01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft acquires semantic search firm Powerset | SAN FRANCISCO - MICROSOFT on Tuesday announced it is buying Powerset, a firm which specialises in interpreting the intent of people's Internet searches instead of matching specific words they use. Mic... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo Slams Microsoft's Bid Tactics as Latter Seeks Search Surrogate | SUNNYVALE, California: Preparing for battle with interventionist shareholder Carl Icahn at its August 1 annual meeting, Yahoo has issued a thirty-two page defensive presentation which it hopes will ou... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Correction orders issued for Pomona property | Photo Gallery: Rats in Pomona POMONA - A Los Angeles County health agency issued correction orders at a Wisconsin Street apartment complex after inspectors found cockroaches, mice and damage inside ap... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | "What Happens To Oil Prices When Refiners Stop Producing? (VLO, WNR, TSO)" | As we've pointed out earlier, oil refining is not the business to be in these days. Refiners have been hit hard by skyrocketing crude oil prices because they are unable to pass along those price incre... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Pacific Time | Udrih is a King - the money was a fixed amount for him, so I'm not surprised he stayed with the team where he's had career success. Calderon is a Raptor - this was pretty clearly going to happen, thou... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Board approves Cartwright | The Ector County Hospital District Board of Directors welcomed its newest member Tuesday. After an interview session, Ceretha Cartwright was approved by the board, without absent members Virgil Trower... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | You are welcome, nukemdomis! It's unfortunate that so many Americans are | This means some bad news for the employees of these stores. So many companies are reducing work force numbers due to this slumping economy. Most of us here in the states know of at least one person th... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Slowdown hits Just's earnings | Slowdown hits Just's earnings TAKEOVER target Just Group has downgraded its earnings forecast for this year on the back of a slowdown in consumer spending. The Mercury - Published 1 hour, 50 minutes a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Bottom Calls: Lehman Brothers and General Electric | Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) volatility continues following yesterday s 11% drop with the stock now reversing and up about 4. Lehman notably closed below its March intra-day low of $20.25, but ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Blockbuster shelves Circuit City bid | RTTNews) - Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. (BBI) said late Tuesday that that it has decided to withdraw its offer to buy consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc ( CC ), citing market... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Newspapers Bleed Red Ink: Death by Internet | If you're a journalist , consider quitting and becoming a SEO specialist. The search industry's filled with former journalists who've seen the light. For newspapers, 2008 is shaping up as their worst ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest | .2008/ 07/ 01/ a-cringing-quarter-for-venture-capitali. A Cringing Quarter for Venture Capitalists By Matt Richtel As I reported Saturday, venture capitalists experienced a very poor second quarter. T... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft buys linguistic Web search firm Powerset (Reuters) | Powerset , a start-up that is working on a new class of Web search that relies on insights from linguistics rather than simple keyword strings. Microsoft has acquired a small search technology company... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Feds Open Probe Into Google-Yahoo Ad Deal | 07-01) 18:58 PDT Washington - -- The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck last month that would allow the Internet titan Google to provide some search adve... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Guru Stocks At 52-Week Low: The Procter | Guru Stocks At 52-Week Low: The Procter & Gamble Company, Toyota Motor Corp, The CocaCola Company, Pfizer Inc, United Technologies Corp. Filed Under: PG , TM , KO , PFE , UTX , Filed Under: PG , TM ,... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | China's COFCO to buy stake in Smithfield, world's largest pork processor | BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Smithfield Foods Inc, the world's largest producer and processor of pork, said it has entered into an agreement to sell 7 mln shares, or 4.95 pct of its common stock, to COFCO Ltd... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Starbucks Announces It Will Close 600 Stores | In a harsher economic climate, Starbucks s green-and-white mermaid logo is about to become a little less ubiquitous. The company, the world s largest coffee chain, said Tuesday that it would close 600... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Google and Yahoo | Google and Yahoo to Search Inside Flash Files New York Times, United States - 10 hours ago By PETER COHEN, Macworld.com, IDG Adobe announced Tuesday that Google and Yahoo are adding search capabilitie... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Where Is the Coupon Desti | Where is the Oodle for coupons? I ran across this piece from the Wall Street Journal, which was a round up of various food/grocery related coupon sites online: A huge $201 billion worth of coupons was... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Calcarb Reports Significant Progress on New Global Headquarters and Manufacturing Center | The latest construction update from Calcarb Ltd., the Eurocentral, Scotland-based manufacturer and international supplier of premium high purity Carbon Bonded Carbon Fiber (CBCF) based rigid insulatio... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Q4 Mobile Forecast: Indonesia, 2007 - 2010 Provides over 65 Operational and Financial Metrics for the Indonesia Wireless Market | Q4 Mobile Forecast: Indonesia, 2007 - 2010 Provides over 65 Operational and Financial Metrics for the Indonesia Wireless Market.has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new country pro... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | 600 Starbucks Stores to Close | The old joke that there s a Starbucks on every corner may soon not ring quite as true. Starbucks Corporation said Tuesday that it has drastically increased the number of stores it plans to close and c... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith a lucrative partnership between rock and gaming | Blog:The Technology Chronicles: 27778 : Guitar Hero: Aerosmith a lucrative partnership between rock and gaming . One day soon, budding musicians won't aspire to racking up gold or platinum records. T... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Authority: 36 | Today s interesting links: 10 of the Biggest Platform Development Mistakes [GigaOM] Gnip Launches To Ease The Strain On Web Services [TechCrunch] CouchDBX Revival [plok] Powerset joins Live Search [Li... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | DPC | Dorchester Pacific Limited has provided a copy of its Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2008 to NZX. 25 June 2008 Company Announcement DORCHESTER IMPACTED BY PROPERTY FINANCE MARKET Dorchester... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The last days of Bear | Did Goldman email trigger death spiral? Roddy Boyd, the long-time New York Post reporter who recently hung his shingle at Fortune , reports on the Bear Stearns melt-down, with evidence that Bear Stear... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Murdoch's Premiere takeover closer | BERLIN -- The European Commission on Wednesday paved the way for Rupert Murdoch's takeover of Premiere, Germany's biggest pay TV operator. has become the paybox's single largest shareholder after cont... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | What a jolt: Starbucks closing 600 stores in the U.S | SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. said today that it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year, up dramatically from its previous plan for 100 closures, a sign the coffee shop operator continues... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Zoltek complies with Nasdaq requirements | 12:00:00 AMBridgeton-based Zoltek Cos. said today it is once again in compliance with the listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The company was notified on May 19 it was at risk of being de... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Net loss: Stock balk for Yahoo | Yahoo shares fell below the $20 mark during Tuesday's first trading session of the second half of the year, while a team of influential analysts suggested that a takeover of AOL could make sense for t... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CIT quits home loans in $1.8bn deal | Shares in CIT Group surged more than 20 per cent on Tuesday after the lender agreed to sell its home lending business and manufactured housing portfolio for $1.8bn, returning to its roots as a purely ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Starbucks to Shut More Stores | In its most significant pullback yet, Starbucks Corp. said it will close an additional 500 stores in the U. The move effectively ends Starbucks' tenure as a break-neck-growth company, one that has bla... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The Future of Online Video Ads, from Microsoft s adCenter Labs | Yahoo Buys Maven Networks, Joining Google, Microsoft in Kendall Square . Notes From Xconomy s Cloud Computing Extravaganza . Kendall Square Gets a GYM Membership: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft . Microsoft ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | BlueScope completes $US325m debt raising | BlueScope Steel Ltd says it has completed a successful debt raising in the US private placement market for $US325 ($A340. BlueScope said the funds would be used to partially repay bridging finance for... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Peerless Mfg. Co. Announces Date for Special Meeting of Shareholders to Consider Delaware Holding Company Reorganization | Peerless Mfg. Announces Date for Special Meeting of Shareholders to Consider Delaware Holding Company Reorganization. (Nasdaq: PMFG) today announced that it will hold a special shareholder meeting on ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | BlueScope completes $340m debt raising | BlueScope Steel said it had completed a successful debt raising in the US private placement market for $US325 ($A340. BlueScope said the funds would be used to partially repay bridging finance for the... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Drilling deeper for dollars | NIGERIA: Royal Dutch Shell, one of Nigeria's largest foreign investors, says it is ready to vigourously defend profit-sharing agreements in that country. Russell Scheirman, President and Chief Financi... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Vonage Scrambling For Financing - Investors Hanging Up | A decent day in tech trading, with both the Morgan Stanley Big 35 tech benchmark and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up from week-long lows. Maybe it s the first day of the quarter and people a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | SEC Charges Microtune And Former Officers For Stock Option Backdating And Other Fraudulent Conduct | 01/07/08 The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Microtune, Inc. and two former senior officers for perpetrating a fraudulent and deceptive stock option backdating scheme that awarded thems... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Del Taco Announces Promotions | Del Taco, the nation's No. 2 Mexican quick serve chain, today announced that Steve Brake has been promoted to vice president, treasurer and controller and Pete Honer has been promoted to vice presiden... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Apple, Steve Jobs, Executives, Board, Sued For Securities Fraud | CIO Central Tech Center:. The 105-page complaint seeks to recoup billions in lost share value after Apple's admission of executive compensation though the backdating of stock option grants. 06:30 PM A... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | BP edged further out of Russia | Oil firm calls latest move in bitter row 'disgraceful' Oligarchs poised to seize control of joint venture . future of BP in Russia was in doubt last night after its joint oil venture TNK-BP confirm... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Harry Reid takes YouTube's top spot | Reid has rocketed to the top of YouTube. This video of Reid on Fox Business Network now sits atop YouTube's " most viewed " list, with nearly 215,000 views, thanks in large part to a link on the Drudg... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | U.S. auto sales hit 15-year low (Reuters) | Reuters - The Federal Reserve must "react decisively" to stop inflation pushing up wages, one of its top policy-makers said on Tuesday, dropping a clear hint about the possibility of interest-rate hik... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft buys Web firm Powerset | SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Powerset, a start-up that is working on a new class of Web search that relies on insights from linguistics rather than simple keyword... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Verizon s CEO Goes Ballmer on the iPhone | See the guy in the picture there? His name is Ivan Seidenberg, and he s the CEO and chairman (for now) of Verizon Wireless. What s wrong in my book is throwing stones at the competition. Going all ber... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Tech Confidential | Offloading a unit it had acquired eight years ago for $166 million, Cypress Semiconductor Corp. late Tuesday said it has agreed to sell its Silicon Light Machines optical comp. We may look back in the... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Blockbuster Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Circuit City | 01:55 PM. Analyst Comments: Merge Healthcare, Canon, Medicines Company, U. Cellular, Comstock, Agnico-Eagle, Newmont, Lincoln Electric, Amag Pharma. /C O R R E C T I O N -- Discovery Communications/ J... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Skype Selects New COO, Joins White Spaces Group | Latest Version of Skype Focuses on Video. VoIP provider Skype on Tuesday named former Motorola executive Scott Durchslag as its new chief operating officer. Durchslag will assume the role effective im... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | RPM Announces Release Date, Conference Call and Webcast for Fiscal 2008 Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results | RPM Announces Release Date, Conference Call and Webcast for Fiscal 2008 Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results. (NYSE: RPM) announced today that it will release its fiscal 2008 fourth- quarter and year-e... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Commissioners expect results from $2.7 million in annual contracts | If tax dollars are going to an agency or individual, Richland County commissioners want to see the money produce results. That point was repeated Tuesday when the board approved $2.7 million in annua... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Breaking: Microsoft Acquires Powerset | Breaking news from Microsoft We re excited to announce that we ve reached an agreement to acquire Powerset, a San Francisco-based search and natural language company. Powerset will join our core Sea... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Google Can Opt-Out of AOL | David Vogelpohl | Let s climb aboard the way-back-machine and take a trip to 2005. Carrie Underwood was rocking American Idol, Batman Begins made us believe in prequels again, and Google was buying a ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Thisis50 TV | HEY guys! I LOVE the live feed. PpL were talkin bout it all night long in chat! U have surpassed all other hiphop and rap stars! You are sharing a part of yourselves with us that many of us have yearn... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Financial Markets Not Out Of The Woods Yet, Lockhart Says | Smithfield Foods stock sinks to five-year low 1 minute ago Shares of pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. sank to a five-year low Monday after the company announced it was realigning its European oper... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Luminent Suspends All Payments to Unsecured Creditors While Analyzing Restructuring Options | Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LUMC) announced on June 24, 2008 that the company is faced with the necessity of restructuring and recapitalizing its balance sheet to place the co... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | TRC's Gwen Eklund Named President-Elect of Air & | TRC is proud to announce that Gwen Eklund has been named president-elect of the International Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA). Eklund, a director of power generation in TRC's Central Region... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Violet Blue vs. Boing Boing | Jalopnik Top Ten Car Commercials. As new media gets big, it remains small at heart and not in a good way. Boing Boing, the popular tech-culture blog, has offered a tardy defense of its mass deleti... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Corporate executives and their political contributions continued | Hewlett packard , Jamie Dimon , Jeffrey Immelt , Jerry Yang , JPMorgan Chase , Mark Hurd , microsoft , Political contributions , politics , Steve Ballmer , yahoo . On Monday, I posted on the political... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Schwarz refuses to accept no from Specialty Underwriters | Dealscape Home. Insurgent investor Mark Schwarz isn't taking no for an answer. After specialty property and casualty insurance company Specialty Underwriters Alliance Inc.50 a share, or $115 million,... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Hackett Group joins Russell 3000 Index | ABX parent dropped from Russell 2000 [Columbus]. Air Transport Services, LCA-Vision dropped from Russell 2000 [Cincinnati]. Catalyst Pharmaceutical to join Russell Microcap [South Florida The Hacket... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | WCI gets note call | WCI Communities , one of South Florida's largest developers, faces a crucial deadline with some holders of $125 million in debt asking for redemption by Aug. At the end of the last quarter, WCI had le... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Atheros: Lehman Pounds The Table, Lifts Ests | Atheros (ATHR) shares are getting a lift today from a bullish note this morning by Lehman chip analyst Romit Shah. Shah repeated his Overweight rating and $36 price target on the stock, while boosting... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The 3 GHz spectrum overlay specialist says it could be lights out if it's unable to raise more funds in the next three months | Vyyo Inc. (Nasdaq: VYYO - message board ) will need money in the next three months if it's to remain a going concern, as they say.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, and it received $4.5 million o... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | (Read the full post about Dash Navigation updates Dash Express ) | Dash Navigation has made available an update for the Dash Express, making it the first Internet-connected automotive GPS device from its stable that allows one to wirelessly update the device software... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Barratt, BP, Enodis | Struggling housebuilder Barratt Developments is close to securing a rescue refinancing with lenders that will relax its banking covenants and help it ride out the property downturn.7bn and a market ca... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | New Feature: Buy, Sell or Hold? | By Horacio Marquez Contributing Editor During the Internet boom in the latter part of the 1990s, Cisco Systems Inc. ( CSCO ) was the king of the must-have stocks, with shares of the maker of telecom... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Wexler vs. Martinez? Sink vs. Martinez? | A new poll shows a tight race between Barack Obama and John McCain -- and potential trouble ahead for Mel Martinez. The survey by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling shows Obama with a slim lea... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | SAVVIS Secures 35 Million Credit Facility | SAVVIS, Inc., a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business applications, today announced that its subsidiary, SAVVIS UK Ltd. 35 million (approximately $69 million) credit facility with ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Asian Electronics waste-fuel plan hit | Board withdraws proposal to merge Green Hydro, US Instruments with firm Says the most promising business rights acquired are being given up MUMBAI : Asian Electronics Ltd s plan to tweak black gold... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Fixed Price Gasoline Web Site Set to Launch at www.gasbankusa.com | IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, For: Jun 27 Filed by: BAKER JULIAN (10K) Jul 01, 2008 05:37 PM. Form 4 Caudill Paul J For: Jul 01 (10K) Jul 01, 2008 05:36 PM. Form 4 UAL CORP /DE/ For: Jun 30 Filed by: ISAACSO... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Video: One man, one woman debate in FL | Bizarrely, the following video was uploaded by the anti-gay side. We say it's bizarre, because usually when someone calmly and rationally smacks down our logic and forces us to get hyper-defensive, we... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Airline firms leave fares | MUMBAI/BANGALORE: On Monday, oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by around 4-6% in major metros. However, airlines, which are reeling under soaring operating costs... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft Buys Natural-Language Search Tech | After some speculation last week, Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that it will acquire San-Francisco based search company Powerset. The software giant will integrate Powerset technology into Live Searc... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Apollo Group sees revenue jump by $100 million | On Semiconductor leads the pack as six of Arizona's billion-dollar companies post second-quarter stock gains . Revenue jumped by more than $100 million for Apollo Group Inc. The Phoenix-based adult ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Billing dispute between township and borough still unresolved | Princeton Township have still not paid the money owed to each other from incorrectly billed capital projects expenses that their administrators and certified financial advisors agreed upon during a Ma... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Apollo Group reports $139.1 million 3Q profit | PHOENIX - Apollo Group Inc., a for-profit education company that owns the University of Phoenix, said Tuesday it earned $139.1 million as enrollment grew by 11 percent in the third quarter. The Phoeni... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo shares touching on pre-Microsoft level | Yahoo shares fell below $20 on Tuesday, coming within a breath away from its previous trading level before Microsoft launched its failed buyout attempt five months ago. Shares of Yahoo, which have bee... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | World Heart receives new Nasdaq delisting notice, CFO resigns | World Heart CFO quits after less than a year, will work as consultant [San Francisco]. World Heart to sell 300M shares in recapitalization deal [East Bay]. World Heart to sell 300 million shares in re... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Aaron Chimbel reports | Local News. ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Light Up Your Portfolio with Some Lorillard Group | Department & Discount. We are initiating coverage on Lorillard Group ( LO ) with a buy/$82 price target based off expected 75% payout ratio, 4% yield, and $4 dividend in 2009. Historical evidence of s... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Bill Gates reboots his life | The world s most famous and richest computer geek has effectively retired. Bill Gates is handing over day-to-day control of software giant Microsoft in order to work full-time at his charitable fo... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft buys linguistic Web search firm Powerset | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Powerset, a start-up that is working on a new class of Web search that ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Dice Holdings, Inc. to Report Second Quarter 2008 Results | PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) today announced it will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2008 financial results on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 8:30 a. Melland, ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | PMC board hears revenue report | LAMAR The Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors learned last Wednesday the facility has posted a fourth straight month with a profit. The $271,077 profit was posted even though the facility had a ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Don't Blame the Technology | Everyone is saying technology is making us stupid.) We can make smarter cupcakes -- sugar free, higher in fiber, but that doesn t seem to make any difference. When you walk past a cupcake, it doesn t ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Selectica CEO departs, company announces reorganization | Selectica Inc. said Tuesday its chairman and chief executive resigned, and announced that it is restructuring to streamline operations and cut costs. San Jose-based Selectica (NASDAQ:SLTC), a provider... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft confirms Powerset search deal | IDG News Service) Microsoft Corp. and Powerset today confirmed a deal in which Microsoft will purchase the search-engine startup.Neither company mentioned the price of the transaction on separate blog... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Smithfield Sells 7 Million Shares To China s COFCO | NYSE:SFD ) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with COFCO Limited, China's largest national agricultural trading and processing company, for the sale of 7,000,000 shares, or 4. The p... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | It's Cosmic man...it's on my Mac...whoah | Games , Macintosh Do you know those cool art spinning booths at festivals and carnivals? Of course you do, they're awesomesauce aren't they? Well now thanks to CosmicPainter from garageCube you can br... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Red Lion Hotels Corporation Appoints JMP Securities to Evaluate Strategic Options | SPOKANE, Wash., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Red Lion Hotels Corporation (NYSE: RLH) (the "Company") today said that it is working with its investment banking firm JMP Securities to assist the Boa... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Adobe advances rich media search online | Adobe Systems Incorporated is teaming up with search engines to improve search results of dynamic web content and rich Internet applications (RIAs). Adobe is providing optimised Adobe Flash Player ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Computer 2000: COMPUTER 2000 PARTNER WITH LEXMARK | M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:01072008 Computer 2000, the UK arm of Tech Data, has been appointed as a distributor for the full range of Lexmark's multi-function, laser and inkjet pri... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yang and Decker To Get the Boot? | ADOTAS As Yahoo shares sink to new lows and the Internet pioneer skids ever faster toward its likely-to-be remarkably unpleasant annual board meeting (on August 1), breaths are baited and innumerabl... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Richland commissioners award $2.7 million in human services contracts | If tax dollars are going to an agency or an individual, the county commissioners want to see the money produce an outcome. That point was repeated Tuesday morning when the board approved $2.7 million... