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No Bear Market

FriendFinder Networks Inc. just filed a Form S-1. I’ve posted FriendFinder Networks contracts to the website.

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National Geographic Society Expedition Contract

From Republic of Peru v. Yale University:

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

ON THE ONE HAND

AND

YALE UNIVERSITY AND HIRAM BINGHAM, DIRECTOR OF THE PERUVIAN EXPEDITION

ON THE OTHER

1. The National Geographic Society will pay to Yale University for the Peruvian Expedition of 1912 the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000); to wit, five thousand dollars ($5,000) on the first of June, 1912, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) each on the first of August, September, October, November and December of the same year. The National Geographic Society further agrees to loan to this expedition such instruments as are necessary to the chief topographer of the expedition.

2. The official title of this expedition is to be

THE PERUVIAN EXPEDITION OF 1912

UNDER THE AUSPICIES OF YALE UNIVERSITY AND THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

The plans of the expedition are to be under the direction of Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale University. The field of operations is to be southern Peru, particularly in the neighborhood of the 72d, 73d, and 74th meridians of longitude west of Greenwich.

3. In consideratin of the receipt of the above grant, Yale University agrees that the Director of the expedition shall be authorized and ordered to prepare for the National Geographic Society immediately after teh return of the expedition to the United States an article of six or seven thousand words describing in popular form the results of the expedition. If deemed advisable by the Editor of the National Geographic Magazine, Yale University agrees to authorize and order the Director of the expedition to furnish the Society a second article of six or seven thousand words describing such of the results as cannot be included in the first article. For the illustration of said article or articles, Yale University will give to the Editor of the National Geographic Magazine the choice of all photographs coming into its hands as a result of the expedition, and the right to use as many as he desires in the National Geographic Magazine to illustrate the above articles. The University will use every means in its power to prevent any article or photograph from being given to any other magazine by any member of the expedition until after the publication of the above article or articles in the National Geographic Magazine, provided, however, that three months after date of delivery of the articles and their acceptance by the Editor of the National Geographic Magazine the Director of the expedition and other members of the party may proceed to furnish articles to other magazines.

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Government Bailout Contracts

Added U.S. Treasury contracts with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.

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Sub-Prime Crisis Contracts

I’ve added Washington Mutual Inc. contracts, American International Group (AIG) Inc. contracts. You can also find agreements with the Federal Reserve System.The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

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Google / Yahoo Advertising Agreement

The Monetization Services Agreement between Yahoo! Inc. and Google Inc..

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GT Solar IPO

On Wednesday, GT Solar priced it initial public offering at $16.50. This morning, it’s trading at 12.72, up from an intraday low of $9.30. I think this is a glass half-full / glass half-empty psychology test. The pessimists will wail about how much GT Solar fell in its market debut. The optimists smile and congratulate the selling stockholder for not leaving money on the table. I’ve added GT Solar International Inc. contracts to the site.

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IndyMac Fears Spark Bank Run

The Motley Fool: Lessons From IndyMac. Last week, we learned that California-based IndyMac was seized by the FDIC. In the aftermath, customers made a run on the bank, pulling more than $1.3 billion from the vault.

Uh oh. The subprime crisis has claimed another victim. Although some commentators assert that certain banks are too large to fail, the reality is that it only takes a percentage of depositors seeking to close out their accounts to take down a bank. And, seeing how the IndyMac situation has unwound itself, all banking clients should feel a little nervous now. While those holding over $100,000 in an account will be most impacted, smaller clients aren’t out of the woods. In fact, some that have attempted to deposit IndyMac cashier’s checks with other banks have faced delays in securing access to their funds. Definitely not an ideal situation if you have bills coming due. The federal government really needs to step up at this point to smooth out the process. Else, the next rumor that hits the grapevine will spark another run on a bank. At this point, it may be prudent to track the stock price of those banks where you have funds on deposit, just as a warning signal.

I’ve added IndyMac Bancorp Inc. contracts to the site.

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Affiliate Marketing Company IPO Withdrawn

The Internet offers many ways to make money online. Affiliate marketing is one of them. An example of affiliate marketing is the Amazon product links that some people place on their website. If a third party clicks on an Amazon Associates link on your website and purchases a product, Amazon will pay you a percentage of the sale as a commission. Of course, depending on your site traffic, the product links and your conversion rate, your commission check can either be latte money or a whole lotta money. For people looking to enter into the affiliate marketing business, reading the CreditCards.com, Inc. Registration Statement offers a bit of inspiration. In 2007, CreditCards.com earned $63.3 million in revenues. Of course, it cost them about $31.1 million in sales and marketing to pull in those revenues.

The Risk Factors section also sheds some light into the affiliate marketing industry. Black hat SEO is one risk factor:

If our marketing practices violate search engine guidelines, we may, without warning, not appear in search result listings at all.

Also, CreditCards.com noted that it “spent approximately 90% of [its] total online advertising expenses in 2007 with Google and Yahoo!.” I think it’ll be 90% with Google within a year. Anyways, I’ve added CreditCards.com Inc. contracts to the site.

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Rackspace Serving Up IPO Plans

GigaOM: RackSpace IPO Filing Hints at Expansion Plans. Data center and hosting provider RackSpace Inc., has filed to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering. Its financials seem generally sound (unlike many tech companies it’s actually profitable), although profits did drop by 10 percent in the last year.

I’ve added Rackspace Inc. contracts. Rackspace had included several employment agreements and economic development agreements in its filings.

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RedEnvelope Sold

San Francisco Business Times: RedEnvelope Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Agrees to Asset Sale. Online gift seller RedEnvelope Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 17. The San Francisco company (NASDAQ: REDE) detailed the move in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday.

Even though I’ve never shopped at RedEnvelope, I recently received one of their catalogs with the following note: “Postmaster: Please deliver APril 16-18.” Talk about timing. I’ve updated the RedEnvelope Inc. contracts page where you can find the Asset Purchase Agreement between Creative Catalogs Corporation and RedEnvelope Inc.

Other new content includes ArcSight Inc. contracts.