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Bono says, “More Palm, Baby”

Posted by Zealot on Sep 25, 2009

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Bono of U2 U2 "Vertigo" Tour at Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid - August 11, 2005 Vicente Calderon Stadium Madrid, Spain August 11, 2005 Photo by Eduardo Parra/FilmMagic.com To license this image (5656432), contact FilmMagic.com Blackberry may love U2, but U2 loves Palm, and is showing it in the old fashioned way…money.

In the recent secondary offering of Palm stock, Elevation partners, the private equity firm managed and co-founded by Bono of U2 bought an additional $35 million worth of Palm stock (about 2.2 million shares or one tenth of the secondary offering)  raising their share of the company from about a third to 42% of the extant stock. The market is seeing this as a show of faith in the company and it’s roadmap by Elevation, their largest single backer.

Bono would not return my calls asking for comment, but I did chase down band guitarist The Edge outside NY’s hip club The Jane Hotel and asked him about his view on Palm’s future in the smartphone market, but he just broke my camera and called me a tosser.

(Source: Barrons)

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