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft: Live Search | Consistent with the rumors last week, Microsoft confirmed today that it has acquired Powerset for an undisclosed amount (speculation put it at around $100 million). The company was reportedly valued a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Rapper gives Trans World something to smile about | Rap artist Lil Wayne has given executives at Trans World Entertainment Corp., reason to believe the CD isn't destined for the dust bin of music history. Lil Wayne's latest album, "Tha Carter III," sol... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Bros reunion tour planned | Who remembers Bros? That's right, raise your liver-spotted hand. Matt and Luke were of course singing twin brothers with 50s style blonde quiffs and ear rings. They were very ayrian and homoerotically... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | SPIDER-MAN FANS SEIZE CONTROL OF MARVEL AND ACTIVISION'S | SPIDER-MAN FANS SEIZE CONTROL OF MARVEL AND ACTIVISION'S SPIDER-MAN : WEB OF SHADOWS VIDEOGAME PACKAGING . Consumer Control Campaign Arms Community Members to Make Final Choice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Food for thought in the online industry | The shout of "lunch is ready" jolted nearly the entire staff of Zynga from their desks and into the Internet startup's kitchen, where they piled ahi, marinated flank steak and stir-fried soba noodles ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CMRG | Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. Announces Purchase of Dahle's Big and Tall Assets and Entry into Three New States PR Newswire . CASUAL MALE RETAIL GROUP INC Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | State confirms Microsoft coming to Iowa | State officials confirmed today that Microsoft Corp. has chosen Iowa as the site of its next data center. Stephanie Bjornson, a spokeswoman for the Iowa Department of Economic Development, said today ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | WOW! that letter from Front Four is blazin'! | KATU parent Fisher Communications is reporting that it rejected a $383M buyout offer in April , but won't identify its suitor: The overture may have come from investor Towerview Capital Management, wh... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Confirmed: Microsoft buys search startup Powerset | Powerset , a search startup whose technology attempts to understand the full meaning of phrases not just keywords, as Google does has officially sold to Microsoft, the two companies announced toda... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Serious Money: Five stable stocks for troubled times | 3:02PM by Sheldon Liber Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , General Motors (GM) , Berkshire Hathaway (BRK. (C) , Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) , Chubb Corp (CB) , Merrill Lynch (MER) , Goldman... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Apple iPhone 3G demand to be 'unprecedented' | AT&T Offers Walkthrough Videos for iPhone 3G Buying. AT&T iPhone 3G Pricing Details, On Sale at 8am, July 11th. iPhone 3G plans start at $25 in Switzerland, $50 in Finland. BioWare game developer inte... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Non faccio mai colazione la mattina,e adesso ho 22 anni.Ho lo stomaco chiuso e n | Imphal, Jun 29 : Taking serious note of the proposals from NEEPCO officials to deploy static security forces at Tipaimukh dam site after a drilling machine stationed there was vandalised by HPC (D) ac... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Freebie Updates: Dashwire, Yahoo Go | A couple of the better freebies just got even better, with recent updates to Yahoo Go and Dashwire. In addition to noting these, I want to highlight Microsoft s Windows Mobile web site and mention two... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Tech Winners & Losers: Apple | Tech stocks were down Tuesday along with the major market indices as investors grappled with another jump in oil prices and continued concerns about the economy.89 , helped in part by AT&T's T announc... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | SanDisk Slides to 52-Week Low | SanDisk SNDK shares set a fresh 52-week low Tuesday, as the maker of flash chips was the subject of another bearish Wall Street note. Pacific Crest Securities analyst Kevin Vassily cut his financial e... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 to Support XPS, PDF v1.5, PDF/A, ODF v1.1 | Redmond, Washington, USA. is offering customers greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as well as creating additional opportunities for developer and competitors, by expanding the... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Travelzoo loses 8%, hits 52-week low as rising gas prices curtail travelers | Travelzoo Inc. (Nasdaq: TZOO ) shares were down 8% Tuesday as many of the Internet media company s clients stocks dropped. Travelzoo connects travelers with airlines, hotels and cruise lines, and man... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Book review Learning the YUI Library | The Yahoo! User Interface Library (affectionately known as the YUI library) is a free resource provided by Yahoo! for web developers. It's a collection of utilities that enable developers to build cro... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo + AOL minus Yang + Decker? | Yesterday, we broke down Yahoo's proxy presentation to shareholders in their attempt at "setting the record straight." MarketWatch , Henry Blodget , and Portfolio have additional takes on the presenta... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Anne Hathaway's Involvement In Ex-boyfriend's Fraud Case Dismissed By Friend | LATEST: A friend of ANNE HATHAWAY's ex-boyfriend RAFFAELLO FOLLIERI has hit out at claims the actress had any involvement in the Italian businessman's allegedly fraudulent dealings. The Devil Wears Pr... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Brain Fitness Software Market Exploded in 2007 to Sales in the U.S. of Over $225 million | Research and Markets (.has announced the addition of the "The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market" report to their offering. The State of the Brain Fitness Software Market from SharpBrains Inc ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | ESC | BancTrust Financial Group, Centrue Financial and MGIC Investment among 52-week lows SmallCapInvestor. EMERITUS CORP\WA\ Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | 5GHz Phenom X4 9850 part | By Steven Walton on April 14, 2008 Editor: Julio Franco Manufacturer: AMD Post/read user's feedback Email this to a friend Find CPU prices . Although the release of the AMD Phenom processor series ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | WordLogic Corporation and Windsor Sheffield & | Windsor Sheffield & Co. will provide guidance to WordLogic in the form of merger and acquisitions, capital infusions, joint venture and the strategic and/or financial transactions. They will also iden... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Rapfogel's Salary | Recently, I wrote about the (legal and normal) process by which some politically connected nonprofits continue to get a good deal of money in City Council-distributed member items . In the comments se... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Here's Where We Screwed Up With Gas | We made the mistake of treating gas like it was entering The Long Tail. Yahoo wipes out small business hosted storage limits . Microsoft gets more hostile towards Yahoo, seeks to replace board Ventu... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | What Happens To Oil Prices When Refiners Stop Producing? (VLO, WNR, TSO) | Home. AT&T (T): A Dangerous Price Plan For The Apple (AAPL) iPhone . What Happens To Oil Prices When Refiners Stop Producing? (VLO, WNR, TSO). Occidental To Try Enhanced Oil Recovery in Permian Basin ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Iconic gun maker Smith & Wesson get new CFO | Smith & Wesson, the largest manufacturer of hand guns in the US, has recruited William Spengler as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Spengler was most recently chief financial offi... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Paradigm Tactical Products Issues Financial Guidance for 2008 | Paradigm Tactical Products Inc.PK - News), a leading provider of detection technology and homeland security solutions to the military . to the corrections, law enforcement and security industry has co... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Finisar and Optium Announce Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period for Proposed Merger | Finisar and Optium Announce Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Waiting Period for Proposed Merger Jul 01, 2008 01:40 PM. Finisar Corporation Files Form 10-K Report With Final Fiscal 2008 Fina... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | F.I.R.S.T. - A Mile in my Flip-Flops by Melody Carlson | FIRST , time for the FIRST Blog Tour! (Join our alliance! Click the button!) The FIRST day of every month we will feature an author and her latest book's FIRST chapter! . ABOUT THE AUTHOR: In sixth... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | JSC Sitronics appoints Marina Zabolotneva chief financial officer | JSC Sitronics said it has appointed Marina Zabolotneva as its chief financial officer, with immediate effect. Previously, Zabolotneva was the CFO at Intourist, a universal operator in the Russian tour... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Tuesday Options Outlook: XLE, AKS, COF, XLY, MAT, GD, RTN, HRB | Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. Energy Select Sector SPDR ( XLE ) US stocks atrophied today, oozing into bear market ague after showing symptoms high and low for weeks. The culprits a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Raising A Glass To Profit | Deflationary Hurricane To Hit U. Toddo On TV: Dislocation! Dislocation! Dislocation!. The wine craze may be over and beer sales may be flat, but savvy investors are still lifting their glasses to stea... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Random Thoughts: And Away We Go! | Editor's Note: The following content was posted in real-time on the Buzz & Banter today. It's being reposted here for the benefit of the Minyanville community.If the financials are going to bounce, is... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | AT&T says get ready for iPhone | Just 10 days before iPhone 3G day and AT&T has dropped some more details about the launch of Apple 's updated uber gadget. First things first: You can buy your iPhone 3G starting at 8 a. July 11 in AT... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Names New CFO | HONG KONG -- Brilliance China Automotive Holdings' board of directors has announced the cessation of Lei Xiaoyang as the chief financial officer (CFO) of the company. He has been redesignated as a non... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Tom Blackerby Named President and CEO of ASC Industries; Swaldo to Retire | EVANSVILLE , Ind. -- William Thomas (Tom) Blackerby has been appointed president and chief executive officer of water pump manufacturer ASC Industries, Inc. Blackerby succeeds Theodore (Ted) Swaldo, A... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Rancher Energy Corp. Announces Fiscal 2008 Year End Financial Results | 01:55 PM. Analyst Comments: Merge Healthcare, Canon, Medicines Company, U. Cellular, Comstock, Agnico-Eagle, Newmont, Lincoln Electric, Amag Pharma Jul 01, 2008 12:27. (OTCBB: RNCH) today announced fi... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | New Kroger fuel center coming soon | Next week is going to be a busy one for store openings around the Roanoke Valley. The fuel center at the new Kroger, under construction in the Bonsack area, will open on July 9. This will be the fifth... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | AT&T details iPhone plans; Rolls out 'iReady' tips | Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:19 am Categories: General , Personal Technology , Hardware Infrastructure , Wired & Wireless , Mobile , Apple , Telecommunications , AT&T Tags: Apple iPhone , AT&T Corp. , i... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Nordic shares close sharply lower on economic gloom, oil prices UPDATE | Nordic shares closed sharply lower, with Ericsson gaining as a defensive play but with all other sectors badly hit by a combination of rising oil prices, gloom about the economic outlook, and bearish ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Avid Radiopharmaceuticals | Avid Appoints Richard A. Baron as Chief Financial Officer New CFO to Lead Infrastructure and Capital-Raising Initiatives PHILADELPHIA--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CORRECTION - Ahmed Hussein Discloses His Nomination of Six Director Candidates for the Quality Systems Board | Analyst Comments: Merge Healthcare, Canon, Medicines Company, U. Cellular, Comstock, Agnico-Eagle, Newmont, Lincoln Electric, Amag Pharma . / CORRECTION - Ahmed Hussein Discloses His Nomination of Six... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CORRECTING and REPLACING the Rubicon Project Partners With AdJug to Deliver Efficiency to the International Online Advertising Market | Tupperware Showing Greater Value Jul 01, 2008 09:22 PM. Was a Positive ISM Report Spark Bulls? Jul 01, 2008 09:22 PM. Stock Market Trend Analysis Video 7/1/08 Jul 01, 2008 09:16 PM. Starbucks Hit by E... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Fwd: NewVirus alert | JsuRB/Fsg8i11Swq6GreGPalJGhZkpQAz8cYSXs=; b=id4lsUCnTN5kPoAgZK0cgeVBLSwCZqXmdinSbrHcYwsy4gzXIjiKMjoKWJVEjhabEQ MfJNaUby3KWj9uyhxeelg0KOSw7QDs/N5xm+gdlV594lybyNqF60b9VwN3J2cJwxjlaI jZq61ncHyd9WPg2kqVq5... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 7/1: HYGS, COIN, CIT, VSE Higher; DTG, EMKR, VLNC, AOI Lower | AOI. Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 7/1: HYGS, COIN, CIT, VSE Higher; DTG, EMKR, VLNC, AOI Lower. Alliance One International Reports a Return to Profitability for Fiscal Year 2008 . Alliance One Announces ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Vista | AMD is launching a three-pronged attack on the desktop CPU space today, with the introduction of three new quad-core Phenom. InfoWorld amassed 210,000 signatures for a "Save Windows XP" petition, and ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Auditor highlights GPSS increase in salaries | Significant increases in salaries and benefits highlighted the public auditor's fiscal 2007 report on the Guam Public School System. According to a news release from the Office of the Public Auditor,... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CPI Aerostructures Awarded a Long-Term Requirements Contract of Approximately $70 Million to Provide Assemblies to The Boeing Company for the A-10 Win | CPI Aerostructures Awarded a Long-Term Requirements Contract of Approximately $70 Million to Provide Assemblies to The Boeing Company for the A-10 Wing Replacement Program. ("CPI Aero(R)") (AMEX: CVU)... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Small-Cap Winners & Losers: SuperGen | Small-cap stocks were experiencing modest losses on Tuesday, with investors concerned over energy prices in spite of a positive ISM number. Taking on losses was Mindspeed Technology MSPDD, which fell ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Scripps' Cable And Web Unit Starts Trading Sans Newspapers And Local TV | Want to know what a pure-play cable TV-and-Internet company trades like? Now you have a chance. Scripps Networks Interactive starts trading today on the NYSE under ticker symbol "SNI. Scripps (SSP) co... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Nelson needs to opt out now | I've long berated Mullin's track record and championed Nelson for saving a drowning franchise two summers ago. Now that conventional wisdom has begun to catch up to our emperor, er GM, who has been on... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Microhoo Aftermath and WhitePages | 6.08 Microsoft-Yahoo Aftermath Is Law of Subtraction for Yahoo Talent Doing the calculus in the aftermath of the aborted Yahoo-Microsoft deal, the numbers just don't seem to add up. Like how could a c... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Mojarra Scales | Mojarra Scales is a JSF component library that started out in the JSF RI Sandbox. Currently, Scales offers a number of components which, primarily, wrap some of the excellent Yahoo! User Interface (YU... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Steve Ballmer: At Last, the Corner Office at Microsoft | In college, both Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates lived in a dormitory full of "antisocial math types," according to Gates. Ballmer, who was outgoing and involved in many social clubs on campus, seemed to... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Industry Buzz & Snippets: 7/1/08 | Ad Networks and Analytics:.Lyris has upgraded its HQ product for the marketing and ad industry. HQ for Agencies enables users to manage online marketing campaigns.Google Ad Planner was playfully blame... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Toshiba Medical Systems announces new President and CEO | Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation ('TMSC'), a member of the Toshiba group of companies, announced that Dr. Kenichi Komatsu has been appointed President and CEO of the company at the annual sharehold... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Google to scuttle its pay-per-action beta | What had been seen as a unique alternative pricing model for advertising, which Google began testing just last year, is being phased out after the end of August. Financing Problems Could Halt Bell Can... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Check out the gameplay trailer | Explore. Oops, you have to be signed in to get to your Yahoo! Video profile. Published 30 hours ago Twenty minutes of in-depth gameplay footage from Blizzard's newly-announced Diablo 3. ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | FAMC takes fresh look at Alco building | The old Alco building soon will be no more. After looking at the cost of renovating the building, the administration at the Fremont Area Medical Center has decided against remodeling the more than 30-... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | On2 Technologies Reports Filing of Forms 10-K and 10-Q | 12:19 PM.com Issues TraderNotes on Active Stocks: CABN, NEXC, DFR, CNXTD, XJT, BUF, ONT, FLIR Jun 30, 2008 10:01 AM. On2 Joins MIPS(R) Alliance Program; Leading Video Codec Solutions Now Available for... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | BOSTON 1 (Reuters) - Investment firm Duff Capital Advisors said on Tuesday it acquired hedge fund group North Sound Capital. The two firms, both locat | BoA Backs MFoundry mFoundry Inc.-based mobile application publisher and platform provider, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Banc of America Strategic Investments. Boston Ventures Buys ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Who will run Yahoo? | Who s going to run Yahoo? There are myriad answers to that question, but AllThingsD suggests that Ross Levinsohn, the former head of News Corp s Fox Interactive Media Group, and partner, former AOL Ch... