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ALERT: FISKER AUTOMOTIVE Loan Payment Made With RESTRICTED CASH ACCOUNT HELD AS COLLATERAL w/ DOE's Knowledge ...DOE Still Has Not Foreclosed or Declared FISKER In DEFAULT...Restricted Cash Use Permission Contrary to Taxpayers' Interest, Avoids Embarrassment of FISKER Missing 1st Payment - 2 Days Before Congressional Hearing Investigating $192M DOE Loans...Results In Depletion of Most of Last Collateral Protecting U.S. Taxpayers' Total Loss
Apr. 23, 2013 Fisker Automotive made the first payment on April 22nd of its $192 Million D.O.E. Loan by using a Restricted Reserve Account intended as collateral to protect U.S. taxpayers. … Read More » -
FISKER AUTOMOTIVE NEAR DEATH: Electric Vehicle Pioneer Finally "Out of Gas" Despite Having Raised $1 BILLION In Funding From KLEINER PERKINS & Others - Incl. $192 Million in Loan from U.S. Taxpayers.......FISKER Laid Off 80% Of Its Remaining Staff Today In Employee Meeting.....FISKER Has Only $29 Million In Cash Remaining As of Today.......Bankruptcy Filing Being Prepped By Top Bankruptcy Law Firm KIRKLAND & ELLIS For April 22nd When First $123M Loan Re-Payment Due
Apr. 5, 2013 After raising over $1 Billion from the world's elite venture capital firms - and receiving approval for $529 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Energy in September of 2009 - drawing $193 million - , Fisker Automotive has only $29 million of cash left as of today (Friday) - just laid off 80% of its last remaining employees - and the company lacks the ability to make the 1st $123M Loan payment on April 22nd to avoid debt default and bankruptcy. … Read More » -
LIVINGSOCIAL To Layoff 500 Employees This Week As Holiday Sales Miss Badly For Privately-Held, VC Backed Daily-Deals Site (Move Comes as Its Public Rival Groupon's Board Considers Replacing CEO Andrew Mason In Thursday Board Meeting); LIVINGSOCIAL $32.5 Million D.C. Tax Break Likely To Be Rescinded
Nov. 28, 2012 LivingSocial Inc. about to launch a major round of layoffs this week, with at least 500 job cuts across the private-held venture backed company, PrivCo has learned. The emergency move comes as LivingSocial has had holiday sales that have thus far badly missed LivingSocial's targets. … Read More » -
CHICK-FIL-A's Stunning Cash-Flow Machine: Co's Cathy Family Now Billionaires As 100% Stake In Privately-Held CHICK-FIL-A Worth Whopping $4.5 Billion, CHICK-FIL-A Has 44% EBITDA Margins, Voluntarily Forgoes $47.5M In Revenue Yearly From Sunday-Closing Policy
Jul. 31, 2012 PrivCo analysts reveal the impressive financials behind privately-held fast food chain Chick-fil-A. … Read More » -
DREAMWORKS Acquires Privately-Held CLASSIC MEDIA, Owner Of "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Frosty The Snowman" & "Lassie" Characters For $155M
Jul. 23, 2012 Hollywood's Dreamworks Animation (Nasdaq: DWA) has significantly bolstered its library of children's entertainment with Monday's $155 million acquisition of Classic Media. … Read More » -
BREAKING NEWS: Palo Alto Networks IPO Pops 36% On Open, Kayak.com IPO Up 23%
Jul. 20, 2012 In a busy day for U.S. IPOs, new IPOS from Cloud Software Provider Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) and internet travel site Kayak.com (Nasdaq:KYAK) have just begun trading. … Read More » -
Meet The Foreign Company That Outfitted The U.S. Olympic Team Before Ralph Lauren: Privately-Held ROOTS CANADA Ltd. (Starting With The Salt Lake City Games In 2002 Under Mitt Romney)
Jul. 17, 2012 As the Summer 2012 London Olympics approach, Privco examines privately-held Canadian company Roots Canada, the previous US Olympics Official Outfitter. … Read More » -
INSIDE PEREGRINE FINANCIAL'S SECRET WEB; Multiple Private Companies Devastated By Broker's Collapse; Peregrine's 1-Woman "Work From Home" Audit Firm
Jul. 12, 2012 As regulators search for the $220 million dollars missing from privately-held Peregrine Financial Group (PrivCo Private Company Ticker: PEREGP), PrivCo details the series of red flags that emerged over the years; PrivCo also untangles and presents visually Peregrine's complex web of relationships. … Read More » -
Why Palo Alto Networks IPO Will Be A Winner, And Bring A Billion-Dollar Payday For Sequoia Capital, Greylock And Globespan Capital
Jul. 11, 2012 Seven months after PrivCo declared privately-held Palo Alto Networks as a model IPO Candidate, Palo Alto Networks has set its expected IPO price range at $34 - $37 … Read More » -
BREAKING NEWS: Campbell Soup Acquires Privately-Held Bolthouse Farms for $1.5 Billion From Madison Dearborn Partners: Major Push Into Fresh Produce
Jul. 9, 2012 Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) is buying privately-held Bolthouse Farms (PrivCo Private Ticker: BOLTP) from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners and others for $1.55 Billion … Read More » -
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) Raises Massive $1 Billion VC Fund: Tells PrivCo "Private Companies Will Stay Private Longer & Raise Bigger Venture Rounds"
Jul. 2, 2012 PrivCo's exclusive interview with Gina Bauman, Director of Marketing at Institutional Venture Partners, and the venture capital firm's massive $1 billion VC fund raise. … Read More » -
WEBINAR: The State of Middle Market M&A in 2013 - (Free) Tues 11th @ 2pm ET
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