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New Philippine law to boost e-commerce
News Country approves legislation to establish central credit bureau, in a move deemed necessary to help e-commerce finally take off in the Philippines.
Tags: Regulations, Local Government, E-commerce, Internet, E-business, Law, Philippines, Online Payment, Small And Medium Business, information system
Yahoo's Microsoft tab totaled US$79 million
News Yahoo ran up a double-digit multimillion dollar tab last year, paying outside advisers US$79 million in its efforts to fend off Microsoft, according to an SEC filing.
Tags: Lawsuits, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., antitrust, SEC, Jerry Yang, shareholder, advisor
US govt investigating alleged Google chemical release
News The authorities are looking into "an alleged release of refrigerant" and accuracy of Google's related records, search giant discloses.
Tags: Green IT, Data centers, Google Inc., net income, DoubleClick Inc., SEC, data center, Green IT, Data centers
Skype aims to avoid shutdown with new tech
News eBay-owned VoIP firm is trying to develop new P2P technology to replace that which might be taken away in a legal dispute with Skype's founders.
Tags: Corporate communications, Business applications, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., IP Telephony, P2P, founder, litigation, SEC, Internet
McAfee seeks gag on exec ousted over options
News Former McAfee President Kevin Weiss wants to clear his name after being awarded damages over his firing, but McAfee wants the information to remain confidential.
Tags: Antivirus software, Stock, Dallas, McAfee Inc., arbitration, SEC, Texas, tax, president, stock option
Report: SEC reviewing Apple's disclosures over Jobs' health
News U.S. investigators looking into whether company's handling of information surrounding CEO's health misled investors, according to a Bloomberg report.
Tags: Investor relations, Employee communications, Apple Inc., Bloomberg L.P., CEO, job, News.com, Macworld, SEC, health care
XBRL standard could highlight financial risks
News The IBM Data Governance Council is launching a year-long initiative to try to develop a taxonomy to describe risk in the XBRL business data language.
Tags: Data Management, Data security, XBRL, IBM Corp., Bank Of America Corp., Financial Company, Citigroup Inc., enterprise data management, IBM Data Governance Council, American Express Co.
US govt review of Apple disclosure now more complex?
News US Securities & Exchange Commission inquiry into whether Apple made misleading statements over CEO Steve Jobs' health is ongoing, according to report.
Tags: Investor relations, Sales/revenue, Investments, Federal Government, Consumer Technology, Public relations, Apple Inc., Bloomberg L.P., CEO, Tennessee
Report: Apple's Jobs maintained stock-option ignorance
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs told the SEC in a 2008 deposition that he had no idea Apple lawyers had falsified documents nor did he understand the accounting implications of backdating.
Tags: Stock options and grants, Corporate law, Apple Inc., Backdating, CFO, stock-option backdating, Stock, Stock options and grants, job, SEC
Facebook's land grab in the face of a downturn
News The social-networking site is moving aggressively to sign up more users around the world while much of Silicon Valley hunkers down.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Growth strategies and tools, MySpace, Google Inc., Advertisement, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, marketing, SEC
Experts: Apple disclosure 'falls short'
News Apple's silence on reports that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant reflects a continuing failure to address the CEO's health issues, say governance specialists.
Tags: Business development/management, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, CEO, corporate governance, SEC, shareholder, Apple iPhone, health care, Steve Jobs
Next up, Yahoo's dog-and-pony investor show
News Billionaire Carl Icahn and Yahoo will be take their respective fix-it strategy messages on the investor road show circuit once they file their definitive proxies with the SEC.
Tags: Investor relations, Strategy formulation, Yahoo! Inc., Investor, Carl Icahn, SEC, shareholder, asset, strategy, agency
Sun's largest investor ups stake
News Southeastern Asset Management increases its stake to 21.2 percent and wants to talk to Sun management and third parties about maximizing Sun's shareholder value.
Tags: Servers, Storage, Legal, Investment, Investor, Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., News.com, SEC, shareholder
Yahoo board member resigns, shareholder meeting delayed
News The date for the annual meeting is expected to be determined in late July, following the resignation of a longtime director from the 10-member board.
Tags: Investor relations, Leadership, Change mangement, Microsoft Corp., Legg Mason Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, hedge fund, SEC, shareholder
Apple awards raises to key executives
News COO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Mac hardware chief Bob Mansfield will have a little more spending money in 2009.
Tags: Stock options and grants, Apple Inc., CFO, healthcare reform, Hardware Engineering, Cupertino, Mansfield, Stock options and grants, News.com, SEC
