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Palm Looking for Buyer

Posted Apr 12th 2010 9:20AM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Rumors, Apple Inc (AAPL), Research in Motion (RIMM), Palm Inc (PALM)

Palm (PALM) shares are up over 8% in premarket trading after Bloomberg reported the struggling smartphone maker has hired investment bankers Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to take bids for the company, according to "people familiar with the situation."

Palm faces an over-saturated market thanks to Apple (AAPL) and Research in Motion (RIMM). It has lost market share hand over fist to its two more-successful rivals. Fundamentally, the company may not offer inferior products to its two rivals, but Palm's latest smartphone is widely considered a flop compared to RIMM's and Apple's offerings. I am not saying that Palm's products are worse than Apple's and RIMM's, but perception can become reality, especially on Palm's bottom line.

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Frank Quattrone is back!

Posted Mar 18th 2008 3:10PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)

Some scandals wreck public figures on Wall Street, while others act as mere speed bumps. It looks like the latter is true for Frank Quattrone, one of the most influential investment bankers in the 1990's who was also the head of the Credits Suisse (NYSE: CS) technology banking group.

Frank Quattrone has just announced that he and some former colleagues are launching a new financial services venture called Qatalyst Group. Qatalyst will be a technology-focused merchant banking boutique headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Qatalyst Partners, its investment banking business, will provide high-end merger & acquisition and corporate finance advice to technology companies. Its investing business, Qatalyst Capital Partners, will make selective principal investments, typically alongside leading venture capital and private equity firms.

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