To forbear or not to forbear? And if so, how much to forbear? Those are the tough regulatory questions that have moved to the heart of the fight over net neutrality. The Federal Communications Commission seems poised to go along with President Obama’s plan to impose public utility-type regulation on broadband Internet services, analysts say. The FCC expects to propose new rules on Feb. 26. But a telecom regulatory tool known as “forbearance” gives
In the world of Big Data and cloud IPOs, what goes up seems to be finding a way to stay up. Four recent cloud and Big Data initial public offerings are among tech IPOs to show resilience in sustaining first-day share gains. The companies, which all made their trading debut the same day, Dec. 12, are bucking a trend that’s found some other tech IPOs failing to sustain day-one gains. Of the 55 tech IPOs launched in 2014, more than half — 28 — were
Twitter tiptoed into e-commerce in September with its new “buy” button, embedded in some tweets of partners such as Home Depot and Burberry. But the microblogging platform is positioning itself to sell more than just house paint and cashmere scarves. Twitter’s (TWTR) “buy” button could develop into a larger “commerce engine” that includes media subscriptions, says Chilton Capital Management analyst Sam Rines. Each day, Twitter carries more than