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Thomas Weisel and other heavyweight bankers and investors from the dot-com heyday are now assessing opportunities among the social media start-ups.

SAN FRANCISCO — Thomas Weisel doesn’t have much personal experience with social media. He has never opened a Facebook or Twitter account, and he has resisted buying an iPhone.But Mr. Weisel knows a lot about overheated markets. His firm, Thomas Weisel Partners Group, was a dominant force in taking technology companies public during the dot-com boom and was hobbled when that bubble burst in 2000.

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Last Chance to See Iconic Photographer at SFMOMA

“Shoeshine stand, Southeastern U.S.,” by Walker Evans (1936). Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Photographer Walker Evans, best known for his work documenting everyday life during the Great Depression, has a new home: Until February 4, his work will be displayed as part of an exhibit at SFMOMA. Including everything from his earliest self-portraits to his photographs capturing average men and women…

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White Snow and Green Habits: Sustainability in Winter Sports

White snow and green habits: sustainability comes to winter sports.

It may seem obvious: Winter sports require snow. But with climate change destroying delicate ecosystems, it’s more important than ever for organizations like the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) to encourage sustainability so that snow sticks around. Whether it’s reducing carbon emissions, cutting back on members’ consumption of various products, or partnering with resorts and suppliers to…

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US Ski and Snowboard Team to Partner with Comcast XFINITY

The US Ski and Snowboard Team will partner with Comcast XFINITY to broadcast its events.

Comcast recently announced it will be the official broadcaster of the US Ski and Snowboard team beginning with the competitions leading up to the 2020 Winter Olympics. The partnership will last for several years and will feature the XFINITY logo on athletes’ uniforms, starting with the FIS Ski World Cup tour, kicking off later this month. In return, the team gets communications support and a…

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Stifel Financial, the brokerage house based in St. Louis, said Monday that it had reached a merger agreement with Thomas Weisel Partners worth about $300 million.

The two companies will form a “middle-market investment bank” that will beef up their combined research and wealth management capacity.

Thomas Weisel is an investment bank based in San Francisco that is focused on “growth sectors,” especially technology, health care and energy.

“There is virtually no overlap in investment banking and less than a 10 percent overlap in research coverage,” Thomas W. Weisel, head of the bank, said.

The companies’ combined revenue is estimated at $1.6 billion.

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Stifel and Ziegler to Combine Forces

Investment firms Stifel and Ziegler are going to combine forces.

Stifel Financial announced last week that they will be acquiring wealth management firm BC Ziegler & Co., which will give Stifel a huge bump in its Midwestern presence. Stifel will also be gaining 57 Ziegler advisers in 12 branches across five states. If all goes according to plan, the deal will close in the first quarter of 2018. Stifel, whose leadership includes co-chairs Thom Weisel and Ronald…

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Thomas Weisel Banks on His Reputation to Bring Deals to Stifel

Thomas Weisel is betting that his four decades as a Silicon Valley dealmaker can help him build the Midwestern investment bank Stifel Financial Corp. into a bigger force in acquisitions and initial public offerings.

Thom Weisel, 69, took the role of Stifel’s co-chairman last month after the company bought his old firm, Thom Weisel Partners Group Inc., for almost $200 million. His new job: parlaying his connections into more underwriting and advisory deals for his employer. Stifel makes much of its money helping customers issue stock, raise debt, and buy and sell companies.

His challenge is building Stifel’s recognition among Bay Area venture capitalists, private-equity managers and executives, many of whom haven’t worked with the St. Louis-based bank. He also faces a drought of IPOs. While mergers have picked up, many companies prefer to use the biggest investment banks, such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley.

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Bitcoin: Boom or Bust? Here's What the Experts Have to Say

Bitcoin: Boom or Bust? Here’s What the Experts Have to Say

The current status of Bitcoin is cloudy, to say the least. Though the market for the digital currency is booming, with new hedge funds launching at a rate of two per week, mainstream institutional investors are still staying away. And the CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada has even said that Bitcoin “doesn’t solve a main need in society right now.” Then again, Steve Wozniak sees a promising future…

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