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Third time to become MVP | Disclamer: These posting are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. This web-blog is maintained on my free time, and has nothing to do with my current employer. Today I received ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | MillerCoors officially launches Tuesday | Online this Week [St. Anheuser-Busch plans to keep non-beer divisions [Milwaukee]. Anheuser-Busch rejects InBev takeover offer [Milwaukee]. SABMiller, Molson name MillerCoors executives; new company b... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Dash Navigation updates Dash Express | GPS gadgets Dash Navigation has made available an update for the Dash Express, making it the first Internet-connected automotive GPS device from its stable that allows one to wirelessly update the de... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Matsushita Now Officially Panasonic | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., best known for its Panasonic brand products, announced that its shareholders have approved a proposal to change the company's name to Panasonic Corporation, at the ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Oslo shares close lower, pulled down by renewed global economic concerns UPDATE | Oslo shares closed lower, as gloom about the world economy and the financial sector took over again, sparking a major sell-off across Europe that put an end to Monday's modest rally, dealers said. Hav... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Wisconsin Dells Area Resort Files For Bankruptcy | Northern Bay Golf Resort & Marina north of Wisconsin Dells has filed for bankruptcy restructuring. Northern Bay says the filing will not impact operations at the resort, golf course or marina. Chief f... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo! defends current board slate against Carl Icahn | Yahoo! has begun to press their case to stockholders to defend against a proxy battle initiated by Carl Icahn. He is proposing his own slate for the Yahoo! Board of Directors after the current board t... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Sonus's largest shareholder blames the company's stock performance on management | Like Chicago Cubs fans, Sonus Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS - message board )'s largest investor, Legatum Capital , is tired of "waiting 'til next year." In a letter to CEO Richard Nottenberg, Legatum's... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo Board Weighs Options | D: All Things Digital/Silicon Alley Insider BoomTown's Kara Swisher has the scoop again after talking with high-level Yahoo sources, who say that various options are on the table, including another po... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | No Debt, for Now, for K&L Gates | Martha Neil One reason why K&L Gates has had no trouble merging with other firms in recent years is its financial situation. The firm has no debt, a situation that makes prospective partners' eyes lig... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Neogen Acquires Product Line From DuPont Animal Health Solutions | LANSING, Mich., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired a product line used in animal health and hygiene applications from DuPont Animal... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Dow Bear Market Status, eBay Inc, CIT Group Inc, or Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc | The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Dow Bear Market Status, eBay Inc, CIT Group Inc, or Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc . Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest. The 'official declara... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | UPDATE: Ironshore enters Lloyd's market with 17m buyout | Quanta and Chaucer announce joint venture. The transaction is subject to approval from Lloyd's and the UK's Financial Services Authority. Mark Wheeler serves as Active Underwriter for the Syndicate. P... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Northern Bay Resort Files For Bankruptcy | The company that owns Northern Bay Golf Resort & Marina north of Wisconsin Dells has filed for bankruptcy restructuring. Northern Bay says the filing will not impact operations at the resort, golf cou... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | UTStarcom To Sell U.S Handset Division | 8:07:00 AMAlameda, Calif. UTStarcom will sell off the cellular handset distribution company that it purchased from Audiovox almost four years ago to an investment group whose largest shareholder is ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Gibbs Awards Million-Dollar Contract to Saleen Inc | Gibbs Technologies has awarded a $1-million, six-month manufacturing development contract to Saleen Inc. to support the launch of the company's high-speed amphibious vehicles in North America. Manufac... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Satisfaction with Apple | Bill Gates , deposition , DoJ , Google Docs , hotmail , IE , Linux , Microsoft , Microsoft office , MSN , NetDocs , pen computing , Playstation , search engine , Tablet PC , Thomas Jackson , Windows V... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | New Blood for DiamondCore | J OHANNESBURG ( Business Day ) -- The CEO and the chief financial officer of developing diamond company BRC DiamondCore [TSX: BCD ; JSE: BCD ] will leave the company after shareholders decided a new t... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Bedford Lowe's will open next week | Lowe s plans to open its doors in Bedford on July 8 at 7 a. The new home improvement store will rise to 106,000 square feet, with an adjacent garden center. The retailer says it will stock 32,000 diff... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Company Uncovered: AudioCodes | Company Uncovered: AudioCodes Jul 01, 2008 11:28 AM. A Bearish Dow Has its Worst June Since the Great Depression Jul 01, 2008 09:58 AM. Stocks End the Quarter on a Lackluster Note Jul 01, 2008 09:55 A... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 7/1 (CIT, UTSI, GA) | CIT. Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 7/1 (CIT, UTSI, GA) . Pre-Open Movers 7/01: CIT Group (CIT) Higher on Home Lending Biz Sale; Fortune Brands (FO) Lower on Warning . CIT Group (CIT) Sel... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health reasons cause Providence finance man to step down | Stephen Carroll is stepping down from the Providence Resources board as Finance Director for health reasons. He will continue to be available to the company to ensure an orderly transition within the ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Avnet Buys Source | Avnet has acquired Source Electronics, a leading provider of outsourced custom programming services for integrated circuits. (NYSE:AVT) announced today that it has acquired Source Electronics Corporat... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | SYSTEM OF THE HEART | 2. The Convergence of Biomarkers and Diagnostics: Therapy area analyses, key products and future trends. Stakeholder Opinions: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - Adverse events with drug-eluting ste... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | ITV stock price hammered | LONDON - ITV's stock price took yet another dive as it reached a new record low of 41.1 cents) in early trading Tuesday, but the stock later nudged upwards to 42. terrestrial broadcaster's value was b... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Loonie falls to multi-week lows versus euro and buck | Canadian dollar fell to multi-week lows versus the euro and the greenback in the late morning trading on Tuesday. As of 11:00 am ET, the Canadian dollar slipped to a 2-week low of 1. Traders focused t... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | New look Ingram Micro launched today | Distributor streamlines its European operations from 11 business units to just four in a bid to simplify its business . Distribution behemoth Ingram Micro has today set its new organisational model in... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Federal Signal takes another step toward selling E-One | Bank of America. The company will sell the portfolio in pieces over the next several months. The press release indicated that leasing has been important to sales at several Federal Signal divisions, i... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | MrTed | London (ots/PRNewswire) - MrTed Limited, einer der f hrenden Anbieter f r Talentmanagementl sungen, gab heute bekannt, dass er die Migration seines prim ren Datencenters f r die zentrale Anwendung von... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo, Microsoft Resort to "He Said, She Said" Over Failed Talks | Yahoo and Microsoft both accuse each other of revisionism and present their views of events as Yahoo heads for takeover battle . Yahoo's management is entrenching itself, preparing for the August 1 ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Smithfield Foods to sell nearly 5 percent of shares to China's COFCO Ltd | Smithfield Foods to sell nearly 5 percent of shares to China's COFCO Ltd. yesterday announced it has entered into an agreement with COFCO Limited, China's largest national agricultural trading and pro... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | BancorpSouth Announces Second Quarter Earnings Webcast Schedule | Kyodo economic news summary -7-+ CORRECTED: Man lost in Amazon for 42 days dies in father's arms Shanghai knifeman kills five police in revenge attack 'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | At Last, the Corner Office at Microsoft | Enterprise Agility Requires BPM-Enabled Environments Agility is nearly impossible to achieve without BPM. In college, both Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates lived in a dormitory full of "antisocial math ty... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | QRxPharma Begins Trading on the International OTCQX | SYDNEY, Australia and BEDMINSTER, N., July 01, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- QRxPharma Limited , a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Was l uft mit Windows Vista? | Microsofts neustes Betriebssystem legte seit der Einf hrung vor einem Jahr einen harzigen Start hin. Das erste Service Pack soll den Aufschwung bringen. Windows Vista st sst bislang auf wenig Akzeptan... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Good Grub, Boss | The shout of "lunch is ready" jolted nearly the entire staff of Zynga from their desks and into the Internet startup's kitchen, where they piled ahi, marinated flank steak and stir-fried soba noodles ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Wednesday takeover clockwatch 01/07 | 07 July 2008 The Star today writes that Geoff Sheard is looking for reassurance that he has the backing of fans as he eyes the next step in his bid for power. It is understood the Lanca-shire business... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Google-TeleAtlas Collaborate To Improve Local Data | Google Now Crawling and Indexing Flash Content. Search Illustrated: Five Tips For Optimizing An eCommerce Product Detail Page . No matter how much 3D, imagery, flash and other impressive functional... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Cowed Yahoo board members' wish list of Yang and Decker replacements | Jezebel maghag. , tim armstrong , opentable , google , associated content , kevin johnson , microsoft , steve ballmer , feature , top . Yahoo shares are almost below $20 in morning trading and as th... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | BFC Financial executive departs | BFC Financial said Phil Bakes resigned from his position as managing director and executive vice president to assume the position at Snapper Creek Equity Management, effective June 16. Bakes had been ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Petrosearch Energy Signs Agreement to Sell Barnett Shale Project | Petrosearch Energy Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Barnett Petrosearch L.54455% limited partnership interest in DDJET Limited LLP ( DDJET ) to Cinco County Barnett Shale LLC ( ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo Lobbies for Investor | Storage Networking , Part 1 eBook: A storage network is any network that's designed to transport block-level storage protocols. But understanding the ins and outs of networked storage takes you deep i... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Adobe, Google, Yahoo Search Flash | The Time is Right for System Maintenance - Apple Security Update Plugs Holes in Ruby - Adobe, Google, Yahoo Team for Flash Search. Google, Yahoo immediately makes flash and other dynamic content that ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Money blog: The nightmare continues | Just when Boeing thought it was ready to stick to a new schedule on the Dreamliner. Flightblogger is reporting this morning that a mechanic at a Boeing supplier in South Carolina put the wrong fastene... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The Manitowoc Company's offer for Enodis wins | Manitowoc Company's $2.7 billion buyout offer for Enodis was the winning bid Monday, as it seeks to acquire the British-based manufacturer of industrial catering equipment. Carl Laurino, senior vice ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | We ll show you, says Yahoo to shareholders | NEW YORK Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47. The missed opportuni... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Are GPS Devices Making Us Stupid, Too? | 8:01AM Last month, we reported on a story about some computer users' fears of Internet access making us increasingly stupid . We're not sure that we necessarily agree with that idea, and we certainly... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Cofco to buy 5% stake in Smithfield Foods | Crash victim was model, Adelphi student: Desiree Mesolella, the daughter of a former Rhode Island state representative, was a passenger killed in an alleged drunken driving accident in Port Washington... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Freedom Hires CFO, Sales Manager | Freedom Innovations LLC, Irvine, California, has announced the hiring of Lee Kim as chief financial officer (CFO) and John Bork as a regional sales manager covering Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana., Irvin... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo Pleads Its Case | There s no love lost between billionaire Carl Icahn and his good friends at Yahoo! ( YHOO ). Over the past month, he s repeatedly said that Yahoo s board acted irrationally in rejecting Microsoft s ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | FXRE | Robert F. Sillerman and The Huff Alternative Fund Purchase 4.97 Million Shares of FX Real Estate and Entertainment Inc. Extends Expiration Date for Pending Rights Offering to April 18 Business Wire. E... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Mix ID 34522 | .. Squeeze on homeowners continues [ New Window ] THE SQUEEZE on homeowners continued yesterday as three more financial institutions announced that they would increase mortgage rates just days ahead o... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Blizzard: Microsoft Pays Lip Service to PC Gaming | Echoing statements made by Blizzard's senior VP of design, Rob Pardo, the company's chief operating officer, Paul Sams, has laid into Microsoft regarding PC gaming. Speaking at GDC Paris recently, Par... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Cloud over weather office chief clears | South African Weather Service Chief Executive Dr Linda Makuleni racked up a cellphone bill of R19 400 in one month, while the total cost of her calls from April 1 2007 to March 31 2008 was R65 791 an ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Openwave (OPWV) Sells Mobile Phone Client Software Business to Purple Labs | OPWV.com Issues TraderNotes on Active Stocks: XSNX, ASTM, IMB, ACUS, PWAV, OPWV, OPTV, LUNA . Openwave (OPWV) Sells Mobile Phone Client Software Business to Purple Labs . Openwave Sells Mobile Phone C... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | St. Francis experiencing smooth transition from Gloor to McElligott | News. Dan McElligott stepped up as the new president and chief executive officer of St. Francis Medical Center on Monday, replacing former President and CEO Mike Gloor in a transition described by bot... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | C&W close to control of Thus | Initial bid from telecoms firm nets 29.9 per cent of Thus shares, but others hold out for better offer . Telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless (C&W) has acquired 29.9 per cent of shares in smalle... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | One of the Android team was a VP at a top mob | Phone: rumors and consumer rebellion. The Site Survey is one of the most crucial steps on the road for a successful Wi-Fi network. With the many options available to survey and the many new modes of 8... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CIT sells units for US$1.8B to exit home lending | CIT Group Inc., the business lender that's lost money for four straight quarters, agreed to sell its manufactured housing and home-loan businesses for US$1. Lone Star Funds, the Dallas-based buyout fi... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | YouTube :: Tag // ubuntu | World News. Stiri Economie Pensii Private & Asigurari Burse Tehnologie Distractie Cultura Sport Sanatate Auto Arta & Stil TV Ziare. Stiri Economie Pensii Private & Asigurari Burse Tehnologie Distracti... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | SIRIUS Satellite Radio Announces Post-Merger Financial Guidance for the Combined Company and Cox Radio Schedules Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Release | 247MGI, Inc. Press Release SIRIUS Satellite Radio Announces Post-Merger Financial Guidance for the Combined Company and Cox Radio Schedules Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Teleconference . SI... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Popeyes(R) Selects GSD&M Idea City as National Creative Advertising Agency of Record and Alico names Dan Gunter as chief executive | NutraCea Press Release Popeyes(R) Selects GSD&M Idea City as National Creative Advertising Agency of Record and Alico names Dan Gunter as chief executive. (NASDAQ: AFCE), has selected GSD&M Idea City ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | How To Block Cookies From Unwanted Websites With SafeSquid Proxy Server | Intranet DNS server setup. Installing VMWare Server 2 Beta in Ubuntu Hardy 64bit. Basically, cookies are pieces of information, usually personal preferences, that are stored into a visitors system, w... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | 'Is Google Crawling Absolute Paths?' - 'Search Engine Roundtable' Newsletter | Is Google Crawling Absolute Paths?' - 'Search Engine Roundtable' Newsletter . 