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isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/microsoft-launches-student-oriented-social-network-so-cl/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. has quietly launched a new social network aimed at students and called So.cl. Forbes reports that Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) So.cl isn't targeting Facebook Inc. as much as it's designed to compete with a similar offering from Google Inc., Google+. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/microsoft-launches-student-oriented-social-network-so-cl/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Slide show &#8211; Chihuly Garden and Glass opens today</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slide-show-chihuly-garden-and-glass-opens-today/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slide-show-chihuly-garden-and-glass-opens-today/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:51:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[korynne-wright]]></category> <category><![CDATA[official]]></category> <category><![CDATA[project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public]]></category> <category><![CDATA[space-needle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-project]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slide-show-chihuly-garden-and-glass-opens-today/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Dignitaries and community leaders gather for the official opening to the public of the 45,000 square-foot Chihuly Garden and Glass this morning May 21, after a lineup of invite-only celebrations of the project, on site. At each of those pre-opening parties, guests were personally greeted by Dale and Leslie Chihuly, Space Needle chair Jeff Wright and Korynne Wright and others. At the public opening today (Monday), glass guru Dale Chihuly, who designed the project and whose glass is showcased here,... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slide-show-chihuly-garden-and-glass-opens-today/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Facebook closely watched after tepid Nasdaq debut</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-closely-watched-after-tepid-nasdaq-debut/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-closely-watched-after-tepid-nasdaq-debut/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:59:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[badly-on-its]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biggest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[investors-want]]></category> <category><![CDATA[priscilla-chan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[zuckerberg]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-closely-watched-after-tepid-nasdaq-debut/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Last week was a big week for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, starting with 28th birthday on Monday, making billions on the biggest tech IPO in history on Thursday and getting married to long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday. That would be enough status updates for a long time for most on Zuckerberg's social network. But now he runs a public company and all investors want to know is where Facebook's new stock is headed. It stumbled badly on its first day of trading, finishing virtually... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-closely-watched-after-tepid-nasdaq-debut/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Yahoo sells back half of Alibaba stake for $7.1B</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/yahoo-sells-back-half-of-alibaba-stake-for-7-1b/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/yahoo-sells-back-half-of-alibaba-stake-for-7-1b/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:27:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offering-or-let]]></category> <category><![CDATA[planned-initial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sell-the-sell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sunnyvale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yahoo]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/yahoo-sells-back-half-of-alibaba-stake-for-7-1b/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Interim Yahoo Inc. CEO Ross Levinsohn is going to get billions of dollars to help his turnaround efforts. Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) on Sunday night announced a deal to sell half its stake in Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. for 6.3 billion in cash and $800 million in new stock. Alibaba also agreed to buy back another quarter of Yahoo's stake at the price of a planned initial public offering or let the Sunnyvale-based content hub sell the sell the shares in the IPO]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/yahoo-sells-back-half-of-alibaba-stake-for-7-1b/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Puget Sound Business Journal wins six regional journalism awards</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/puget-sound-business-journal-wins-six-regional-journalism-awards/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/puget-sound-business-journal-wins-six-regional-journalism-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:07:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[category]]></category> <category><![CDATA[journal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[professional]]></category> <category><![CDATA[puget-sound]]></category> <category><![CDATA[staff-writer]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/puget-sound-business-journal-wins-six-regional-journalism-awards/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Puget Sound Business Journal staffers and a contributing writer won six awards May 19 in the Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Staff Writer Greg Lamm and Assistant Managing Editor Steve Goldsmith won first place in the category of general news reporting for "Other people’s money," a three-part series on fallen Seattle financier Darren Berg. The installments were: - Frat brothers, investors, partners -- all of them trusted Darren... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/puget-sound-business-journal-wins-six-regional-journalism-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Business Journal wins 12 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/business-journal-wins-12-greater-bay-area-journalism-awards/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/business-journal-wins-12-greater-bay-area-journalism-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 22:55:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business-journal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first-place]]></category> <category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[press-club]]></category> <category><![CDATA[second-place]]></category> <category><![CDATA[silicon-valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[third-place]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/business-journal-wins-12-greater-bay-area-journalism-awards/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal won 12 awards at the 35th annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards given by the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club Saturday night. The Business Journal awards were in the non-daily newspaper category and the broadband category. The paper won were five First Place awards, four Second Place awards and three Third Place awards. The paper won one of only two overall excellence awards for broadband journalism in a competition in which all media â€”... