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Pirate Bay buyer 'misled' investors, booted off exchange
News The Pirate Bay acquisition by Global Gaming have moved from comical to gravely serious as a Swedish stock exchange accuses company of "providing false information".
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sweden, financial
Oracle has customers over a barrel
News As CEO Larry Ellison tries to extend the company's reach into hardware, more corporate clients fret about its high prices and tough tactics.
Tags: Databases, Customer resource management (CRM), Cost control, Customer support, software company, Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., Customer, audit, Oracle Corp.
Insiders question label deal for Pirate Bay bidder
News Just as the press began eying Global Gaming Factory with suspicion, it came up with funding, a potential record deal and potential buyers. How much of that was real?
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, EMI Group Plc., Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sweden, Internet Cafe
Getty and Flickr deepen photo-licensing ties
News Flickr photographers now can more actively try to sell photos through Getty's 60,000-image collection. Meanwhile, Toyota shows that there's a market.
Tags: Business development/management, Web sites, Getty Images, Yahoo! Inc., Toyota Motor Corp., digital photography, partnership, Web sites, Business development/management, Stock
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., network, Asia, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
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
On2 shareholders unhappy with Google offer
News Lawsuit challenges the acquisition of the video-compression software company on grounds that it undervalues the company.
Tags: Business applications, Web sites, Web browsers, Video, Stock, Class Action, New York Post, Delaware Chancery Court, shareholder, Web browsers
Pirate Bay bidder finds new stock exchange
News Global Gaming Factory X was kicked off its former stock exchange for providing the public with false information about its ability to buy The Pirate Bay. But it's found a new one.
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, software company, Stock, stock exchange, Sweden, spokesman, acquisition, Web 2.0, game
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
Can Windows 7 'reset' Microsoft shares higher?
News Applause for Windows 7, cost-cutting, and an earnings surprise have stirred hope that Microsoft's stock will revive. Will businesses buy the upgrade?
Tags: Windows 7, Business applications, Computer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Stock
Macquarie Bank launches new Internet platform
News Macquarie Bank has teamed up with finance news aggregator Wotnews to deliver a new retail online trading platform.
Tags: E-commerce, Stock Market, Investor, online retail, Stock, trader, financial, network, SMS, Internet
Yahoo's Bartz: We 'somehow got boring'
News The company is trying hard to right its ship, and will try to convince analysts that it is a rightful player in future of the Internet.
Tags: Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Internet technology company, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Web sites, Stock, technology company, financial, senior vice president
Sweden launches criminal probe of Pirate Bay sale
News A week before Global Gaming announced it would acquire Pirate Bay, the company's stock shot up. Swedish authorities want to know why.
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, Napster Inc., Shawn Fanning, Stock, financing, CEO, Sweden, leader, acquisition
Why 'Joe Facebook' wants to cash out
News Reports indicate that Facebook's official employee stock buyback program has been "oversubscribed". Here's why this is normal, and hardly greedy.
Tags: Web 2.0, IPO, Stock, dot-com, payment, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Web, Web 2.0
Amazon to acquire retailer Zappos
News The e-commerce giant will be acquiring all Zappos stock and converting it to Amazon stock.
Tags: Web sites, Stock, Amazon.com Inc., retail company, network, shareholder, brand, Las Vegas, Web sites, board
