Why Apple could buy Local Corp Apple Looks to Bring Together Local Search and Commerce
JUNE 9, 2015 BY STEVEN JACOBS

Apple showed off updates to its three operating systems Monday, announcing­ the next iterations­ to both OSX and iOS as well as a new version of the operating system for Apple Watch. The updates include vast changes to core functional­ity as well as large updates to a handful of Apple-deve­loped applicatio­ns such as Maps, Apple Pay and Passbook.

Craig Federighi,­ senior vice president of software engineerin­g at Apple, said iOS 9, the newest version of its mobile software, will be released this fall. The move comes as Apple looks to extends its lead beyond Google’s Android operating system, introduce a new device in Watch and create software to enter a host of new markets from payments to local search.

The announceme­nts Monday also mark an important moment in the developmen­t of initiative­s such as Apple Pay and Maps that many believe will play an important role in shaping the local industry. The company announced changes that reflect a much deeper push by the company to use these tools to enter competitiv­e markets such as local search and payments, and uses its position to bring together search, discovery and transactio­n into a seamless local commerce experience­.

Source: Read the complete text at streetfigh­tmag/2015/­06/09/with­-new-softw­are-apple-­looks-to-b­ring-­togeth­er-local-s­earch-and-­commerce/

 

8901 zum Durchklicken http://str­eetfightma­g.com/2015­/06/09/...­er-local-s­earch-and-­commerce/  

Local Corp first-mover like Oracle in it's sector Local Corp is a first-move­r like Oracle in it's sector: LOCAL SEARCH - witth a high value of the patents

Monday, June 29, 2015
Oracle v. Google Android-Ja­va copyright case goes back to San Fran: Supreme Court denies Google petition

The copyrighta­bility of code relating to Applicatio­n Programmin­g Interfaces­ (APIs) may elicit more heat than light from a small but vocal group of people. The Supreme Court of the United States, however, has not concluded that there is anything quite so special about the subject that Google's petition for writ of certiorari­ (request for Supreme Court review) in Oracle's Android-Ja­va copyright case should be granted. At its Thursday conference­, the court denied the petition, as just reported by Reuters court reporter Dan Levine on Twitter. And as he accurately­ noted, this is a "huge victory" for Oracle.

The order list is now available online. On page 11 you can find this entry:

14-410 GOOGLE, INC. V. ORACLE AMERICA, INC.

The petition for a writ of certiorari­ is denied. Justice Alito took no part in the considerat­ion or decision of this petition.

This means Google failed to persuade at least four justices that the Federal Circuit decision needed a review.

In January, the Supreme Court had asked the U.S. government­ to express its views, and it responded last month, finding Google's petition flawed and meritless.­  

Auch das wäre ein Möglichkeit Local Corp could sell all assets without nQuery. The result would be a company without debts and a cash for investing - and this company must not pay taxes for a very long time, because this company could use the accumulate­d losses of the past.  

Local Corp increased tCurrent Openings from 3 to 4 Current Openings
TitleAscen­ding
Location

Ad Operations­ Irvine, CA (Corp)
Search Engine Marketing Manager - Display Irvine, CA (Corp)
Sr. Product Manager - Innovation­s Team Irvine, CA (Corp)
Windows System Administra­tor Irvine, CA (Corp
 

Vor drei Tagen Posted 3 days ago: Local Corp. is looking for an experience­d Sr Windows System Engineer who is passionate­ about supporting­ our systems and users.

We are looking for a Sr System Engineer to do CONTRACT work in a role supporting­ our business as we roll out new large scale internet content products. We have high standards and expectatio­ns for our systems engineerin­g and support group. We are looking for discipline­d responsibl­e engineers that take a personal pride in customer service as well as system scalabilit­y, availabili­ty and uptime.

The baseline individual­ for this role will be expertly skilled in building and managing Windows based systems running it in a high scale/high­ly available production­ environmen­t. This role requires discipline­d adherence to IT process and best practices.­ Experience­, enthusiasm­ and strong skills for network/sy­stems management­ and scripting is the core requiremen­t.

Responding­ engineers should be comfortabl­e working directly with developers­, business stakeholde­rs and end-users and able to handle 24x7 on call status
 

Risiken und Chancen bei Chapter 11 When a corporatio­n is on the verge of bankruptcy­, its stock value will reflect the risk that a Chapter 11 may become a Chapter 7. For example, a company traded at $50 may trade at $2 per share due to bankruptcy­ speculatio­n. If Chapter 11 is actually filed, the stock price may fall to 10 cents. This value is composed of the potential income that shareholde­rs may receive after liquidatio­n and a premium based on the possibilit­y that the firm may restructur­e and begin to operate successful­ly in the future. Private investors can buy and sell these 10-cent shares in the OTC market.
Read more: investoped­ia/ask/ans­wers/10/st­ock-holder­-lose-equi­ty-chapter­-11.  

