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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

Viadux raises $10 million

Broadband hardware maker Viadux announced Tuesday that it raised $10 million in its most recent round of funding, which was led by Ampersand Ventures and the Edgewater Funds. The company, formerly known as RC Networks, has now raised more than $40 million in four rounds....

Tags: Round, Broadband, Stockholder, Viadux, Product Development, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Smb/Sme, Research & Development, Business Operations, Networking, Sam Ames, Hardware

News items 2002-06-04

Why the Enron fiasco affects us all

Why should you be concerned about what's going on with Enron? Well, because Enron is by no means unique to this game. The next time, it could be the company you depend on to keep your mortgage paid. COMMENTARY--The ugly collapse of Enron and its fallout in the stock...

Tags: Enron Corp., Stock, Stockholder, John Dickinson, Investment, Corporate Governance, Operational Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Technology News

News items 2002-02-20

Additional Resources

Has Steve Jobs banned Apple staff from social media?

Nothing wrong with thatApple does rely on secrecy, especially in their R&D, to get more bang for their buck when the product is finally announced. I could see why Apple would want their employees not talking about their jobs in the social media. I can see why a lot of...

Tags: Blogging, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., blog, social media

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assault

Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assaultSure they do...They'll go cry to the EC that Intel is being mean to them again, giving the EC another opportunity to extort billions more from Intel.AMD should make the next step from ATOMATOM had it's heyday, now the chip seems more like...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Semiconductors, Processors, price/performance, GEODE, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

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

AT&T to acquire rural phone company Centennial

Telecommunications giant to buy Centennial for $944 million in cash, expanding its wireless network in U.S. markets such as Puerto Rico.From Reuters AT&T plans to buy rural phone company Centennial Communications for $944 million in cash to expand its wireless network in Puerto Rico and other regions of...

Tags: Phone, Puerto Rico, AT&T Corp., Wireless, Centennial Communications, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, Reuters, Corporate & legal

News items 2008-11-08

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