'The June Issue of Affiliate Classroom Ezine is Available' - 'Internet Marketing For Free' eZine. The latest issue of 'Sea... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | US: Smithfield sells stake to China firm | Smithfield Foods is to sell just under 5% of its business to Chinese agricultural trading and processing company COFCO Limited. The US meat giant said it plans to use the proceeds of the sale to repay... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The Roundup: Adrian Peterson s Fantasy Stock, atlantasportsfan | The only reason we sat through Pulse was because of Christina Milian great read on the fall of Bear Sterns Bright, Young, Hollywood Pablo Escobar s ranch is now a theme park Sportsgal made me ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Reshuffle at Diamond Core | CEOand the CFO of developing diamond company BRC Diamond Core would leave the company after shareholders decided a new team was needed to execute the company s growth strategy, chairman SimonVillagesa... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Fotolog Goes Mobile | PRNewswire/ -- Fotolog ( www.com ), the 4th most-trafficked social network in the world(1), announced today the worldwide launch of its mobile service.com -- will enable the site's community of more t... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard | Search , Yahoo Tags: Shareholder , Google Inc. , Carl Icahn , Reorg , Financial Accounting , Finance , Larry Dignan . Yahoo on Monday filed its shareholder pitch with the Securities and Exchange Com... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier | Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:27 am Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Search , Yahoo , Adobe , Enterprise 2. , Rich Internet Application , Webtop , Flash , Search , Larry Dignan . It s a ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Larry Dignan and Tom Steinert-Threlkeld | Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:23 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , Search , Yahoo , Semantic Web Tags: Google Inc. Microsoft s search plan apparently revolves around semanti... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Datalink 2008 Second Quarter Operating Results Conference Call | 08:43 AM. Datalink Launches Backup Assessment and Backup Reporting Services May 20, 2008 10:01 AM. Datalink Reports 2008 First-Quarter Operating Results Apr 16, 2008 04:08 PM. Datalink 2008 First Quar... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Mindspeed(R) Completes 1-for-5 Reverse Stock Split | 08:30 AM. Mindspeed(R) Appoints Bret Johnsen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jun 16, 2008 04:30 PM. Mindspeed(R) and Wind River Collaborate on Open Platform for Broadband Gateways... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Euro hits 1-1/2 month high of 1.6550 versus Aussie | Clos du Bois and Wild Horse. more Ahead of the Bell: JPMorgan is 'cautious' on TV 1 minute ago A JPMorgan analyst said he is "bullish" on the cable TV industry, particularly companies that provide hi... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | IDBI Bank hikes lending, deposit rates | Mumbai: IDBI Bank today raised its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) and interest rates on various maturity deposits by 0.75 per cent with effect from today, IDBI''s Chief Financial Officer, R K Ban... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Avnet, Inc. Schedules Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Yearend 2008 Earnings Announcement | 03:01 PM. Acquires Horizon Technology Group plc Jun 30, 2008 08:34 AM. Avnet Memec Launches Actel Ultra-Low Power SpeedWay Design Workshop Jun 25, 2008 11:03 AM. Avnet Technology Solutions Launches Pa... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Tuesday, the Indian market plunged tracking the declines in rest of the global markets and higher oil prices. Rising inflation | 08:10Sensex Closes Below 13000 Tuesday, the Indian market plunged tracking the declines in rest of the global markets and higher oil prices. Rising inflation and political uncertainty weighed on senti... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Sensex closes below 13000 | RTTNews) - Tuesday, the Indian market plunged tracking the declines in rest of the global markets and higher oil prices. Rising inflation and political uncertainty weighed on sentiment, generating sig... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $5.6 Million of Movement Tracking System Orders | Comtech Granted Early Termination of HSR Waiting Period in Offer for Radyne Jun 30, 2008 08:02 AM. Comtech Extends Tender Offer for Radyne Corporation Jun 23, 2008 06:01 AM.8 Million of Blue Force Tra... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Oil prices climb Tuesday | FTN Midwest upgraded NVDA from Sell to Neutral Jul 01, 2008 08:03 AM. Enterra Energy Trust Finalizes Agreements for New Credit Facilities and Petro Resources Joins Russell Microcap Index Jul 01, 2008 ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Zigler On Deck At NBC Universal Digital | NBC Universal on Monday announced the promotion of Vivi Zigler to president of NBC Universal Digital Entertainment. In her new post, Zigler will oversee all NBC Universal entertainment sites, and will... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | HowStuffWorks Explains How It Works | Taking full advantage of its new parent company, HowStuffWorks.com on Monday launched its first-ever multi-platform marketing campaign. Discovery Communications--which acquired the online information ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | And Another Thing, Carl: Yahoo Files Stockholder Presentation | In the latest salvo in its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn, Yahoo on Monday made public a stockholder presentation further explaining its rejection of Microsoft's acquisition bid and sub... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Filtrbox: The Latest Reputation Management Tool | 7:01 AM ETDealing with dozens of feeds from hundreds of Web sites, social networks and blogs may be par for the course when it comes to the new practice of brand reputation management. But online stra... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | What is wrong with Pentax? | Feeling more confident with the technical bits. Time to think and work on composition and understanding light. I have been browsing the net for 40D prices, and it is often priced just below a Nikon D... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Muhtar Kent now Coca-Cola chief | Muhtar Kent officially took the reins July 1 as The Coca-Cola Co. Kent, 55, replaces Neville Isdell, 65, who will remain chairman of the board through Coca-Cola's annual shareholders meeting in April ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo retires Overture Keyword Suggestion | Barry reports , that Yahoo! has confirmed of decommissioning Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool . The Overture tool has been plagued with issues for a long time, and the page now redirects you to the... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo: Microsoft deal would put Yahoo out of search business | 39 minutes ago Yahoo's management on Monday filed a presentation to shareholders aiming to cast doubt on Microsoft 's sincerity in negotiating to buy the company, while defending its own actions. Yaho... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Imified Acquires FeedCrier for RSS Alerts (1812 Visits) | Imified , a service that lets you blog, make notes and do other things via an IM interface, has announced the acquisition of FeedCrier , an IM based service that alerts you about a new post on the bl... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yahoo Mail Announces Unlimited Storage, Takes On Gmail (2070 Visits) | Yahoo has announced free unlimited email storage to all users starting from May 2007. Yahoo Mail currently offers 1GB storage per account and charges $20/year for a 2GB account. With this announcement... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Google Talk Continues The Integration Journey, Becomes Widget (2361 Visits) | Google Talk , which was originally a desktop app first got integrated into Gmail, then came the milestone of becoming a gadget on Google Personalized Page and now it has become a widget . All website ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | EPIX Pharmaceuticals Announces Resubmission of New Drug Application for Vasovist | LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 1, 2008 - EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:EPIX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics through the use of its p... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The euro fell to an 11-day low against the pound during early European deals on Tuesday, due to across the board rallying of the | 06:25Euro Falls to 11-Day Low Against Pound The euro fell to an 11-day low against the pound during early European deals on Tuesday, due to across the board rallying of the latter. The euro drifted do... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Tuesday morning, the New Zealand dollar showed mixed trading against its major counterparts. The kiwi showed weakness against the | 06:39N. Dollar Falls to Multi-Week Low Against Yen Tuesday morning, the New Zealand dollar showed mixed trading against its major counterparts. The kiwi showed weakness against the euro and the yen, b... Read » |
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