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Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Details from the SEC filing

Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Details from the SEC filingyahoos Bartz Was Opiated while selling search....New York Times article few days back stated ms. bartz, after knee replacement, had been taking schedule narcotics, including strong opiates for pain when yahoo-microsoft deal was struck.Ms. Bartz was even unable to stand upright in decision making...

Tags: Bartz, Microsoft Deal, SEC filing, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

News to know: Palm ads; Microhoo SEC filing; U.S. Marines; Bing; Skype; Clunkers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm Pre's creepy ads: They worked. You're still talking about them Andrew Nusca: Palm's creepy Pre ads:...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Advertisement, SEC Filing, Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Projectors, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Yahoo-Microsoft deal: Details from the SEC filing

Yahoo on Tuesday revealed details of its search agreement with Microsoft in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including information about revenue sharing, technology licensing and implementation plans. Among the highlights: For the first five years of the 10-year-agreement, Yahoo will be...

Tags: Revenue, SEC Filing, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Limited Patent Cross License, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-04

SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition

SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisitionI feel M$ hand hereI'm sure that these disgruntled share holders as well as the investigation using the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act are in fact M$ sleeper agents going into action.M$ has most to lose from this deal.RE: SEC filing: Sun...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial accounting, Operating systems, Investment, Oracle Corp., shareholder, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun shareholder, Oracle acquisition, SEC filing, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition

Sun Microsystems' shareholders have filed three separate class action suits to block the $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shareholders allege that "the consideration offered in the proposed transaction is unfair and inadequate." An excerpt...

Tags: Shareholder, Acquisition, Oracle Corp., SEC Filing, Sun Microsystems Inc., SEC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-08

SEC filing: Rosetta Stone to file IPO

Rosetta Stone, the well-regarded language instruction company plans to file an initial public offering this month, the first VC-based IPO in about six months, according to a report in the Washington Post. The company plans to offer 6.25 million shares of common stock, priced between $15 and...

Tags: SEC Filing, IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Microsoft acknowledges the Apple threat in SEC filing

Microsoft acknowledges the Apple threat in SEC filingAnd if Apple were honest...... they would mention Microsoft in their filing as their target market.Does this really justify its own dedicated post?I feel like there should've at least been some further information or analysis to go with it.....Just thinking aloud.Problems vs. OpportunityEvery...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., SEC filing, Apple Macintosh, phone

Discussion threads 2008-08-03

Microsoft acknowledges the Apple threat in SEC filing

In their mandatory 10-Q filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for 2008 Microsoft acknowledges Apple's success, but without mentioning them by name. A competing vertically-integrated model, in which a single firm controls both the software and hardware elements of a product, has been successful with certain consumer...

Tags: SEC Filing, Product, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-03

McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringement

A federal jury in Texas has ordered McAfee to pay $18 million in past and future damages for infringing on a patent held by DeepNines Inc., according to Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog. The court decision, revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, was handed down last week. ...

Tags: McAfee Inc., SEC Filing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Additional Resources

SCO story ends with a whimper

As quietly as possible last week, through a required SEC filing, SCO quietly canned CEO Darl McBride, the architect of its audacious "better luck through lawsuits" business plan. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: SCO Group Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion

Online electronics retailer Newegg is going public, launching an IPO estimated at $175 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The retailer has largely been focused on IT products such as hardware, software and peripherals since its launch in 2001 but recently...

Tags: Information Technology, Retail Company, Newegg.com, Retail, IPO, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-28

On2 shareholders sue to stop Google acquisition

On2 Technologies, the video compression company acquired by Google last week, has been sued by shareholders looking for a better deal. According to an SEC filing Techmeme, two class action suits were filed in Delaware and New York State. According to On2: Both complaints generally allege, among...

Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Acquisition, On2 Technologies, Company, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Time Warner preps for AOL spin-off; Google's 5% stake worth $283 million

Time Warner on Monday said that it bought back Google's 5 percent stake in AOL for $283 million. The deal, disclosed in regulatory filings, was part of a series of disclosures to set in motion Time Warner's spin-off of AOL as an independent company. In 2005, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, America Online Inc., Agreement, Master Plan, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Yahoo's Jorgensen lands nicely as new Levi Strauss CFO

It appears that Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen, a casualty of management restructuring by new CEO Carol Bartz earlier this year, will land pretty nicely on his feet. Jorgensen, who has remained on the job as part of a transitional period, is set to receive a severance package of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., CFO, Levi Strauss, Recruitment & Selection, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Sirius aims to go viral with iPhone, social networking as automakers unravel

Sirius XM showed a sneak peak of its iPhone app at its annual shareholder meeting and riffed a bit on social networking as the company pivots its strategy to gain subscribers via viral means. It's unclear whether the iPhone and social networking can offset declining auto sales (not to mention...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Network, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Sirius, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-28

News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Pre-Bartz Yahoo: Bonuses and more for execs

Turning around a company like Yahoo doesn't come cheap. And keeping executive talent in place - or not - while other senior executives jump ship can also add up. Even though co-founder, Chief Yahoo and former CEO Jerry Yang collected only a $1 salary in 2008, the...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bonus, Salary, Sue Decker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Time Warner: AOL's revenue slide continues; We plan to buy Google's 5% AOL stake

Updated: Time Warner's first quarter was weighed down by its AOL unit, which saw revenue fall 23 percent. Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes reiterated that the company is looking for "the right ownership structure for AOL" and the company plans to buy back a 5 percent stake owned by Google. ...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Company, IPO, Investment, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Apple cuts 1,600 retail jobs

Apple cuts 1,600 retail jobsApparently same SEC filing Apple ADDED R&D jobs. MacDailyNews notes that in the same SEC filing Apple added jobs in other depts. namely R&D. But of course Apple cutting jobs is a lot more exciting and makes all the headlines (must say that this article here...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, tech media, Jason, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., job

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

Apple cuts 1,600 full-time equivalents (Updated)

Despite blowout second quarter results and excellent survey results Apple recently shed 1,600 jobs full-time "equivalents" (from 15,600 to 14,000) at the end of Apple's first fiscal quarter, according to a SEC filing. As of March 28, 2009, the Retail segment had approximately 14,000 full-time equivalent employees and had outstanding...

Tags: Recession, Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-24