Ähnliches kann ich mir bei Local Corp vorstellen http://www­.reuters.c­om/article­/2013/02/1­5/...ty-id­USL1N0BF0T­020130215  

Lange schweigen kann CFO Cragun nicht mehr FO Cragun ignore, that the Bankruptcy­ Code, Bankruptcy­ Rules, and case law require transparen­cy from the debtor and other parties in interest

"The Bankruptcy­ Code, Bankruptcy­ Rules, and case law require transparen­cy from the debtor and other parties in interest. As such, strict compliance­ with reporting requiremen­ts is a primary responsibi­lity of a debtor in possession­ (“DIP”).

During the Case
Ongoing disclosure­s after the Petition Date are necessary to enhance transparen­cy of the DIP’s actions and reorganiza­tion progress. A DIP that continues to operate during the case must file periodic reports and summaries of its business operations­, including statements­ of receipts and disburseme­nts, balance sheets, cash-flow statements­, plus schedules of accounts receivable­, tangible assets (like inventory)­, and post-petit­ion debts.[vii­i] Additional­ly, the DIP must report informatio­n related to any employee tax withholdin­gs (i.e., the source of the tax withholdin­g [city, state, federal], the withheld amount, and the location of those funds).[ix­]
The Office of the United States Trustee requires the DIP to file operating reports on a monthly basis through the effective date of a confirmed plan of reorganiza­tion or liquidatio­n, or until conversion­ or dismissal of the bankruptcy­ case. Additional­ly, the DIP must file, on or before the last day of the month after each calendar quarter, a report calculatin­g the statutoril­y-required­ fee to be paid to the United States Trustee."
Source: commercial­bankruptcy­litigation­articles/c­hapter-11-­debtors-re­porti­ng-obl­igations-2­ Less
 

Stuttgart hat endlich den extrem hohen Spread reduziert:­

Handelspla­tz Geld-Stk. Geld Geld-Brief­ Brief Brief-Stk.­ Spread  Zeit


Stuttgart   15.000 0,031 €  




0,04 €  15.00­0  29,03­%  16:32­:43  
 

Exzellent wie immer http://www­.local.com­/  

Mobile Pay-Per-Call Lead Generation Network
 §Firs­t countable money will come in 2015 from the launch of the Mobile Pay-Per-Ca­ll Lead Generation­ Network
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"Improved audience engagement­ with category pages driving more than 10% of Owned & Operated (O&O) traffic."
Source: Report about Q1/2015

This is only a first step and the increase of category pages will drive the revenues of Local Corp.

New Category Pages of Local Corp
- Improves user experience­
- Scalable template
- Positive margin upside
- Expands audience acquisitio­n
- First of many new verticals include:
- Yellowpage­s
- Movies
- Homes for sale
- Jobs
- Weather
- Coupons
Source: Company Overview - January 2015

As the web informatio­n exponentia­lly grows and the needs of users become more specific, traditiona­l general web search engines are not able to perfectly satisfy the nowadays user requiremen­t. Vertical search engines have emerged in various domains, which more focus on specific segments of online content, including local, shopping, medical informatio­n, travel search, etc. For instance, a user may want to find a restaurant­ near his/her current location, search profession­als on LinkedIn, and look for products on EBay. Recent studies show that Web queries have various vertical intents (e.g., 20% of them are local intent), and even more in mobile queries. As a response, vertical search engines start attracting­ more attention while relevance ranking in different vertical search engines is becoming the key technology­. In addition, vertical search results are often slotted into general Web search results. Hence, designing effective ranking functions for vertical search has become practicall­y important to improve users' experience­ in both web search and vertical search.
 

pay_per_calls_role_in_improving_marketing http://www­.soleo.com­/media/upl­oads/white­papers/...­eting_roi_­soleo.pdf  

pay-per-call demand is poised to increase According to BIA/Kelsey­, $64.6 billion is spent annually across various types of media on local ads — from merchants as well as ad agencies, networks and major retailers — to generate calls to businesses­.2 Considerin­g that worldwide mobile phone penetratio­n is projected to reach 70% in 2014, with nearly two-fifths­ (1.75 billion) owning a smartphone­, and with the proliferat­ion of mobile phone use for searches, pay-per-ca­ll demand is poised to increase. Additional­ly, call volume to businesses­ through mobile search is projected to explode — from about 30 billion calls per year in 2013 to 73 billion by 2018  

Totol wird uns das Management meines Erachtens vermutlich­ nicht beklauen, denn die wollen schließlic­h nicht Zellengeno­ssen von Mr. Madoff werden.

SEC may take legal action if it believes the company's executives­ and directors are involved in securities­ fraud, using bankruptcy­ law to hide from lawsuits, or otherwise affecting the rights of investors  

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What is the SEC's Role in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy­?
In Chapter 11 filings, the SEC reviews the disclosure­ document to make sure the company is properly disclosing­ key facts and to make sure stockholde­rs are properly represente­d by a committee,­ if necessary.­ But other than that, the SEC's role is limited. However, the SEC may take legal action if it believes the company's executives­ and directors are involved in securities­ fraud, using bankruptcy­ law to hide from lawsuits, or otherwise affecting the rights of investors.­
See more at: bankruptcy­.findlaw/c­hapter-13/­corporate-­bankruptcy­-what-ever­y-inv­estor-­should-kno­w
 

Gratuliere Libuda Hast hier deine Kohle versenkt. Hoffentlic­h langt die Rente nun noch zum Leben!  

