Internet: Peace breaks out in Yahoo leadership row The Guardian | · Carl Icahn backs down after two-month tussle | · Billionaire wins board seats but no Microsoft sale | The struggling internet company Yahoo has struck a pact with its billionaire critic Carl Icahn by giving the hedge fund activist a minority presence on its board to avoid a potentially...
Need to know: Beer sales go down ... Metro falls ... Tote setback The Times | Economics | Company taxation Business leaders welcomed a climbdown by the Government on the taxation of foreign profits, but said that there was still work to be done before an agreement could be reached that would pave the way for a new tax policy. | Oil The price of oil spiked as offshore oil pr...
U.s. Bid. For. Transalta Canada Dot Com | $7.8B private equity offer mostly cash | CALGARY - Two private-equity outfits have offered to buy TransAlta Corp. for $7.8-billion -- a deal financed mainly through cash rather than debt, reflecting how buyers are now trying to avoid the slew of tr...
Networked The Miami Herald MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Reid Hoffman is a big man in Silicon Valley, and his stature just keeps growing. | It all began in the bleak aftermath of the dot-com bust, when despondent entrepreneurs and investors were throwing in the towel. Hoffman, neve...
Internet: Peace breaks out in Yahoo leadership row The Guardian | · Carl Icahn backs down after two-month tussle | · Billionaire wins board seats but no Microsoft sale | The struggling internet company Yahoo has struck a pact with its billionaire critic Carl Icahn by giving the hedge fund activist a min...
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A champion of women Canada Dot Com | Promoting female execs a global priority | This is more than a story about numbers. However, the numbers are significant -- impressive, even. And they make a compelling business ...
Yahoo says it's game for $33-a-share MS offer The Times Of India | NEW YORK: Yahoo! Inc, the internet company fighting Carl Icahn for control of its board, called a breakup proposal fr...
Google misses Wall Street projections Canada Dot Com | TORONTO -- In the financial world, even Internet giant Google Inc. is not safe from the global market meltdown. | Google () reported its second-quarter results after the closing ...
Meet Canada's newest wireless contender Canada Dot Com | Anthony Lacavera's crisp, expensive suit stood in stark contrast to the stale room littered with computer monitors, pizza boxes and empty pop cans. The men and women working in this small room-turned-war room on the top floor of a 12-storey buildin...
Canadian dollar gets boost from foreign takeover deals Canada Dot Com | TORONTO -- The Canadian dollar rose 0.4% against the U.S. dollar on Monday, boosted by news of proposed foreign takeover offers for Canadian companies. | Domestic bond prices ended mixed, as a strong performance in the Canadian stock markets took a...
World's best places to invest in real estate Canada Dot Com | With each passing day of bad market news, it's easy to see why there's so much skepticism about real estate investing. Despite banks' shareholders and equity investors tending to want less real estate in their portfolios, however, there are myriad ...
Dell gains traction in global computer shipments Business Journal > Bigger TIF makes development inroads near Kansas City International Airport [Kansas City] Find, focus on top few most profitable segments [Cincinnati] Austin retail sector continues to outperform other Texas markets [Austin] Formaspace Technical Furniture cashes in on weak dollar [Austin] Online host Lithium raises $12 million from Benchmark Capi...
Hungry Europeans push McDonald's profit to US$1.2B Canada Dot Com | McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, posted a US$1.19-billion profit in the second quarter, spurred by European sales of hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. | Net income of US$1.04 a share compared with a loss of US$711.7 million, or 60 cents, a year earlier on costs to sell McDonald's Latin American restaurants. The earnings ...
