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  • July 2008

    • What Will Apple Do After Jobs?

      newser  |  Forbes  |  Jul 3, 08 1:01 PM CDT

      What Will Apple Do After Jobs?

      What happens to Apple post-Steve Jobs? That’s been the question since the iconic CEO appeared worn at the June Apple Developers Conference. And the answer isn’t easy, writes Brian Caulfield in Forbes. “It's not like you can say, 'Let's go find ourselves another genius,'” commented a consultant. Still, the company has been cultivating strong talent at the top and surely has a game plan. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • corporate governance  • succession

    • HP Exec Busted for Passing IBM Secrets

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 2, 08 6:21 AM CDT

      HP Exec Busted for Passing IBM Secrets

      A former Hewlett-Packard vice president faces federal charges for sharing trade secrets from IBM, the Wall Street Journal reports. The exec requested confidential pricing information while he was working for IBM. Two months later, he got a job at HP and emailed the info to an HP executive, according to investigators. Hewlett-Packard fired the new hire and reported him to IBM and authorities. More »

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      email  • IBM  • Hewlett Packard  • espionage  • corporate governance  • federal indictment  • corporate crime

  • June 2008

    • France's Top Newspaper Faces Crisis

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 23, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      France's Top Newspaper Faces Crisis

      In the past year, the French newspaper Le Monde has endured the worst crisis in its history, losing its editor-in-chief and failing to appear on newsstands for days during a series of strikes. Now its 340 staffers have been given an ultimatum, writes the Guardian : Unless about 20% accept voluntary resignations by next week, the independent paper will be taken over by corporate owners. More »

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      France  • newspaper  • corporate governance  • Le Monde

    • Icahn Again Skewers Yahoo

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 9, 08 1:18 PM CDT

      Icahn Again Skewers Yahoo

      Investor Carl Icahn broadened his attacks on Yahoo today, targeting not only the recent failure of a Microsoft takeover deal but longtime performance issues, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Why did you permit Google to leave you in the dust?" he wrote to the board. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Jerry Yang  • Carl Icahn  • corporate governance  • Roy Bostock

  • May 2008

    • Growing Pains Plenty Evident at Facebook

      newser  |  CNNMoney  |  May 13, 08 4:13 PM CDT

      Growing Pains Plenty Evident at Facebook

      Facebook is seeing a lot of challenges lately, with ads selling at rock-bottom prices, revenue not nearly rivaling MySpace, and third-party developers defecting to OpenSocial networks (MySpace, again). But unlike other companies’ young founders, Mark Zuckerberg isn’t about to step aside. And thanks to his tight control of Facebook's board, he’s not about to be pushed out, either, Fortune reports. More »

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      Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • Mark Zuckerberg  • corporate governance  • ad revenue  • Sheryl Sandberg

  • April 2008

    • Cisco Develops a Lighter Touch in Acquisitions

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 17, 08 1:59 PM CDT

      Cisco Develops a Lighter Touch in Acquisitions

      Cisco, once famous for swallowing small companies whole and digesting them without leaving a trace of their former brand names (or management), is forging a new acquisition strategy. As it targets new, Internet-based technologies that it’s less familiar with, the company has developed a lighter touch, as evidenced by several recently acquired businesses that operate with much greater independence, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      technology  • mergers and acquisitions  • Silicon Valley  • corporate governance  • Cisco

  • March 2008

    • Deutsche Telekom to Buy Greek Stake

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 17, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Deutsche Telekom to Buy Greek Stake

      Deutsche Telekom plans to buy a 20% stake in Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) of Greece, for $3.92 billion. The deal is conditional on the German carrier getting management control, and the company will open talks immediately with the Greek government, the only larger shareholder. The OTE stake will let Europe’s biggest telephone company expand into Eastern Europe, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      mergers and acquisitions  • telecommunications  • telecom industry  • Greece  • corporate governance  • Eastern Europe  • Deutsche Telekom

