valley Archives - Elite Sites

Investors ‘swipe right’ in Tinder-owner Match’s debut

November 19, 2015 publisher annual, bike-during, expansive-view, grassroots, instagram, match, most-popular, offered-hope, solid-opening, startups-hoping, the-annual, the-public, undated, valley, willingness

Match Group, which touts itself as the world's No. 1 dating company, is seen as the crown jewel of Diller's media properties and has driven parent IAC/InterActiveCorp's profit and revenue in recent quarters. One of Match Group's most popular offerings is Tinder, a mobile app on which people “swipe right” or “swipe left” to signal their willingness – or not – to meet prospective partners.

News Posts

Twitter’s Dorsey says to give a third of his stock to employee equity pool

October 23, 2015 admin annual, chief-executive, dorsey, editing, employee, leslie-adler, media, people, rishika-sadam, the-annual, the-employee, twitter, valley

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said he is giving a third of his stock in the company, about 1 percent, to the employee equity pool. This move is to “reinvest directly in our people,” Dorsey, who was named as the company's permanent CEO earlier this month, said in a tweet on Thursday. Twitter could not be reached immediately for a comment outside regular business hours.

News Posts

Twitter appoints Jack Dorsey CEO, seeks new chairman

October 5, 2015 creative allay-concerns, annual, dorsey-as-its, down-on-july, final-auction, government-took, media, mobile, predecessor, their-digital, valley

Twitter Inc named Jack Dorsey as its permanent CEO but said it would look elsewhere for a chairman, seeking to allay concerns about its co-founder's dual role as head of the mobile payments company Square. Twitter's shares rose as much as 6 percent on Monday after the announcement, which ended months of speculation about who would take the top job at the microblogging service. Dorsey has been running Twitter as interim CEO to much acclaim since his predecessor, Dick Costolo, stepped down on July 1

News Posts

Twitter likely to name Dorsey permanent CEO: Re/code

September 30, 2015 admin are-evidence, chief-executive, code-reported, dorsey, internet, online-payment, san, securities, social-media, technology-news, the-annual, the-first, valley, wisconsin, yards

Twitter Inc co-founder and interim Chief Executive Jack Dorsey is expected to be named permanent CEO as early as Thursday, while keeping his job as the head of online payment service Square, technology news website Re/code reported, citing sources.

News Posts

Twitter interim CEO Dorsey buys more shares in show of faith

August 10, 2015 admin 27-67-per, annual, ceo, monday, the-annual, the-first, twitter, twitter-twitter, valley

“Investing in @twitter's future,” Dorsey tweeted on Monday, after disclosing he had bought 31,627 shares, worth about $875,000 at $27.67 per share.

News Posts

Twitter considers board shakeup, may include exit of Costolo: Bloomberg

August 8, 2015 admin allen, annual, bloomberg, changes-may, chief-executive, citing-people, costolo, exit, former-twitter, matter, twitter, valley

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc's board is weighing a shakeup that could involve the exit of former Chief Executive Dick Costolo, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The changes may be announced when the company names a permanent CEO, Bloomberg said. Twitter declined to comment.

News Posts

Iran Quds chief visited Russia despite U.N. travel ban: Iran official

August 7, 2015 publisher bloomberg, citing-people, commander, council, elite-military, exit, guard-commander, iranian-revolutionary, iraq, islamic, overseas-arm, said-on-friday, town, valley

The head of Iran's elite military Quds Force, who is subject to a United Nations travel ban, has met senior Russian officials in Moscow, an Iranian official said on Friday. Qassem Soleimani, chief of the force which is an overseas arm of the Revolutionary Guards, has been subject to an international travel ban and asset freeze by the U.N