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Intro
Every woman and man alive want’s success. Some fetishise it with cash. Some a fast car. Materialism on the Internet is ubiquitous, yet, are WE missing the point. Is true success; contentment at all levels of your life simply right before US? Yes. This quick guide, from the world’s luckiest man, tells you how to attain true perfection.
1. Stop Blaming the World
Envy is green. It’s greener than that grass you are gazing on right across your neighbour’s fence. Today, try just once to focus on yourself. Do you have something that no one else has? I do. I was born in the right place and at the right time in history. Come and join me and stop looking outside at others for solutions. What is your unique strength?
Facebook finally put out a press release on PR Newswire officially setting the record straight on $1.5 billion in funding. The overseas clientele of Goldman Sachs bought $1 billion, and the bank plus Digital Sky Technologies together invested another $500 million.
The blogosphere will doubtlessly explode with posts about why and how the numbers seem to have changed from what was originally reported by The New York Times on January 2. I don’t think the size of the deal selling to Goldman’s clientele shrank from $1.5 billion to $1 billion because of U.S. investors got shut out of the deal, although that’s a clever idea.
I think the discrepancy more likely has to do with the nature of off-the-record scoops, like the one that started the media frenzy in the first place. Rarely do the early leaks of secrets ever turn out to be accurate. Don’t mistake this as dissing any of the previous coverage of $500 million in direct investment and $1.5 billion from Goldman clientele. Like the release says, Facebook chose to limit the overseas offering to $1 billion, after the bank offered the choice of a range from $375 million to $1.5 billion.
The release consists of one straightforward factual paragraph, a quote from Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman and then a set of four questions and answers about the deal — all of it appears below, except for the boilerplate at the tail end. The fact that this official statement came out today indicates that the deal has closed. Read on for the release:
Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion
Facebook Receives $1 Billion from Goldman Sachs Overseas Offering; Digital Sky Technologies and Goldman Sachs Also Recently Made $500 Million Direct Investment
Investment Values Facebook at $50 Billion
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Facebook today announced it has raised U.S.$1.5 billion at a valuation of approximately $50 billion.
The transaction consisted of two parts. Today, Goldman Sachs completed an oversubscribed offering to its non-U.S. clients in a fund that invested $1 billion in Facebook Class A common stock. In December, Digital Sky Technologies (DST), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and funds managed by Goldman Sachs invested $500 million in Facebook Class A common stock at the same valuation.
“Our business continues to perform well, and we are pleased to be able to bolster our cash position with this new financing,” said David Ebersman, Facebook’s chief financial officer. “With this investment completed, we now have greater financial flexibility to explore whatever opportunities lie ahead.”
The investment generated a significant number of questions from interested parties and Facebook has addressed the most common ones below.
Why did Facebook raise this money?
DST and Goldman Sachs approached Facebook to express their interest in making an investment, and Facebook decided it was an attractive opportunity to bolster its cash reserves and increase its financial flexibility with limited dilution to existing shareholders.
Why did Facebook choose to raise $1 billion in the overseas offering?
Under the transaction’s terms, Facebook had the option to accept between $375 million and $1.5 billion from the Goldman Sachs overseas offering, at the discretion of Facebook. While the offering was oversubscribed, Facebook made a business decision to limit the offering to $1 billion.
What are Facebook’s plans for the proceeds of this transaction?
There are no immediate plans for these funds. Facebook will continue investing to build and expand its operations.
Does this investment mean that Facebook will have more than 500 shareholders?
Even before the investment from Goldman Sachs, Facebook had expected to pass 500 shareholders at some point in 2011, and therefore expects to start filing public financial reports no later than April 30, 2012.
It’s great to see that the social network will indeed begin making financial disclosures to the public by the end of April; and the release doesn’t say anything about whether or when an initial public offering might happen.
Why do you think the total size of the transaction changed from the originally reported $1.5 billion coming from overseas clients of Goldman Sachs to the currently announced $1 billion?
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Image via Wikipedia | There’s a Wide Wide World Out There…Are You Going to Take It?
Intro
Every woman and man alive want’s success. Some fetishise it with cash. Some a fast car. Materialism on the Internet is ubiquitous, yet, are WE missing the point. Is true success; contentment at all levels of your life simply right before US? Yes. This quick guide, from the world’s luckiest man, tells you how to attain true perfection.
1. Stop Blaming the World
Envy is green. It’s greener than that grass you are gazing on right across your neighbour’s fence. Today, try just once to focus on yourself. Do you have something that no one else has? I do. I was born in the right place and at the right time in history. Come and join me and stop looking outside at others for solutions. What is your unique strength?
Facebook finally put out a press release on PR Newswire officially setting the record straight on $1.5 billion in funding. The overseas clientele of Goldman Sachs bought $1 billion, and the bank plus Digital Sky Technologies together invested another $500 million.
