Archive for the 'Financial Services' Category
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external…
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Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Sales Channel, ZDNet Australia, Google Inc., Finance, Privacy & data protection, Social Security, Government, Sales |
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Former Viacom chief Frank Biondi among Icahn’s nominees for Motorola board; company says it will review candidates on the list. Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday he plans to nominate former Viacom chief Frank Biondi and WR Hambrecht’s chairman along with two other directors to Motorola’s board….
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Cell, Financial Services, IPO, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Carl Icahn, Frank Biondi, Motorola Inc., Cellular Phones, Consumer electronics, Reuters, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate & legal, Personal Technology |
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Just before 2004 IPO, Brin, Page, and Schmidt agreed to work together for two decades, according to magazine report. Google’s top three executives had pledged to work together for 20 years in a pact they made shortly before the company’s initial public offering in August 2004, Fortune magazine…
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Financial Services, IPO, Wall Street, Eric Schmidt, Financial Planning, Larry Page, Google Inc., CNET Networks Inc., Investment, Finance, Corporate & legal, Reuters |
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
The U.S. Federal Reserve took a big gamble by cutting the federal interest rates by a half-percentage point in order to stimulate growth and scuttle recession fears. WASHINGTON–The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as part of an aggressive effort to halt a…
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credit, Federal Reserve Board, Interest Rate, Financial Planning, accounting, budget, Reuters, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Services, Sales |
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
A funding gap, made worse by a softening economy, could create a wall for clean-tech start-ups despite a favorable long-term environment. For green-tech start-ups, 2008 could be the year of either break-neck speed or just hitting the brakes. A tidal wave of venture capital has poured into…
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Corporate and financial, Martin LaMonica, Investor, Start-up, Financing, Carlyle Group, General Motors Corp., Financial Services, IPO, Financial Accounting, Venture Capital, Finance, Financing Startups, Partnership, Business Structures, Investment |
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Server maker credits strong growth in emerging markets in helping double its quarterly profit. Sun Microsystems, the world’s fourth-largest server maker, said Thursday that quarterly profit doubled amid strong growth in emerging markets. Net income rose to $260 million, or 31 cents per share,…
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Financial Services, Quarterly Profit, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, Hardware, Servers, Software, Marketing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Reuters |
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Demand in emerging markets such as China and India lifts global market share, helps increase profit margin. Nokia, the world’s top cell phone maker, reported a 57 percent rise in earnings per share from October to December, with booming demand in emerging markets boosting its global market share…
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Telecom & Utilities, Financial Services, Analyst, Nokia Corp., Phone, Marketing, Marketing Research, Corporate & legal, Reuters |
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
While some ex-Google employees are still grinding away as angel investors and entrepreneurs in the tech industry, it’s occurred to some others that they’re wealthy enough to do whatever they want. Sometimes, it’s not easy to leave the Googleplex. Even for the many millionaires among the…
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Senkut, IPO, Financial Services, Wine, Employee, Google Inc., Stefanie Olsen, Corporate & legal |
