Marchex (MCHX) sold and additional 5,714,000 shares of Class B stock at $10.50 a share. About half of the shares were sold by the company and the other half were sold by shareholders. As for the $30 Million that Marchex is keeping it "intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions or licenses of, or investments in, … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
Kim Dot Com Forms Political Party in New Zealand
According to begeek.fr, Kim Dotcom , has launched a political party in New Zealand in time for New Zealand’s general election in September. The name of the party is The Internet Party. Arrested in January 2012 after a massive raid by the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI, Kim Dotcom is currently on bail in New Zealand . Kim Dot Com whose real name is Kim Shmitz according to the … [Read more...]
Wow That Was Quick; As .CEO Launches Today 1st URS Filed Mittal.ceo
The 1st Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was filed on a .CEO domain name, on the same day the new gTLD .CEO went live for General Availability . The domain name is Mittal.ceo Mittal is a popular surname in India and Wikipedia.org, even has an post on it. Although the Complainant is not yet listed, we should note that there is large steel company by the name of, Mittal Steel Company now … [Read more...]
.CEO Registry Releases 42K Domains Held Back At Landrush Here Are Our Picks
The dotCEO Registry has just released 42,000 .CEO Premium Names, which were listed as "taken" during the dotCEO Landrush phase so they are now available for the 1st time, on a first come basis as general registration just opened for .CEO We went through the list pretty quickly and these are or favorites Each of these domains carry a premium renewal rate as indicated in most cases below, with … [Read more...]
.CEO General Availability Starts at Noon EST Today
PeopleBrowsr, owner of the registry operator for new Top Level Domain dotCEO, has announced General Availability for the new gTLD . CEO domain addresses and identities will be available for purchase at Noon (EST) Today Friday, March 28th . dotCEO is positioned as the only TLD to convey authority and power. Over the last few weeks 100 of the Fortune 500 registered their dotCEO domains. … [Read more...]
1st URS Filed On a .UNO Domain, Aeropostale.uno Leads The Weekly URS Report
The first URS has been filed on a .Uno domain name . .Uno just launched this week. The clothing maker Aeropostale filed a URS against the domain name Aeropostale.Uno which was just registered on the 21st of March We figured we might as well scheuldue every Friday afternoon a URS weekly report So A few other URS were filed or decided over the last few days including bbva.careers and … [Read more...]
Well At Least Microsoft Is Happy About The US Giving Up Oversight of ICANN
In a statement issued by Microsoft today they "applaud The US NTIA’s transition of key Internet domain name functions" The statement was made on behalf of Microsoft by David Tennenhouse Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Technology Policy ""The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s recent announcement of its intent to transition key … [Read more...]