denn ein Kracher ist im Anrollen:
Hier eine Meldung von vorgestern zu einem möglichen Freeborders IPO in naher Zukunft!!
Botschaft 1: "There's a market opportunity for a company (in China software outsourcing) to be a $1 billion company, and we think Freeborders can be that company." Da könnt Ihr schon einmal Euren Taschenrechner auspacken und ausrechnen, was die 33% an Freeborders wert sind - und es ist kein Traum, der von irgendeinem Quacksalber gedeutet werden muss, der Euch durch immer wieder neue Dummsprüche bisher vom Einstieg abgehalten hat, wenn Ihr vor Euren Augen massenweise Dollarzeichen herumflimmern seht.
Botschaft: "We certainly believe an IPO is a likely event in the not too distant future," Walker said. Wie Ihr seht, ist Zukunft man sehr viel näher als man denkt. Und wenn jetzt nächste Woche alle Shortseller am Montag zum selben Eingang wollen, sollte man so schlau sein und die früheren Öffnungszeiten in Frankfurt nutzen. Und zum Limit würde ich sagen: Geiz ist hier nicht geil.
Software outsourcing specialist Freeborders eyes IPO Thu Feb 9, 2006 8:37 AM ET
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. software outsourcing firm Freeborders plans to go public in the near future as it uses China as a base to tap global demand, a top executive said on Thursday.
The New York-based firm, which marked a milestone by signing Citigroup Inc. (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) as a client over a year ago, has recently brought in two partners it hopes will deliver more financial services clients, co-chief executive Ramsey Walker told Reuters.
Freeborders is one of a number of software outsourcing firms setting up shop in China, alongside the likes of Infosys Technologies Ltd. (INFY.BO: Quote, Profile, Research), IBM Corp. (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), BearingPoint Inc. (BE.N: Quote, Profile, Research), and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
The companies favor China for its relatively low labor costs -- despite a lack of experience in working in an outsourcing environment and weak English skills.
" We certainly believe an IPO is a likely event in the not too distant future," Walker said.
" There's a market opportunity for a company (in China software outsourcing) to be a $1 billion company, and we think Freeborders can be that company."
Walker would not elaborate. But the firm, which operates almost exclusively from China, said in 2004 it was considering a $200 million offering in Hong Kong.
Last fall, it secured $20 million for expansion from a fund whose investors included Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Deutsche Bank A.G. (DBKGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) and HSBC Holdings Plc. (0005.HK: Quote, Profile, Research)
(HSBA.L: Quote, Profile, Research).
It said this year it paid millions of dollars for ITK Solutions, an IT management consulting firm whose clients include the likes of JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Morgan Stanley
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