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/business-journal-wins-12-greater-bay-area-journalism-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>EveryoneSolar seeks investors to grow in solar hot water market</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/everyonesolar-seeks-investors-to-grow-in-solar-hot-water-market/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/everyonesolar-seeks-investors-to-grow-in-solar-hot-water-market/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:56:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[heating-startup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[install-more]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outside-the-san]]></category> <category><![CDATA[small-business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[water-division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[water-heating]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/everyonesolar-seeks-investors-to-grow-in-solar-hot-water-market/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ If you're interested in solar hot water heating for your home or small business, solar water heating startup EveryoneSolar LLC has a unique technology that is picking up interest, with five permits underway and a growing U.S. market opportunity. The company hopes to install more than 350 systems in 2012. Its competition comes from primarily outside the San Francisco Bay Area, companies such as Greenwood, S.C.-based Velux America Inc., which has a solar hot water division, and Fontana, Calif.-based..]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/everyonesolar-seeks-investors-to-grow-in-solar-hot-water-market/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>From Hong Kong to Santa Clara, TiE connects entrepreneurs</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/from-hong-kong-to-santa-clara-tie-connects-entrepreneurs/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/from-hong-kong-to-santa-clara-tie-connects-entrepreneurs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 00:07:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[data-management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[global]]></category> <category><![CDATA[night-reception]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opening]]></category> <category><![CDATA[southeast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[southeast-asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-opening]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/from-hong-kong-to-santa-clara-tie-connects-entrepreneurs/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The world can be ridiculously small. When I was in Hong Kong a few weeks ago on vacation, I ran into Iain Reed, a veteran in financial research and an entrepreneur whose company creates financial data management software. Over dinner with a few friends, he mentioned he was starting Southeast Asia’s TiE chapter and would be at the global TiE conference, May 18-19 in Santa Clara. Fast forward a few weeks, and I met up with him at the opening night reception with some of his other charter members.... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/from-hong-kong-to-santa-clara-tie-connects-entrepreneurs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Facebook shares fall flat on IPO debut</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-shares-fall-flat-on-ipo-debut/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-shares-fall-flat-on-ipo-debut/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 07:53:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[investors-paid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stock-jumped]]></category> <category><![CDATA[street-journal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[underwriters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unnamed-source]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-shares-fall-flat-on-ipo-debut/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Facebook Inc. barely moved the needle on its first day of trading, ending up essentially flat near its IPO price of $38 a share. The stock jumped 12 percent in the opening minutes of trading on Friday before slipping back from $43 to close to the $38 price IPO investors paid on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal cited an unnamed source who said that the underwriters on the deal stepped in to prevent it from dropping below the $38 a share price that was set for initial investors on Thursday. Facebook's... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-shares-fall-flat-on-ipo-debut/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spangler pleads not guilty in $48M fraud case</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/spangler-pleads-not-guilty-in-48m-fraud-case/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/spangler-pleads-not-guilty-in-48m-fraud-case/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 07:40:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[personal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seattle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[their-money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thursday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/spangler-pleads-not-guilty-in-48m-fraud-case/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Seattle financial adviser Mark Spangler has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges accusing him of defrauding investors of nearly $48 million by secretly diverting their money to startup companies he co-founded. Spangler, the former head of the National Association of Personal Finance Advisors, founded an investment advisory company called The Spangler Group that he ran from his home in Seattle. On Thursday, a Seattle grand jury indicted the 57-year-old Spangler on 23 criminal charges,... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/spangler-pleads-not-guilty-in-48m-fraud-case/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Facebook buys social gift app maker Karma</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-buys-social-gift-app-maker-karma/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-buys-social-gift-app-maker-karma/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:58:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bought-social]]></category> <category><![CDATA[felicis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gifting-app]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kleiner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kleiner-perkins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[obvious]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sequoia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sequoia-capital]]></category> <category><![CDATA[will-continue]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-buys-social-gift-app-maker-karma/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Facebook Inc. made its first acquisition as a public company on Friday. It bought social gifting app developer Karma for an undisclosed sum, picking up 16 employees. The app site will continue to stay up and be functional, so it doesn't appear this wa a simple acqusition of talent. Karma was funded by Kleiner Perkins, Obvious Corporation, Sequoia Capital and Felicis Ventures]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-buys-social-gift-app-maker-karma/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Expect more debate between A320neo and 737 Max as Boeing tries to catch up to Airbus in orders</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/expect-more-debate-between-a320neo-and-737-max-as-boeing-tries-to-catch-up-to-airbus-in-orders/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/expect-more-debate-between-a320neo-and-737-max-as-boeing-tries-to-catch-up-to-airbus-in-orders/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:57:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aircraft-sold]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boeing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[coming-months]]></category> <category><![CDATA[competing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[race]]></category> <category><![CDATA[still-playing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[take-comfort]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-competing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/expect-more-debate-between-a320neo-and-737-max-as-boeing-tries-to-catch-up-to-airbus-in-orders/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Expect to see a brass-knuckle battle for orders in coming months as Boeing and Airbus vie for market share in the all-important narrow body jet market. Here in Boeing country, people may take comfort in Boeing claims that the 737 Max will be more fuel efficient than the competing Airbus A320neo. But the bottom line is aircraft sold, and at this moment, Boeing is still playing catch-up. The tightness of the race is indicated by Boeing's announcement Thursday that it plans to increase the fan size... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/expect-more-debate-between-a320neo-and-737-max-as-boeing-tries-to-catch-up-to-airbus-in-orders/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Judge: Mastro creditor Hazelrigg must redo bankruptcy papers</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/judge-mastro-creditor-hazelrigg-must-redo-bankruptcy-papers/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/judge-mastro-creditor-hazelrigg-must-redo-bankruptcy-papers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:57:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[court-judge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[finances]]></category> <category><![CDATA[involuntary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[largely-blank]]></category> <category><![CDATA[these-questions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/judge-mastro-creditor-hazelrigg-must-redo-bankruptcy-papers/</guid> <description><![CDATA[U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Timothy Dore ruled against Bellevue businessman Tom Hazelrigg III Friday morning, saying Hazelrigg could not refuse to answer questions about his finances in his involuntary bankruptcy by making a blanket assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Hazelrigg had turned in largely blank bankruptcy schedules earlier with a notation that he was asserting his Fifth Amendment right. “It’s hard to imagine some of these questions are protected..]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/judge-mastro-creditor-hazelrigg-must-redo-bankruptcy-papers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ITC sides with Microsoft in Motorola patent infringement case</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/itc-sides-with-microsoft-in-motorola-patent-infringement-case/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/itc-sides-with-microsoft-in-motorola-patent-infringement-case/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:50:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[import-ban]]></category> <category><![CDATA[licensing-fee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offending]]></category> <category><![CDATA[patent-license]]></category> <category><![CDATA[phones-violate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[postponing-its]]></category> <category><![CDATA[united]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/itc-sides-with-microsoft-in-motorola-patent-infringement-case/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Motorola will have to modify its Android smartphones or pay Microsoft a licensing fee if it wants to continue selling them in the United States. After postponing its decision several times, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled Friday that Motorola’s Android phones violate a Microsoft patent, and ordered an import ban for the offending devices. “Microsoft sued Motorola in the ITC only after Motorola chose to refuse Microsoft’s efforts to renew a patent license for well over a year,”... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/itc-sides-with-microsoft-in-motorola-patent-infringement-case/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Felicis Ventures III raises $52M</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/felicis-ventures-iii-raises-52m/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/felicis-ventures-iii-raises-52m/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:48:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alto-based]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aydin-senkut]]></category> <category><![CDATA[combines-angel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[felicis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[felicis-ventures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[filing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[venture-capital]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ventures]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/felicis-ventures-iii-raises-52m/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Felicis Ventures III, L has raised $52 million, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The related parties listed on the filing include: N/A Felicis Ventures Gp Iii, Llc, director and Aydin Senkut, director. Senkut is the founder and managing director of Felicis Ventures]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/felicis-ventures-iii-raises-52m/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Funded: Sureline Systems, Integrated Resource Recovery, AlephCloud Systems</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-funded-sureline-systems-integrated-resource-recovery-alephcloud-systems/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-funded-sureline-systems-integrated-resource-recovery-alephcloud-systems/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:19:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cloud-systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[filing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kumar-malavalli]]></category> <category><![CDATA[raise-the-funds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[saratoga-based]]></category> <category><![CDATA[silicon-valley]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-funded-sureline-systems-integrated-resource-recovery-alephcloud-systems/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here are fundings from Silicon Valley companies, announced or filed recently with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Funded is a recurring feature where we post new fundings that cross our desks, as well as an archive of past fundings. AlephCloud Systems Inc. raises $1.6M of $1.8M The Saratoga-based company sold equity, options, warrants and securities to raise the funds.The related parties listed on the filing include: Roy D'souza, executive, director; Kumar Malavalli, director;... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-funded-sureline-systems-integrated-resource-recovery-alephcloud-systems/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>For tech companies, patents can be cash cows, huge legal expense</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/for-tech-companies-patents-can-be-cash-cows-huge-legal-expense/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/for-tech-companies-patents-can-be-cash-cows-huge-legal-expense/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:18:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bottom-line]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eyes-glaze]]></category> <category><![CDATA[most-people]]></category> <category><![CDATA[much-it-spends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[property-law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[securities]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/for-tech-companies-patents-can-be-cash-cows-huge-legal-expense/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ While most people’s eyes glaze over when you mention patents and intellectual property law, they can have a significant impact on a company’s bottom line — both in revenues and legal fees. Microsoft, to name one Puget Sound-area company, is involved in more than 60 patent infringement lawsuits, according to recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings. While the company wouldn’t tell me how much it spends on legal fees, a survey published by the American Intellectual Property Law Association... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/for-tech-companies-patents-can-be-cash-cows-huge-legal-expense/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>South Bay unemployment rate numbers down for April</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/south-bay-unemployment-rate-numbers-down-for-april/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/south-bay-unemployment-rate-numbers-down-for-april/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 04:55:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compares]]></category> <category><![CDATA[down-compared]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government-jobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[redwood-city]]></category> <category><![CDATA[santa-clara]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/south-bay-unemployment-rate-numbers-down-for-april/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area was 8.4 percent for April, down compared to 9.3 percent in March. This compares to 9.8 percent a year ago. Sectors adding jobs included leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, government jobs, manufacturing, trade transportation, and utilities. The area also includes San Benito County. For the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City area, the unemployment rate was 7 percent for April, and... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/south-bay-unemployment-rate-numbers-down-for-april/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Regional stocks: Facebook IPO fails to rally investors</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/regional-stocks-facebook-ipo-fails-to-rally-investors/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/regional-stocks-facebook-ipo-fails-to-rally-investors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 04:48:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[34-90-points]]></category> <category><![CDATA[73-11-points]]></category> <category><![CDATA[among-regional]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biggest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[closed-down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lift-the-market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oregon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[schnitzer-steel]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/regional-stocks-facebook-ipo-fails-to-rally-investors/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ The much-anticipated Facebook IPO didn't do much to lift the market on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 73.11 points to 12,369, the NASDAQ closed down 34.90 points to 2,778 and the S&#038;P 500 closed down 9.64 points to 1,295. The Davidson 99, which measures stocks in seven western states, including 19 in Oregon, closed down 1.63 points to 166.53. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/regional-stocks-facebook-ipo-fails-to-rally-investors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Raikes elected to Stanford board of trustees</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/raikes-elected-to-stanford-board-of-trustees/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/raikes-elected-to-stanford-board-of-trustees/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 04:45:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[been-involved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[five-year-term]]></category> <category><![CDATA[major-gifts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[melinda-gates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-university]]></category> <category><![CDATA[university]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/raikes-elected-to-stanford-board-of-trustees/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Jeffrey Raikes, a 1980 graduate of Stanford and CEO of the Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation, has been elected to serve a five-year term on the university’s board of trustees beginning June 1. Raikes, who earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering-economic systems 32 years ago in Palo Alto, had previously been a member of the School of Engineering’s Strategic Council and the Major Gifts Regional Committee of the Stanford Challenge fund-raising campaign. He has also been involved with the... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/raikes-elected-to-stanford-board-of-trustees/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>5 warning signs that time to invest in Facebook is over</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/5-warning-signs-that-time-to-invest-in-facebook-is-over/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/5-warning-signs-that-time-to-invest-in-facebook-is-over/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 03:53:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[been-shouting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[before-slipping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[investors-paid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[its-long-term]]></category> <category><![CDATA[raises]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stock-jumped]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/5-warning-signs-that-time-to-invest-in-facebook-is-over/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Facebook Inc.’s performance as a public company wasn’t exactly a showstopper. The stock jumped 12 percent in the opening minutes of trading on Friday before slipping back close to the $38 price IPO investors paid on Thursday, despite reported efforts by underwriters to prop it up. This raises some interesting points that skeptics have been shouting about for months. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/5-warning-signs-that-time-to-invest-in-facebook-is-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mtn. View area to get boost from huge new project</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mtn-view-area-to-get-boost-from-huge-new-project/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mtn-view-area-to-get-boost-from-huge-new-project/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 03:35:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[building-out]]></category> <category><![CDATA[corners]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kilroy-realty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mountain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mountain-view]]></category> <category><![CDATA[omnicell-on-590]]></category> <category><![CDATA[synopsys-at-690]]></category> <category><![CDATA[work-furlough]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mtn-view-area-to-get-boost-from-huge-new-project/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The E. Middlefield corridor in Mountain View is undergoing a transformation of sorts. In the past year, two significant build-to-suits have been announced there with Four Corners Properties building out a 100,000-square-foot building for Omnicell on 590 E. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/mtn-view-area-to-get-boost-from-huge-new-project/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pronghorn Resort to join Auberge family</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/pronghorn-resort-to-join-auberge-family/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/pronghorn-resort-to-join-auberge-family/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 03:27:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[auberge-resorts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first-five-star]]></category> <category><![CDATA[honolulu-based]]></category> <category><![CDATA[make-the-bend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pronghorn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pronghorn-golf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resort-group]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/pronghorn-resort-to-join-auberge-family/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Auberge Resorts will manage Pronghorn Golf Club &#038; Resort in a deal that will make the Bend-area project one of the region’s first five-star destinations. The Resort Group, a Honolulu-based investment group that acquired Pronghorn in February, signed a deal with Auberge this month to turn over management of the 48-suite lodge, restaurants and spas. Pronghorn’s new partner brings a deep knowledge of running high-end destinations. Its portfolio includes resorts in California, Colorado, South Carolina... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/pronghorn-resort-to-join-auberge-family/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Schnitzer margin alert causes stock plunge</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/schnitzer-margin-alert-causes-stock-plunge/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/schnitzer-margin-alert-causes-stock-plunge/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 03:00:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[costs-it-may]]></category> <category><![CDATA[factors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[portland-based]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quarter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sales-volumes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[schnitzer-steel]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/schnitzer-margin-alert-causes-stock-plunge/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: SCHN) has lost nearly 20 percent of its stock value after warning investors that it expects to deliver disappointing third-quarter earnings. The Portland-based company expects it sales volumes to fall slightly for the quarter, which ends May 31. Combined with the higher costs it may pay for raw materials and freight, the factors could put pressure on the company’s margins]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/schnitzer-margin-alert-causes-stock-plunge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The List: Largest Portland employers</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-list-largest-portland-employers/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-list-largest-portland-employers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:28:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compiles-lists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complete-lists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[details]]></category> <category><![CDATA[more-businesses]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-list-largest-portland-employers/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Editor's note: Each week, the Portland Business Journal compiles lists ranking local businesses by industry or topic. This post is just a teaser – subscribers can view complete lists in the latest issue, which include more businesses with contact information, local executives and other details. Not a subscriber? Sign up for a free 4-week trial subscription to view this list and others instantly. There have been dramatic changes in this year’s Business Journal list of Portland’s top 25 employers...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/the-list-largest-portland-employers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Facebook jumps 12% on IPO debut, then slips</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-jumps-12-on-ipo-debut-then-slips/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-jumps-12-on-ipo-debut-then-slips/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:25:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[from-dropping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[investors-paid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nasdaq]]></category> <category><![CDATA[underwriters]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-jumps-12-on-ipo-debut-then-slips/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Now it is Nasdaq investors' turn to weigh in on what Facebook Inc. stock is worth. The stock (NASDAQ:FB) jumped 12 percent in the opening minutes of trading on Friday before slipping back from $43 to close to the $38 price IPO investors paid on Thursday. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-jumps-12-on-ipo-debut-then-slips/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Facebook HQ joy on IPO day wasn&#8217;t overflowing</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-hq-joy-on-ipo-day-wasnt-overflowing/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-hq-joy-on-ipo-day-wasnt-overflowing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:23:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[awfully-quiet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hundreds-if-not]]></category> <category><![CDATA[not-thousands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video-footage]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-hq-joy-on-ipo-day-wasnt-overflowing/</guid> <description><![CDATA[If a Nasdaq bell rang this morning at Facebook headquarters, it was an awfully quiet one. I saw the video footage from Nasdaq. There was indeed a ceremony in Menlo Park, with hundreds if not thousands of Facebook employees standing outside in the campus’ internal courtyard, cheering and clapping. There was music, and Nasdaq’s CEO Robert Greifeld gave a smiling Mark Zuckerbeg a blue “Nasdaq opening bell crystal” and a hoodie (because Zuck doesn’t have enough of those). Zuckerberg even... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-hq-joy-on-ipo-day-wasnt-overflowing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Metro to consider rapid bus lines to Gresham</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/metro-to-consider-rapid-bus-lines-to-gresham/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/metro-to-consider-rapid-bus-lines-to-gresham/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:22:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buses-instead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[corridor-study]]></category> <category><![CDATA[council]]></category> <category><![CDATA[metro-council]]></category> <category><![CDATA[university]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/metro-to-consider-rapid-bus-lines-to-gresham/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ The Metro Council, which oversees the area’s regional government, has agreed to take a closer look at a new Portland-to-Gresham transit corridor. The Council agreed to examine whether a corridor running between, roughly, Portland State University and Mt. Hood Community College, on the east edge of Gresham could take shape over the next several decades. The Powell-Division corridor study will look into whether the region could deploy “rapid transit” buses instead of far-costlier light-rail..]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/metro-to-consider-rapid-bus-lines-to-gresham/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>More fees for data hogs? Not a solution</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/more-fees-for-data-hogs-not-a-solution/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/more-fees-for-data-hogs-not-a-solution/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:15:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[customers-grow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[largely-because]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[phone-adoption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tablets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wireless]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/more-fees-for-data-hogs-not-a-solution/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why improve your wireless network when you can just add fees to limit the amount of data flying over it? That’s the tactic a lot of communications companies prefer to take as customers grow more and more data dependent. Sure, it’s happened fast. Smart phone adoption jumped from 10 percent to 40 percent in two in a half years, largely because of the iPhone. No other technology than television has moved so fast. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/more-fees-for-data-hogs-not-a-solution/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Software Association to move to Burnside Bridgehead</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/software-association-to-move-to-burnside-bridgehead/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/software-association-to-move-to-burnside-bridgehead/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 02:08:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[agency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[association]]></category> <category><![CDATA[burnside]]></category> <category><![CDATA[burnside-bridge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[matters-related]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oregon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-meantime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[will-sublease]]></category> <category><![CDATA[willamette]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/software-association-to-move-to-burnside-bridgehead/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ The Burnside Bridgehead project has landed another high-profile tenant. The Software Association of Oregon will move into the project, along the Willamette River’s east bank immediately north of the Burnside Bridge, in mid-2013. In the meantime, the group will sublease a portion of the Portland Development Commission building’s third floor, in Portland’s Old Town. The Association frequently works with PDC on matters related to the agency’s economic development cluster initiative. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/software-association-to-move-to-burnside-bridgehead/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Platt Electric acquired by Rexel for $382M</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/platt-electric-acquired-by-rexel-for-382m/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/platt-electric-acquired-by-rexel-for-382m/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:59:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[being-acquired]]></category> <category><![CDATA[commercial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[operates-close]]></category> <category><![CDATA[president]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-commercial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vice-president]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/platt-electric-acquired-by-rexel-for-382m/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Platt Electric Supply of Beaverton is being acquired by Rexel for $382 million. France-based Rexel is one the U.S.' largest electrical distributors through its subsidiaries Rexel Inc. and Gexpro. It operates close to 300 branches nationwide and provides services to the commercial, industrial and residential construction markets. Platt President Jeff Baker, will add CEO of Platt Electric Supply to his title post-acquistion and will become a vice president of Rexel Inc. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/platt-electric-acquired-by-rexel-for-382m/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Social media stocks hit by Facebook IPO</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/social-media-stocks-hit-by-facebook-ipo/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/social-media-stocks-hit-by-facebook-ipo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:13:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hurt-the-san]]></category> <category><![CDATA[initial-public]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rebounded-later]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stock-dropped]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/social-media-stocks-hit-by-facebook-ipo/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering appears to be taking a toll on other social networking-related stocks Friday, with gaming company Zynga Inc. hardest hit. Trading in Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) was halted after the stock dropped by more than 13 percent to as low as $7.18 a share. They rebounded later but remained down nearly 6 percent in afternoon trading. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/social-media-stocks-hit-by-facebook-ipo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Facebook IPO is a math learning opportunity</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-ipo-is-a-math-learning-opportunity/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-ipo-is-a-math-learning-opportunity/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:56:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[barely-middle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fundamentals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[high-schoolers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hype-something]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[their-parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[through-high]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-ipo-is-a-math-learning-opportunity/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Deep in the Facebook IPO hype something very interesting is happening — everyone who is a minor is getting a math lesson. Children who are barely middle schoolers through high schoolers are asking their parents to invest in Facebook stock or learning about ROI through high school investment clubs. What a great opportunity to teach this young crowd the fundamentals of math . It can turn into an entire hands-on lesson for teachers in ways students can easily relate to. The youngest can learn how..]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/facebook-ipo-is-a-math-learning-opportunity/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hewlett-Packard planning up to 30,000 job cuts</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/hewlett-packard-planning-up-to-30000-job-cuts/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/hewlett-packard-planning-up-to-30000-job-cuts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:33:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[announce-plans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[posts-earnings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[silicon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[silicon-valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-workforce]]></category> <category><![CDATA[things-digital]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vancouver]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/hewlett-packard-planning-up-to-30000-job-cuts/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Hewlett-Packard will reportedly announce plans to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs over the next year or so when it posts earnings next week. As the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal reports, news organizations including All Things Digital, Bloomberg and Business Insider are citing unnamed sources who vary on the size of the workforce reduction. HP maintains operations in Corvallis and Vancouver, Wash. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/hewlett-packard-planning-up-to-30000-job-cuts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Saverin paying hundreds of millions in U.S. taxes</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/saverin-paying-hundreds-of-millions-in-u-s-taxes/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/saverin-paying-hundreds-of-millions-in-u-s-taxes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:30:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[back-at-two]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chuck-schumer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[current-policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[from-avoiding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[singapore]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/saverin-paying-hundreds-of-millions-in-u-s-taxes/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin fired back at two U.S. senators who accused him of tax evasion by living in Singapore. Legislation was introduced by Sen. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/saverin-paying-hundreds-of-millions-in-u-s-taxes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>12th Avenue Iron: Modern day blacksmiths (slide show)</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/12th-avenue-iron-modern-day-blacksmiths-slide-show/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/12th-avenue-iron-modern-day-blacksmiths-slide-show/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:30:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[beautiful-still]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capitol-hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[day-blacksmiths]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iron-on-seattle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[metal-striking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seattle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smithy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/12th-avenue-iron-modern-day-blacksmiths-slide-show/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Turning a metal rod into something useful and beautiful still takes heat and muscle; the rhythmic clang of metal striking metal still rings through the smithy — even though the blacksmith’s hammer and anvil have been replaced by a large, foot-operated machine. But instead of swords and horseshoes, 12th Avenue Iron on Seattle's Capitol Hill makes custom gates, staircase railings and other furnishings for high-end homes and businesses. For more on these modern day blacksmiths, see Jeanne Lang... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/12th-avenue-iron-modern-day-blacksmiths-slide-show/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Salesforce stock up nearly 10% after Q1 earnings</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/salesforce-stock-up-nearly-10-after-q1-earnings/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/salesforce-stock-up-nearly-10-after-q1-earnings/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:28:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boost-comes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cents-per]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first-quarter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[francisco-based]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reported-first]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/salesforce-stock-up-nearly-10-after-q1-earnings/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Salesforce.com inc.'s stock was up nearly 10 percent Friday morning, trading around $147.15 per share. The boost comes after the San Francisco-based company (NYSE:CRM), with offices in San Mateo, on Thursday reported first quarter revenue of $695 million, an increase of 38 percent on a year-over-year basis. It reported a net loss for the first quarter of $19.5 million, or 14 cents per share. Analysts were expecting, on average, earnings of 34 cents per share on revenue of $678.21 million. The... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/salesforce-stock-up-nearly-10-after-q1-earnings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Top 5: Valley Commercial Property Owners</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/top-5-valley-commercial-property-owners/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/top-5-valley-commercial-property-owners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[five-commercial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[footage-owned]]></category> <category><![CDATA[number]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the-number]]></category> <category><![CDATA[total-leasable]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/top-5-valley-commercial-property-owners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week the Business Journal published a list of the 25 biggest commercial property owners. The list was ranked by the number of total leasable commercial square footage owned in Silicon Valley. Information was obtained from company representatives and SEC public filings. Here is a sneak peek at the top five commercial property owners. In order for a company to be considered for the list, the number of total leasable commercial square footage owned must be provided or available. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/top-5-valley-commercial-property-owners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Slideshow: Who made the most for Facebook IPO?</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-who-made-the-most-for-facebook-ipo/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-who-made-the-most-for-facebook-ipo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[from-the-shares]]></category> <category><![CDATA[million-shares]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photo-gallery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shares]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-who-made-the-most-for-facebook-ipo/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Facebook's IPO raked in $16 billion for the company and shareholders who sold about 421 million shares of the social networking company on Thursday at $38 each. About 180 million of those shares were sold by Facebook, bringing the company $6.8 billion. Click through the photo gallery to see who got the most from the shares that were sold. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-who-made-the-most-for-facebook-ipo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>S. Korea turns to Portland for green city expertise</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/s-korea-turns-to-portland-for-green-city-expertise/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/s-korea-turns-to-portland-for-green-city-expertise/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:24:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business-oregon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[construction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[from-the-south]]></category> <category><![CDATA[korean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[multifunctional]]></category> <category><![CDATA[portland-mayor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[south]]></category> <category><![CDATA[south-korean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sustainable]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/s-korea-turns-to-portland-for-green-city-expertise/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ A high-ranking delegation from the South Korean government was in Portland Thursday to sign a memorandum of understanding with Portland Mayor Sam Adams formalizing a partnership to work together on sustainable city development. As Sustainable Business Oregon reports, the Korean delegation is from the Multifunctional Administrative City Construction Agency, charged with building a new capital city 75 miles south of Seoul. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/s-korea-turns-to-portland-for-green-city-expertise/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GDiapers, Keen, New Seasons get kudos for being good</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/gdiapers-keen-new-seasons-get-kudos-for-being-good/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/gdiapers-keen-new-seasons-get-kudos-for-being-good/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:21:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business-oregon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[companies-were]]></category> <category><![CDATA[its-companies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[judged-based]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oregon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sustainable]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/gdiapers-keen-new-seasons-get-kudos-for-being-good/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Good magazine released a list of 40 companies that its editors determined are making the world a better place. Portland has three of its companies on the list: gDiapers, Keen Footwear and New Seasons Market. As Sustainable Business Oregon reports, companies were judged based on their core values including diversity, creativity, globalization, social responsibility, sustainability and innovation. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/nw-regional-biz-news/gdiapers-keen-new-seasons-get-kudos-for-being-good/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Verizon looks to cut costs, increase data services revenue</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/verizon-looks-to-cut-costs-increase-data-services-revenue/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/verizon-looks-to-cut-costs-increase-data-services-revenue/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[summer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thomson-reuters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[through-either]]></category> <category><![CDATA[will-continue]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wireless]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/verizon-looks-to-cut-costs-increase-data-services-revenue/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless is looking decrease costs and increase revenue from its data services. To do so, the company is planning to make its customers who consume a lot of data pay more, through either service fees or smartphone prices, Thomson Reuters reported Thursday. Those customers who pay full price for their phones will continue with unlimited data service plans for a $30 per month flat rate. Starting this summer, customers that upgrade to a discounted handset will move from an unlimited plan... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/verizon-looks-to-cut-costs-increase-data-services-revenue/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Foreclosures fall in Washington state, West</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/foreclosures-fall-in-washington-state-west/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/foreclosures-fall-in-washington-state-west/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:46:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[filing-during]]></category> <category><![CDATA[listing-service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lowest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[month]]></category> <category><![CDATA[west]]></category> <category><![CDATA[western]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/foreclosures-fall-in-washington-state-west/</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new report says foreclosures are declining nationally, particularly in the West. According to RealtyTrac, a California-based foreclosure listing service, foreclosure filings nationwide in April hit their lowest monthly total since July 2007, and foreclosure activity declined sharply in several Western states. Foreclosure activity nationwide was down 14 percent in April from April of 2011, with one in every 698 U.S. residences having a foreclosure filing during the month]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/foreclosures-fall-in-washington-state-west/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Slideshow: Facebook&#8217;s IPO hackathon</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-facebooks-ipo-hackathon/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-facebooks-ipo-hackathon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:46:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alcohol-flowed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[celebrated-its]]></category> <category><![CDATA[coders-gather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[different-air]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[from-the-crowd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hockey-matches]]></category> <category><![CDATA[midnight-street]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public-offering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[regular]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-facebooks-ipo-hackathon/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Facebook Inc. celebrated its historic initial public offering Thursday with an all-night hackathon, one of the regular gatherings where its software coders gather in intense work. This one had a different air about it, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly getting a standing ovation from the crowd, many of them new millionaires and some even new billionaires as a result of the IPO. Heavily caffeinated beverages and alcohol flowed, midnight street hockey matches were played, the Facebook cafeteria..]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/slideshow-facebooks-ipo-hackathon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kent man gets court OK to look for sunken Alaskan treasure</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/kent-man-gets-court-ok-to-look-for-sunken-alaskan-treasure/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/kent-man-gets-court-ok-to-look-for-sunken-alaskan-treasure/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:43:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aim-high-tech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[federal-judge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[purported-cargo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[steamship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[summer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[treasure]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/kent-man-gets-court-ok-to-look-for-sunken-alaskan-treasure/</guid> <description><![CDATA[More than a century after the steamship Islander sank near Juneau with a purported cargo of Alaskan gold, a Kent man hopes to cash in on his two-decade-long quest to retrieve the treasure. Theodore Jaynes, 72, a former professional diver, got a federal judge last month to approve his latest plan to recover the gold, clearing the way to aim high-tech imaging gear at the sunken vessel this summer. “He is wary and excited, enthused,” said Jaynes’ attorney, Jed Powell, with the Seattle firm of... ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/kent-man-gets-court-ok-to-look-for-sunken-alaskan-treasure/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Seattle fund manager Spangler accused in $48M fraud</title><link>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/seattle-fund-manager-spangler-accused-in-48m-fraud/</link> <comments>http://revitalizationpartners.com/uncategorized/seattle-fund-manager-spangler-accused-in-48m-fraud/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:37:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[NW Regional Business News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[accusing-him]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adviser-fraud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[including-wire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seattle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[their-money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[western]]></category><guid
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