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Report: Italian regulators expand Google probe
News A week after investigating complaints about Google News, antitrust regulators in Italy have reportedly expanded that investigation to include Google search.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Regulator, Google News, Eric Schmidt, Italy, online advertising, board of directors, Search Result, Search Engine
Microsoft's last offer to Yahoo
News Software maker was willing to buy Yahoo's search business and offered to buy a 16 percent stake at US$35 a share--above the price Microsoft offered when it was trying to get all of Yahoo.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, News.com, blog
Report: Apple board to discuss Schmidt replacement next week
News Directors will meet next week to talk about who can fill the role recently vacated by the Google CEO, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., chairman, CEO, Eric Schmidt, desktop operating system, Steve Jobs, board
Microsoft gives shareholders 'say on pay'
News Company's board agrees to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation every three years.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Apple Inc., Compensation, Brad Smith, general counsel, shareholder, analyst, board of directors, board
Former Joost CEO ousted as chairman
News Mike Volpi has been removed from the board by a shareholder vote and Joost is investigating his actions during his time as chairman and CEO, according to the company.
Tags: Leadership, Video, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., intellectual property, chairman, board of directors, Video, board, Leadership
Google ups director compensation awards
News Google directors who are not employees of the company will get a one-time stock grant, as well as yearly payments in cash and stock.
Tags: Leadership, Financial, Apple Inc., Paul Otellini, Compensation, Stock, Eric Schmidt, BusinessWeek, board of directors, Financial
Symantec CEO Thompson to retire
News John Thompson will retire in April, but will remain chairman of the board. Company COO Enrique T. Salem will take the helm.
Tags: Human resources, Security, Brightmail Inc., Oblix Inc., Symantec Corp., CEO, Ask Jeeves Inc., antispam company, board of directors, chief operating officer
Steve Jobs' health memo to employees
News Jobs shares his rationale for taking a medical leave of absence: "to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health".
Tags: Components, Handhelds, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., e-mail, CEO, News.com, blog, health care, board of directors
EMC wins NetApp in Data Domain bidding war
News NetApp's proposed merger agreement with Data Domain was terminated after the former declined to raise its bid. EMC will now have the rights to acquire in US$2.1 billion deal.
Tags: Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, EMC Corp., financial benefit, CEO, analyst, merger, board of directors, Benefit
Yahoo shareholders content to wait and see
News CEO Bartz promised to turn Yahoo around by focusing on content and organization in her first annual shareholder meeting.
Tags: Domain names, Business structures, Content management, Yahoo! Inc., online media, search engine company, content company, China, shareholder, board of directors
Report: Jobs weighing liver transplant
News Another day, another Steve Jobs rumor. This time, Bloomberg says that Apple's co-founder is weighing the move as a result of complications from earlier surgery.
Tags: Processors, Handhelds, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Employee communications, Crisis communications, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Celebrity Obsession
EMC ups Data Domain bid as NetApp deal proceeds
News Even as NetApp receives clearance from U.S. authorities to buy Data Domain for US$1.9 billion, rival EMC ups stakes to US$2.1 billion.
Tags: Storage software, Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, non-GAAP, EMC Corp., GAAP, FTC, amortization, shareholder
Apple faces credibility crisis over Jobs' health
News Company has faced hard choices in handling Steve Jobs' growing health issues. The latest revelations raise new questions about Apple's honesty with investors.
Tags: Management by objectives, Business development/management, Crisis communications, Public relations, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Crisis communications, CEO, corporate governance, job
Microsoft board mulls higher Yahoo offer
News The offer could rise to US$32 to US$33 per share, well over the present US$29.12 value, but "major Yahoo shareholders" are angling for US$35 to US$37 per share, says The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., News.com, shareholder, Wall Street Journal, blog, board of directors, board
Nortel CEO steps down
News Bankrupt Canadian networking company is now without a chief executive, as Mike Zafirovski and most of board of directors have departed.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business Strategies & Functions, Nortel Networks Corp., Bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Avaya Inc., CEO, networking company, network, asset
