to Germany (Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt) and UK (London) next week on a business trip.

Omniture to be acquired by Adobe for $1.8 billion. This is a pretty big deal. Omniture is a leader in web analytics and SEM software.
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Del Potro beats Federer in US Open men's final 3 to 2 sets

Watching US Open Men's final. Del Potro leading in Set 5: 3 to 1

Taking a day off to shake off this cold

I did two Taekwondo classes back to back last night for two hours - lots of kicking practices with other black belts.

Great to read that the worst recession since 1930s appears to be over
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I find my self spending less and less time reading San Jose Mercury news because of dearth of good articles to read. Twitter is a good sub

I went jogging with my 6 year old son to Foothill college this warm morning and he asked "Does your iPhone have an air conditioner?"