    • Diller Strikes Back at Liberty

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 14, 08 2:09 PM CDT

      Diller Strikes Back at Liberty

      Barry Diller struck back at Liberty Media in court yesterday, blaming CEO Greg Maffei for driving a wedge between himself and Liberty chairman John Malone by speaking “badly about our businesses and our managers.” The warring media magnates—once close partners—have been waging a court battle for control of Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp. The trial concluded today. More »

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      lawsuit  • settlement  • corporate governance  • court cases  • Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • IAC/InterActiveCorp

    • Malone Testifies Against Diller in IAC Battle

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 10, 08 5:08 PM CDT

      Malone Testifies Against Diller in IAC Battle

      John Malone has launched the first volley in his court battle with fellow media baron Barry Diller over control of IAC/InterActiveCorp. Malone testified today that the proposed restructuring of IAC breaks a longstanding agreement between the two, the Wall Street Journal reports. "It's a breach of the stewardship that we granted him when we started this whole relationship,'' said Malone. More »

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      corporate governance  • Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • IAC/InterActiveCorp

    • Gore to Net a Convenient Profit in IPO

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  Mar 6, 08 10:56 AM CST

      Gore to Net a Convenient Profit in IPO

      CurrentTV is going public, and that means big money for founder Al Gore. But something about the deal rubs Rob Grover of BusinessWeek the wrong way. Gore is drawing a big salary, even though the little-watched channel is losing money, and the share distribution is decidedly undemocratic—Gore and CEO Joel Hyatt will get enough Class B shares to out-vote everyone else. More »

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      Al Gore  • IPO  • shareholders  • corporate governance  • Current TV

    • Steve Jobs: Brilliant Tyrant

      newser  |  CNN  |  Mar 5, 08 1:12 PM CST

      Steve Jobs: Brilliant Tyrant

      Steve Jobs is an undisputed Silicon Valley superstar, but his genius has a price, Fortune reports. Jobs is a risk-taking, short-tempered tyrant, and those foibles make Apple a potential rollercoaster for investors. Jobs threatened the company—and his own freedom—in two separate backdating scandals, and, reports the magazine, risked his own life by long avoiding treatment for his pancreatic cancer. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • shareholders  • pancreatic cancer  • CEOs  • corporate governance  • Pixar  • stock option backdating  • backdating scandal

  • February 2008

    • Bahrain Arm Accuses Alcoa of Corruption

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 28, 08 10:47 AM CST

      Bahrain Arm Accuses Alcoa of Corruption

      A company controlled by Bahrain's government has filed a lawsuit in US federal court accusing metals giant Alcoa of a host of shady business practices, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pittsburgh-based Alcoa, one of the world's biggest aluminum companies, systematically overcharged Bahrain Aluminum for raw materials and funneled money to corrupt officials during a 15-year conspiracy, the suit charges. More »

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      lawsuit  • corruption  • bribery  • corporate governance  • bribe  • Alcoa  • Bahrain  • Jersey  • Alcan  • aluminum  • Royal Bank of Canada

    • Moguls Take Feud to Court

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 4, 08 1:45 PM CST

      Moguls Take Feud to Court

      The escalating fight between media barons Barry Diller and John Malone over control of IAC/Interactive Corp. has its origins in the men’s shared talent for wheeling and dealing, the New York Times reports in a portrait of the colorful, headstrong, vastly different moguls. Both have faced accusations of chasing deals that benefit them more than shareholders—a complaint high among those Malone’s Liberty Media has levied against Diller. More »

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      corporate governance  • Barry Diller  • John Malone  • Liberty Media  • IAC

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Remaining Democrat Leaves SEC

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  Oct 3, 07 11:38 AM CDT

      Remaining Democrat Leaves SEC

      The Securities and Exchange Commission is down to three lone Republicans after the second Democrat in a month resigned yesterday, MarketWatch writes. Annette Nazareth's departure comes just two weeks after Roel Campos left the 5-seat board. And the single-party rule makes some observers—who fear that the commission will become less proactive on enforcement—twitchy, USA Today reports. More »

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      SEC  • corporate governance  • Christopher Cox  • Roel Campos

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