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Lenovo, Microsoft layoff rumors swirl

News Amid pessimism surrounding the economic situation, more rumors of layoffs within companies including Lenovo and Microsoft have surfaced online.

Monday, January 05 2009 06:19 PM

Tags: Layoffs, Budgeting/cost control, Microsoft Corp., Workforce, Asia-Pacific, layoff, Lenovo Group Ltd., Worker, CNBC, job

Yahoo and eBay end merger talks, CNBC reports

News Yahoo and eBay have ended talks to merge, CNBC reported today.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:48 PM

Apple prepares for six months without Jobs

News It's impossible to say Apple won't miss its iconic leader while he recuperates until June. But, for the most part, it should be business as usual in Cupertino; at least for now.

Thursday, January 15 2009 10:50 AM

Tags: Innovation, Notebooks and tablets, Handhelds, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Supplier, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, CEO, financial

Yahoo suspends employee pay raises

News Under financial pressure even before the recession, Yahoo has suspended pay increases for its employees.

Saturday, January 24 2009 06:24 PM

Tags: Search, Layoffs, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Stock, stock price, CNBC, CEO, recession, Sunnyvale

Icahn against partial-sale bid for Yahoo

News Billionaire investor opposes selling just a portion of the Internet pioneer because he believes the stock is undervalued.

Thursday, December 04 2008 12:12 PM

Tags: Acquisitions, Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Stock, Advertisement, CNBC

Gates predicts Yahoo deal unlikely

News In an interview with NBC's Tom Brokaw, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says a deal with Yahoo is unlikely, according to a CNBC report.

Sunday, June 29 2008 09:55 PM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Internet advertising, Search, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Yahoo! Inc., software company, CNBC

Schmidt not interested in tech czar job

News Google's CEO takes himself out of the running to be the United States' first chief technology officer.

Monday, November 10 2008 09:20 AM

Tags: Executive recruiting, Government, Google Inc., Net Neutrality, CNBC, Vint Cerf, CTO, Eric Schmidt, job, CNET Networks Inc.

Icahn sets price tag for Yahoo

News The per-share price is one of two nifty nuggets in the latest saber-rattling letter to Yahoo's chairman. The other: Jerry Yang can stay after all--just not as CEO.

Sunday, June 08 2008 11:47 PM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Yahoo! Inc., CNBC, BEA Systems Inc., chairman, Carl Icahn, founder, Oracle Corp.

Icahn to Yahoo: Nix the poison pill, now

News In a letter to board chairman Roy Bostock, the investor activist roars about Yahoo's "insulting" and "deceitful" actions regarding its severance plan.

Thursday, June 05 2008 08:54 AM

Tags: Investor relations, Business development/management, Employee communications, Corporate responsibility, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CNBC, software, job

Reports: Steve Jobs returned to Apple campus

News Reportedly recovering from liver transplant, he is also quoted by Apple for first time in months as company doubles projections for iPhone 3G S.

Tuesday, June 23 2009 09:35 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Cupertino, CNBC, CEO, Tennessee, Silicon Valley, Apple iPhone, California, Cellular phones