John Shinal: Zynga insider activity is all selling – If you’re wondering whether the game maker’s shares might be ready for a bounce, a clue can be found in the recent trades of insiders

By John Shinal

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — If you’re wondering whether shares of Zynga Inc. might be ready for a bounce after their monthlong slide, a clue can be found in the recent trades of company insiders.

With its recently completed secondary offering, Zynga found an innovative way to allow its top executives, early investors and other insiders to sell off their stakes — despite IPO restrictions designed to prevent [...]

April 23rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment

Scumbag Zygna – gives employees stock, now threatens to fire them if they don’t give it back

Attracting top employees can be difficult for cash-strapped startups. So, in many cases, they give out company stock to supplement salaries that employees might feel is below-market.

Zynga followed that strategy. But now the CityVille and FarmVille maker apparently wishes it hadn’t, according to a new report.

Citing industry sources, The Wall Street Journal reported today that Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, along with his top executives, decided last year as they were preparing [...]

November 10th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment

Mystery Woman Sneaks into GOOGLE, Leaves Book and ‘Angry Letter’

A woman who is already accused of stalking one tech CEO apparently walked into Google’s offices last month and left a letter and book for company co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

Mountain View police spokeswoman Liz Wylie confirmed Thursday that Vera Svechina, a 37-year-old San Francisco resident, followed a visually impaired Google worker through a door into a secured, employee-only area on March 18.

Svechina then made her way to an [...]

April 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment