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Lenovo to refocus on Chinese market
News With the company back in the hands of Chinese executives, it will now concentrate more heavily on its home market, according to Wall Street Journal report.
Tags: Desktops, Forecasting, Earning reports/forecasts, Servers, Leadership, PC Company, Forecasting, Liu, Lenovo Group Ltd., Emerging Market
Intel Chairman Craig Barrett to retire in May
News Chairman and former CEO, who joined the chipmaker 35 years ago, plans to retire from the board at annual shareholders meeting in May.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Processors, Mobile processors, Intel Corp., Craig Barrett, Semiconductor, Chip, Chip Company, Gordon Moore, chairman
CEO of Internet oversight group to step down
News Paul Twomey will continue to helm ICANN until the board appoints a successor at the organization that is about to make some major changes.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, ICANN, U.S. Department of Commerce, Paul Twomey, DNS, chairman, CEO, Internet, leadership
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
Willcox leaves Telstra board early
News Telstra director Peter Willcox has stood down from the Telstra board three months early due to his involvement in the James Hardie asbestos law suit.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Telstra Corp., chairman, audit, telecommunications company, secretary, director, board, Business development/management
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
Appeals court weighs Word injunction
News Microsoft is hoping to overturn a ruling that versions of Word infringe on a patent held by Canada's I4i. It also faces US$200 million in damages and an injunction.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Patent, software company, chairman, Washington D.C., spokesman, Microsoft Word, lawyer, XML
I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft Word
News Although it has won an injunction that could halt sales of Word in its current form, a small Canadian company says its goal is to build products, not kill a key part of Office.
Tags: Business applications, chairman, Amgen Inc., Web Site, Web, Microsoft Word, XML
Should India now look forward to unique ID cards?
Blogs In his book Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century, Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, talks about how the futu...
NetApp names new CEO, reports solid quarter
News Storage company names chief operating officer Tom Georgens as CEO, while chief of 15 years Dan Warmenhoven has become executive chairman.
Tags: Storage, Data Management, EMC Corp., Storage, Wall Street, chairman, CEO, R&D, chief operating officer, board
Satyam on sale, receives multiple bids
News Several Indian companies, including Spice Corp, have confirmed interest to acquire a controlling stake in Satyam, new reports reveal.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Acquisitions, Bloomberg L.P., engineering company, investment banking, Indian Company, IT services company, chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case
News Company finds faults with rulings that led to jury's patent infringement ruling. Microsoft also faces injunction that threatens to halt sales of current form of Word.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, Sales, chairman, Canada, financial, Texas, Microsoft Word, XML
Pirate Bay bidder loses chairman
News Magnus Bergman has filed documents to end his affiliation with Global Gaming Factory X, the company attempting to acquire The Pirate Bay.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Digital media, P2P, financial health, Stock, liquidity, Digital media, stock exchange, chairman
It's official: Bartz becomes Yahoo CEO
News Autodesk's executive chairman now has replaced Jerry Yang. Also: Yahoo President Sue Decker has departed.
Tags: Search, Best strategies, Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., chairman, CEO, News.com, leader, Jerry Yang, leadership style
Ballmer and Bostock break bread
News The New York Times confirms a Valleywag report that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock met earlier this week in New York.
Tags: Search, Best strategies, Employee communications, Mergers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., New York, chairman, CEO