The blogosphere will doubtlessly explode with posts about why and how the numbers seem to have changed from what was originally reported by The New York Times on January 2. I don’t think the size of the deal selling to Goldman’s clientele shrank from $1.5 billion to $1 billion because of U.S. investors got shut out of the deal, although that’s a clever idea.
I think the discrepancy more likely has to do with the nature of off-the-record scoops, like the one that started the media frenzy in the first place. Rarely do the early leaks of secrets ever turn out to be accurate. Don’t mistake this as dissing any of the previous coverage of $500 million in direct investment and $1.5 billion from Goldman clientele. Like the release says, Facebook chose to limit the overseas offering to $1 billion, after the bank offered the choice of a range from $375 million to $1.5 billion.
The release consists of one straightforward factual paragraph, a quote from Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman and then a set of four questions and answers about the deal — all of it appears below, except for the boilerplate at the tail end. The fact that this official statement came out today indicates that the deal has closed. Read on for the release:
Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion
Facebook Receives $1 Billion from Goldman Sachs Overseas Offering; Digital Sky Technologies and Goldman Sachs Also Recently Made $500 Million Direct Investment
Investment Values Facebook at $50 Billion
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Facebook today announced it has raised U.S.$1.5 billion at a valuation of approximately $50 billion.
The transaction consisted of two parts. Today, Goldman Sachs completed an oversubscribed offering to its non-U.S. clients in a fund that invested $1 billion in Facebook Class A common stock. In December, Digital Sky Technologies (DST), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and funds managed by Goldman Sachs invested $500 million in Facebook Class A common stock at the same valuation.
“Our business continues to perform well, and we are pleased to be able to bolster our cash position with this new financing,” said David Ebersman, Facebook’s chief financial officer. “With this investment completed, we now have greater financial flexibility to explore whatever opportunities lie ahead.”
The investment generated a significant number of questions from interested parties and Facebook has addressed the most common ones below.
Why did Facebook raise this money?
DST and Goldman Sachs approached Facebook to express their interest in making an investment, and Facebook decided it was an attractive opportunity to bolster its cash reserves and increase its financial flexibility with limited dilution to existing shareholders.
Why did Facebook choose to raise $1 billion in the overseas offering?
Under the transaction’s terms, Facebook had the option to accept between $375 million and $1.5 billion from the Goldman Sachs overseas offering, at the discretion of Facebook. While the offering was oversubscribed, Facebook made a business decision to limit the offering to $1 billion.
What are Facebook’s plans for the proceeds of this transaction?
There are no immediate plans for these funds. Facebook will continue investing to build and expand its operations.
Does this investment mean that Facebook will have more than 500 shareholders?
Even before the investment from Goldman Sachs, Facebook had expected to pass 500 shareholders at some point in 2011, and therefore expects to start filing public financial reports no later than April 30, 2012.
It’s great to see that the social network will indeed begin making financial disclosures to the public by the end of April; and the release doesn’t say anything about whether or when an initial public offering might happen.
Why do you think the total size of the transaction changed from the originally reported $1.5 billion coming from overseas clients of Goldman Sachs to the currently announced $1 billion?
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Image via Wikipedia | There’s a Wide Wide World Out There…Are You Going to Take It?
Intro
Every woman and man alive want’s success. Some fetishise it with cash. Some a fast car. Materialism on the Internet is ubiquitous, yet, are WE missing the point. Is true success; contentment at all levels of your life simply right before US? Yes. This quick guide, from the world’s luckiest man, tells you how to attain true perfection.
1. Stop Blaming the World
Envy is green. It’s greener than that grass you are gazing on right across your neighbour’s fence. Today, try just once to focus on yourself. Do you have something that no one else has? I do. I was born in the right place and at the right time in history. Come and join me and stop looking outside at others for solutions. What is your unique strength?
Facebook finally put out a press release on PR Newswire officially setting the record straight on $1.5 billion in funding. The overseas clientele of Goldman Sachs bought $1 billion, and the bank plus Digital Sky Technologies together invested another $500 million.
The blogosphere will doubtlessly explode with posts about why and how the numbers seem to have changed from what was originally reported by The New York Times on January 2. I don’t think the size of the deal selling to Goldman’s clientele shrank from $1.5 billion to $1 billion because of U.S. investors got shut out of the deal, although that’s a clever idea.
I think the discrepancy more likely has to do with the nature of off-the-record scoops, like the one that started the media frenzy in the first place. Rarely do the early leaks of secrets ever turn out to be accurate. Don’t mistake this as dissing any of the previous coverage of $500 million in direct investment and $1.5 billion from Goldman clientele. Like the release says, Facebook chose to limit the overseas offering to $1 billion, after the bank offered the choice of a range from $375 million to $1.5 billion.
