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Activision Blizzard Sees Higher Than Expected Sales In Q1

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Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said late Tuesday that it saw better than expected financial results for the first quarter of 2014. The company reported net revenues of $1.111 billion, compared with an earlier expectation of only $885M in sales. billion in sales. billion in sales.

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Vizio Files For IPO

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Vizio reported net income of $44.9M billion in net sales for 2014. Vizio's major owners are founder William Wang (54.7 percent of the company), along with Taiwanese companies AmTRAN Technology (20.4%), Q-Run Holdings (8.3%), and La Jolla-based V-TW Holdings (7.7%). READ MORE>>.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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Pernix Therapeutics Slashes Staff to Shake Up Sales Strategy

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Morristown, NJ-based Pernix (NASDAQ: PTX ) will cut 60 workers , mostly from its neurology sales staff, the company said today. In 2014, Pernix, then based in The Woodlands, TX, acquired San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals. But filings also show the company’s net losses widening each year since 2012. million net loss.

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THQ Axes Expansion Plans, Delays Saints Row Release

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The move will, however, impact THQ's finances; the firm said it expects to shift net sales from THQ's 2013 fiscal year into fiscal 2014, reducing its non-GAAP sales by approximately $20M. THQ said the move came due to a desire to "expand the fiction of the franchise."

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Tarzan To The Beatles: 4 Of The All-Time Greatest Business Deals

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In order to close the sale, the bar owner “threw in” four season tickets to the Green Bay Packers football season. Fast Forward to 2014: According to James Carlton , “Every Packers game for the past 54 years has been sold out and the team''s season-ticket waiting list has nearly 90,000 people on it. A one-time payment of $3,000,000.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. I could go on-and-on with all of the sales-blocking messages you will hear when you try to charge for a product. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. Who are your competitors – how much do they charge?&#.

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