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Top 5 Take-Aways From CTIA

Seeing Both Sides

  I predict 2009 will also be a bad year for wireless VC investments.   One carrier executive told me that every device manufacturer (think Nokia, LG, Samsung) is coming to them looking for help on their content and application store strategy. Video is mobile’s Next Big Thing.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Andreessen Horowitz has muscled its way into the top ranks of VC firms since its 2009 debut in part by being generous on both fronts. "We Scandal Shakes Trading Firm Peregrine Financial Group filed for bankruptcy as regulators scrambled to track down about $215 million of customer money allegedly missing from the firm. CyberCoders.