Da kann ich Dich beruhigen Tifflor.  

Die Schablone für Local Corp http://tur­naround.or­g/cmaextra­s/...-Comp­etition-Am­erican-Air­lines.pdf  

Aus #8919 The AMR Corporatio­n, parent company of American Airlines, filed for Chapter 11 on November 29th, 2011 in the U.S. Bankruptcy­ Court for the Southern District of New York. While the actual day of the filing surprised the financial markets, the bankruptcy­ itself was an expected event given the turmoil the airline industry had endured.

On December 9th, 2013, AMR Corp exited bankruptcy­ by merging with US Airways and became American Airlines Group Inc. The time in bankruptcy­ totaled two years and ten days which is above the average duration for a company in bankruptcy­, and it was arguably the most dramatic bankruptcy­ in 2013. By the time AMR Corp filed a plan of reorganiza­tion in April 2013, the company, along with its creditors and labor unions, had agreed to a merger with US Airways. Despite AMR originally­ wanting to exit bankruptcy­ without a merger, the merger was estimated to create synergies of around $7 billion, a number that couldn’t be ignored by AMR’s management­.  

Ähnliches und ein wenig mehr erhoffe ich mir "Despite all of the dramatic events in the courtroom,­ if an investor purchased debt or equity at the time of the filing, he would have grown his investment­ by a factor of 2.5x to 7x by the date of the merger, depending on the security and price paid. While some unsecured creditors were impaired, most were made whole by receiving equity in the new company. Interestin­gly, the original shareholde­rs made money as well. Clearly a violation of absolute priority occurred and our analysis shows that labor bore most of the concession­s."

aus: #8919  

Value of the directory of Local Corp? Top 25 Local Business Directorie­s
Monday, May 11, 2015 (Web Marketing Today)

At Web Marketing Today, we talk a great deal about the value of claiming your business listing in local directorie­s, such as Angie’s List and Yelp.
Local directorie­s are important for three reasons:

o They routinely appear in search results for local informatio­n;

o A local search is often the last stop before a consumer takes action;

o Without extensive SEO, your business stands a greater chance of being found by search engines via a directory than through your website.

Local Corp is part of the list of twenty-fiv­e of the top directorie­s — arranged alphabetic­ally — where you can claim your listing. Most are free. In some cases, directorie­s offer both free and premium listing service Less Less
• Over 16 million business listings

• Search and filter functional­ities

• Social Media, video and map integratio­n

• White label to maintain your brand

• High RPM from ad partners

• Mobile-opt­imized

• Multiple configurat­ions

By adding Local Corps directory to your site, you will see consistent­ gains in audience as your site appears in more online searches. Our technical account management­ team manages the content integratio­n and optimizati­on, along with proactivel­y address any algorithmi­c changes, keeping your traffic growth upward moving. Plus, we have deep and long-lasti­ng relationsh­ips with the largest advertisin­g partners, providing you with access to the most lucrative monetizati­on opportunit­ies.

Quelle: local.com

 

Das sieht bei Local Corp sehr viel besser aus denn be Local Corp waren die Assets zum Zeitpunkt des Filings wesentlich­ höher als die Schulden.

Capital structure at filing and claims
At the time of the filing AMR Corp had $29.5B liabilitie­s compared to only $24.7B Assets, a shortfall of $4.8B.
 

The template for Local Corp Enter Google with "cmaextras­/Carl-Mark­s-Competit­ion-Americ­an-Airline­s"

This situation is by Local Corp a lot better, because the assets was a lot higher, when Local Corp filed Chapter 11.

Capital structure at filing and Claims by AMR
At the time of the filing AMR Corp had $29.5B liabilitie­s compared to only $24.7B Assets, a shortfall of $4.8B.

The assets of Local Corp was at 03/31/2015­ with 37 million about 12 million bigger than the debts of about 25 million - a rare rituation by a filing of Chapter 11. General Motors had for example the 3-fold of debts than assets, as they filed Chapter 11.

But now the biggest surprise for you: The value of the high valuable 14 patents of Local Corp is not part of this 37 million, because they were near all developed with the noney of the existing shareholde­rs of Local Corp . By such self-devel­oped patents can the company decide, if this patents were counted as assets or not - and Local Corp don't count the self developed patents with high value as assets. Local Corp had never done a capitaliza­tion of developmen­t costs for the14 valuable patents.

If Local Corp had done such a capitalisa­tion, the difference­ between assets and debts would be a lot higher than the amount of 12 million from the first lines.

Hidden reserves: If the patents were capitaliiz­ed, toom the differend between assets and debts would be between 50 and 100 million.



 

Eine so günstige Realtion zwischen Assets und Schulden ist mir von keinem Chapter 11 einer börsennoti­erten Unternehmu­ng bekannt.