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- Jerry Yang is busy...Writing email
- Yahoo filed its internal communications about Carl Icahn's proxy war plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The takeaway: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has been writing a lot of emails. To senior vice presidents at Yahoo, Yang delivered a few talking points following Icahn's first volley and...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Annual Meeting, Board, Carl Icahn, E-mail, Stockholder, Director, Company, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand
- Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Yang hits back at Ballmer; mentions antitrust concerns
- That didn't take long. Two days after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a three-week acquisition ultimatum to Yahoo's board, Yahoo answered with its own letter. Signed by CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman of Yahoo Board Roy Bostock, the Yahoo letter reiterated that Yahoo feels Microsoft's $44 billion...
- Tags: Antitrust, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost
- Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's weekend "negotiate or we're launching a proxy war or pulling our offer" love letter. The gist: Increase your offer or get lost. Give credit to Yahoo for sheer moxie (or maybe it's stupidity). But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't be happy...
- Tags: Transaction, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Value, Proposal, Steve, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
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- EC fines Intel record $1.45 billion in antitrust case for moves vs. AMD
- EC fines Intel record $1.45 billion in antitrust case for moves vs. AMDChoice vs. StandardizationWith respect, Dietrich, the digital world is not as simple as freedom of choice. Freedom of choice is great for hamburgers, pizza, and toothpaste. But multi-state and global companies users and developers require some level of...
- Tags: Strategic planning, Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., uniformity, Apple Inc., OS Installed, PC, Linux, standardization, Intel Corp., antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive pay
- Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive payGreed is good... right?Figures that talks would break down because some greedy SOB isn't content with millions of dollars alone, but want even more.RE: Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive payLet them fail. Who cares. None of their products can't...
- Tags: Benefits, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Intel aims to reprice employee stock options; Otellini total comp tops $12.7M
- Intel on Monday told employees that it would reprice its employee stock options. In a regulatory filing, Intel detailed plans to reprice stock options at a lower price, similar to what Google did. In addition, Intel said that it would freeze salaries of senior executives in 2009....
- Tags: Stock Option, Stock, Employee Stock Option, Intel Corp., Stock Options, Stock Options & Grants, Benefits, Investment, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Jobs' medical leave: right to privacy vs right to know
- Jobs' medical leave: right to privacy vs right to knowMost sensible line yet![i]The conclusion of the the matter is, investors want to know about his health so they can sell their stock right away, if his outlook is grim.[/i]That is the most sensible thing I've heard anyone say about this...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Benefits, job, Yes Steve Jobs, investor, stock, Apple Inc., privacy
- Discussion threads 2009-01-15
- How the Wii saved Christmas
- How the Wii saved ChristmasSony has failed to market the PS? appropriatellySony missed the boat marketing the PS3 and PSP.People unfamiliar with those consoles still think they are just game consoles.Whoever uses one to the full potential realizes that they are personal entertainment centers. Gaming is just one component. This...
- Tags: Games, Game players, probelm, Nintendo Wii, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, console, Microsoft Xbox, game
- Discussion threads 2009-01-13
- Microsoft buy a 'good idea' for Yahoo, not Microsoft
- Microsoft buy a 'good idea' for Yahoo, not MicrosoftThere is allways that chance that someone elsewould purchase YaHoo's search business, which would still leave Microsoft in third place.It is an interesting situation, and one which needs to be solely based on what would be the best long term ROI.MS should...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yang
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figures
- Entellium executives arrested by FBI for making up revenue figuresThe FBI can have themInflating revenue figures is fraud, plain and simple.What a coincidence!Over the past 3 months I had been engaged in evaluating CRM software for my company. Entellium was one of the frontrunners alongside Maximizer CRM. And after...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Federal government, Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise software, revenue, Entellium, CRM, revenue figure, FBI
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- The Critical Role of Content Management in Delivering Business Services
- Enterprise Content Management ECM provides critical capabilities for managing the documents, spreadsheets, reports, e-mails, Web pages, etc. that drive business operations. EMA research shows that ECM delivers numerous benefits, including easier information access, knowledge sharing and collaboration, improved productivity, competitive advantage, regulatory compliance, cost reduction, and more. However, many enterprises...
- Tags: Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Business Service, Competitive Advantage, Enterprise Content Management, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-08-01
- Wanted: Alcatel-Lucent new leaders to fix merger debacle
- Wanted: Alcatel-Lucent new leaders to fix merger debacleRelying on CDMA sales? LOL. CDMA is dead.Verizon Half of Sprint Nextel is IDEN, Japans' KDD, Korea Telecom, and India's Tata TeleServices are the last remaining CDMA strong holds. The rest of the world has moved to GSM and related technologies and this...
- Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, CDMA, GSM, leader, merger, merger debacle, penetration rate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers
- Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page
- Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?
- Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?Icahn's here, Yang is gone and Microsoft will own...Yahoo before the end of the year.RE: Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?This guy is unbelievable to say the least! It seems that every decision Mr. Yang has made is for the benefit of Mr. Yang's ego,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yang, Does Jerry, Icahn
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Market disconnects
- Market disconnectsLootoI remember a few years back, the state Lotto was over $100 million. An investor firm wanted to buy one ticket for every number (at the time, about 20 million numbers). They went to the state and asked to purchase the 20 million tickets. The state came back and...
- Tags: Investment, trader, Warren Buffet, Sun Microsystems Inc., stock
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Market disconnects
- Last November 12th, the day of the 1:4 reverse stock split, Sun's shares closed at $20.33 for a market cap of around $15.7 billion. Six months later, on May 12th, they closed at $13.42 for a market cap of about $10.3 billion - a 34% decrease over...
- Tags: Shareholder, Market Capitalization, Trader, Sun Microsystems Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time?
- Updated with Yahoo response, more on potential search deal: Microsoft on Sunday issued a statement that opens the door to a partnership with Yahoo, but not an acquisition. Now Microsoft is talking some sense Techmeme. The 20-second version of this Microhoo drama so far....
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Decision Matrix, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Search, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?Mark Cuban - Time Traveller and MastermindMark Cuban "founded Broadcast.com in 1005 and sold it to Yahoo in July 1999". HOLY %&*! Mark Cuban not only travelled back to 1005, but he also registered a domain and started an internet company...
- Tags: Portals, Web technology, Financial accounting, Gordon Gekko, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Icahn
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
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