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Posted on March 12th, 2012 at 8:12 AM by Shaw Capital Management Scam Prevention Information and News

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Yelp’s stock opened to five-star reviews from investors on Friday, soaring 63 percent even though the company has yet to prove it can make money from its online recommendations.
After Yelp’s initial public offering priced at $15, the shares gained $9.52 to close at $24.52 in their trading debut. In an indication of the strong investor interest in the 8-year-old reviews site, the IPO sold above its targeted range of $12 to $14 per share.
It’s the biggest first-day gain for an Internet IPO since online real estate service Zillow Inc. surged 79 percent in its stock market debut last July. Yelp’s gain wasn’t the biggest for an IPO so far this year, though. Those bragging rights still belong to Proto Labs Inc., a Maple Plain, Minn.-based provider of customized parts. Proto Labs’ shares soared 81 percent in their first day of trading a week ago.
Yelp’s IPO is the latest in a series of Internet stock offerings that are serving as a prelude to Facebook’s coming out party on Wall Street this spring. Facebook’s IPO is expected to raise at least $5 billion and anoint the owner of the Internet’s largest social network with a market value ranging from $75 billion to $100 billion.
After expenses, Yelp Inc. estimates it will get about $96 million from its IPO. The company sold 7.1 million shares and its charitable foundation another 50,000. Investment bankers also have an option sell an additional 1.07 million shares, depending on investor demand. If those shares are sold, Yelp expects net proceeds of $111.2 million.
With Friday’s stock price jump, the San Francisco company has a market value of $1.47 billion. Such a big first-day jump is common, especially for high-profile Internet companies such as Yelp. LinkedIn Corp., the professional networking service, saw its stock nearly triple on its first trading day last May, reaching $122.70 after pricing at $45.
The biggest individual winners in Yelp’s IPO are its chairman, Max Levchin, and its CEO and co-founder, Jeremy Stoppelman. Levchin, 36, owns 7.1 million shares now worth $175 million and Stoppelman, 34, owns 5.9 million shares now worth $145 million. Both Levchin and Stoppelman made $15 million by selling some of their stock before the IPO.
The IPO also will enrich many of Yelp’s 900 employees who received stock incentives as part of their compensation packages.
Though it’s best known for restaurant reviews, Yelp’s users have reviewed churches, strip clubs, hospitals, hotels and high schools. The company makes money from advertising. Most of the ads come from the local businesses that its users review. In 2011, it booked revenue of $83.3 million, up 74 percent from 2010. It had a net income loss of $16.7 million last year and $9.6 million the year before. Yelp’s losses since its inception total $41 million.
“Yelp’s active community of users writing reviews of local businesses is difficult to replicate,” said Morningstar analyst Rick Summer. “Unfortunately, the company faces challenges translating the small advertising budgets of local businesses into profitability, as about 70 percent of ad revenues are eaten up by sales and marketing expenses.”

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Shaw Capital Management and Financing - How Factoring Works

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How Factoring Works

Shaw Capital Management and Financing factoring process works:

1. Contact us to become Shaw Capital Management and Financing client. Please use the Contact Us page or click the link - Become a client.

2. You must submit a factoring application for each load you want to factor at least 24 hours before your freight bills arrive in our office. Please request for an Online Application Form or click the link (Application Form Request) If you are on the road without Internet access, a fax version is available upon request.

3. Deliver the shipment, and then send us your freight bills, rate confirmation sheet and all paperwork.

4. Get paid. We provide same-day-funding when your freight bills arrive.

We prepare all invoices on our behalf, submit them and collect payment directly.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

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Shaw Capital Management Online: Cut Back-to-School Expenses

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Another school year is about to start. While teachers are busy preparing their lesson plans, kids are pretty much occupied wondering what new stuff they can show their classmates. Meanwhile, parents too, are very much engaged in budgeting for another year of school expenses.

Parents are predicted to spend an average amount of $600 this year according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). Analysts from NRF believe that spending among families can be described as a move “practice restraint.”  Yet, such expenditure is at par with the highest spending percentage since 2003.

Well, Shaw capital management is sure of one thing, prices of commodities increased over the past few years and you cannot expect parents and children not wanting to disburse even the little money they have for new school stuff.  Here are some helpful tips for both parents and children to cut the cost of their school expenses:

·                     Do an inventory. Make a list of what you already have. Check your drawers, closets, and bookshelves for school materials that are still usable. You surely do not want to spend on pencils and crayons if you already have them. Better survey the materials that you really need to buy or regret on spending too much on surplus materials you have at home.

·                     Ask for the list. Most schools post their list of required supplies with extra note on what they already provide. Never forget to browse on these lists so you know the materials that are “necessary” for you to purchase. This way you can also avoid duplication of materials bought. Look for other notes such as “recommended” items. Such items are specific to a few classes your kid is not enrolled in.

·                     Check advertisements. Always be on the lookout for sales, discounts and deals. Shaw capital management recommends checking such advertisements on newspapers or online. Also try to compare prices of items online to see which store is best to visit. This strategy saves you time and gas , and most of the time, window shopping only gets you to spend before your scheduled shopping. Tax and holiday sales are also good.

·                     Opt for combo deals and bundles. During shopping season, stores try to make valuable combos of stuff for consumers. Buying in larger packages often save you a lot of money and sometimes, stores give special discounts if materials are bought in bulk. Go ahead and calculate for unit prices to make sure you do make a saving. Teach your kids how to compare prices of deals available on stores if you go shopping with them and let them decide on what is reasonable but not expensive.

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