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NEWS ABOUT: tech companies

tech companies stories: 8 news summaries

(AP) - Yahoo Inc. stumbled to a fourth-quarter loss of $303 million, but the Internet company withstood the recession better than analysts had expected. Yahoo's loss—officially wrapping up the Jerry Yang era—translated into 22 cents per share, compared with a profit of 15 cents per share in the prior year,... More »

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Yahoo • Jerry Yang • tech companies • corporate earnings • Carol Bartz

 'Media Titan'
 Moves in Small
 (Even Empty)
 Websites

Little-known Internet player hitting the big time with simple idea

Jul 16, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Rosenblatt doesn’t work in Silicon Valley and few people, even there, know his name. But in just 2 years his Demand Media has become a huge player, backed by $355 million in private investment, and pulling in nearly $200 million in revenue this year, the Los Angeles ... More »

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social networking • Internet • Web 2.0 • business • tech companies • Internet advertising • Richard Rosenblatt

 Business Woes? Call
 a Corporate Psychic 

Execs search farther afield for help

Jun 22, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - More businesses are seeking a new breed of consultant to give them guidance in tough economic times, Newsweek reports: psychics. Blue chip operations across the nation, from tech concerns to corporate law firms, are coughing up big bucks to hire “intuitionists,” with executives hoping their otherworldly... More »

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Hollywood • corporate • tech companies • consulting • corporate law firms • market turmoil • psychic • intuitionist

Apple Hoards $15B—Why?

Fortune speculates on the tech giant's plans for cash wad

Dec 7, 07 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Regulatory filings reveal Apple has $15.4 billion stockpiled, leading to curiosity about its plans for the cash. The company itself hasn't offered much of an answer, but in its Big Tech blog, Fortune speculates Apple could acquire smaller companies, perhaps buying its way into a new area like social... More »

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investing • Apple • tech companies • tech stocks

Online Boom Won't Result in Dot-Com Bust

Heady '90s excesses are more isolated;
domino effect less likely

Nov 5, 07 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Today’s Silicon Valley upstarts are enjoying heady times, but without the excess and risk of their late-'90s counterparts, reports the Wall Street Journal. Sophisticated venture capitalists generally bear the risk involved in the next tech crash, and fewer and less volatile IPOs this time around mean small investors are... More »

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Silicon Valley • tech companies • tech stocks • tech sector

Young Tycoons in Endless Pursuit of
Next Project

No rest for driven Silicon Valley moguls

Oct 28, 07 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rather than reveling in his $100 million fortune, mogul Max Levchin spent a year feeling "worthless and stupid" after he sold PayPal to eBay at the age of 27. Too young to retire, too restless to become a philanthropist, Max was like many young Silicon Valley tycoons dogged by... More »

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Silicon Valley • wealth • eBay • tech companies • millionaires • PayPal

Wall Street Snapping Up Losers  

Tech companies with
no profits are enjoying hot IPOs again

Mar 28, 07 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Money-losing tech companies are enjoying overheated IPOs again. In a disconcerting echo of 1999, Forbes reports more than half the companies going public so far this year have yet to turn a profit. "The losers may be us," Quentin Hardy cautions, "a public suddenly so hot for... More »

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technology • Wall Street • stocks • IPO • tech companies

YouTube Trickster Comes Clean  

Mar 22, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An employe of the tech company that handles Barack Obama’s website admits making the notorious “Vote Different” YouTube video portraying Hillary Clinton as Big Brother – now one of the most watched videos on the web. Phil de Vellis writes on The Huffington Post that he created the ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • YouTube • politics • advertising • presidential campaign • tech companies • Election 2008

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