The release consists of one straightforward factual paragraph, a quote from Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman and then a set of four questions and answers about the deal — all of it appears below, except for the boilerplate at the tail end. The fact that this official statement came out today indicates that the deal has closed. Read on for the release:
Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion
Facebook Receives $1 Billion from Goldman Sachs Overseas Offering; Digital Sky Technologies and Goldman Sachs Also Recently Made $500 Million Direct Investment
Investment Values Facebook at $50 Billion
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Facebook today announced it has raised U.S.$1.5 billion at a valuation of approximately $50 billion.
The transaction consisted of two parts. Today, Goldman Sachs completed an oversubscribed offering to its non-U.S. clients in a fund that invested $1 billion in Facebook Class A common stock. In December, Digital Sky Technologies (DST), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and funds managed by Goldman Sachs invested $500 million in Facebook Class A common stock at the same valuation.
“Our business continues to perform well, and we are pleased to be able to bolster our cash position with this new financing,” said David Ebersman, Facebook’s chief financial officer. “With this investment completed, we now have greater financial flexibility to explore whatever opportunities lie ahead.”
The investment generated a significant number of questions from interested parties and Facebook has addressed the most common ones below.
Why did Facebook raise this money?
DST and Goldman Sachs approached Facebook to express their interest in making an investment, and Facebook decided it was an attractive opportunity to bolster its cash reserves and increase its financial flexibility with limited dilution to existing shareholders.
Why did Facebook choose to raise $1 billion in the overseas offering?
Under the transaction’s terms, Facebook had the option to accept between $375 million and $1.5 billion from the Goldman Sachs overseas offering, at the discretion of Facebook. While the offering was oversubscribed, Facebook made a business decision to limit the offering to $1 billion.
What are Facebook’s plans for the proceeds of this transaction?
There are no immediate plans for these funds. Facebook will continue investing to build and expand its operations.
Does this investment mean that Facebook will have more than 500 shareholders?
Even before the investment from Goldman Sachs, Facebook had expected to pass 500 shareholders at some point in 2011, and therefore expects to start filing public financial reports no later than April 30, 2012.
It’s great to see that the social network will indeed begin making financial disclosures to the public by the end of April; and the release doesn’t say anything about whether or when an initial public offering might happen.
Why do you think the total size of the transaction changed from the originally reported $1.5 billion coming from overseas clients of Goldman Sachs to the currently announced $1 billion?
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Everyone needs help budgeting every once in awhile. Face it; we live in a tired world ruled by money. Therefore, it is natural for people to invent different things throughout the years for people who can't afford them, but will still by them. As our world grows so does the money. Making it harder for the poor and better for the rich. As unfair as that is, it has been happening for many years. Therefore, we must learn to budget to live a life we deserve and not the one in which we want.
One way to budget is to get a checking account. Most people have one, yet there are still many who don't. It has been said that if you have a credit card that you will also gain some good credit by paying off all that is due. It is a fact that many do not pay off that debts though they go the other way. They over spend leaving them broke and in debt. Therefore, getting a credit card would not be advisable for those who love to shop. Like me! So we must figure out through using our checking account on how to budget our financial lives. Most banks have an application online that you can fill out that will help you to budget and maintain a healthy financial life. So look up your bank to see if they have a special program.
Another option is to have a professional look at your financial state, such as a financial advisor. A financial advisor will help you to figure out what is best for you in your life and in your future. They may even help you setting up CD's, stocks, and bonds. If this is something that seems interesting to you then there are plenty of places online to find a financial advisor who is best for you.
Thirdly, you might look into a budget calculator. Which basically tells you the things that a financial advisor would, the only difference is that a financial advisor actually makes you stick to what you have said. If you choose to go with a budget calculator, a do-it-yourself method, and then make sure, you are going to stick to it. A budget can only be maintained if you stick to everything that you have promised. If you have set a limit of $200 on groceries then use only $200 for your groceries. Don't overspend because in the end it will certainly be worth it.
Your fourth choice is to track all your expenses. Keep all your receipts from everywhere that you go. Track down every payment made, and at the end of the month add it all up to check your expenses. This will help you to figure out how much you can spend each month without over drafting your bank account.
Your fifth option is to budget your spending to the penny. Make sure you don't go over any amount you have stated. If you have to let a trusted friend or family member hold onto the left over amount, you do not plan to originally spend. That way you can ensure that are spending the exact amount you want to.
Option number 6 is to make sure you count everything that you might spend money on such as going to restaurant or a fast food restaurant. Make sure you add any clothes you might by. If you have, children add in those costs to, such as diapers, formula, and cost of childcare. This could be anywhere for $200 to $300 or more so you will want to make sure everything is in your budget agenda, always be prepared for pop-ups. However, try to set up a budget as best as you can to help your financial future.
Your 7th option, invest. If you are investing left over money then you can not spend it. Therefore, add up your budget and put the rest into investments. Making certain that you don't over spend.
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