BU Now » Digital Sky Technologies http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Facebook gets Russian investment http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/05/27/facebook-gets-russian-investment/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/05/27/facebook-gets-russian-investment/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 14:03:44 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=467 Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment firm, is investing $200 million for a 1.96-percent stake in the social networking site Facebook.  School of Management Professor N.Venkat Venkatraman, chairman of the Information Systems Department, says this won’t challenge Microsoft’s investment in Facebook which is more of a strategic partnership.

Contact N. Venkat Venkatraman, 617-353-7117, venkat@bu.edu

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