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Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09

Oct 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The value of Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz's latest pay package dropped 37 percent from last year as the company lost more than $2 billion and was in such dire financial shape that it ...

Ciena wins court approval for Nortel unit bid

Technology / Business

Oct 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Ciena Corp. won court approval Thursday to start bidding on Nortel Network Corp.'s optical and Ethernet division with an offer valued at more than $532 million.

Game theory and machine learning offer better bidding strategies

Technology / Computer Sciences

May 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining techniques from game theory and artificial intelligence, computer scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a better way to find the best bidding strategy in a simulated auction ...

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eBay Mind Games

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 11, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 3

Psychologists have long known that when two people haggle over a price, it pays for the seller to start high.

Hong Kong bullish on PCCW telecom deal

Technology / Telecom

Jun 23, 2006 | not rated yet | 0

Bidding for Hong Kong telecom PCCW was expected to remain strong despite likely opposition to the sale on the mainland.

Nuclear safety violations cited at Argonne

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Mar 08, 2006 | 1.6 / 5 (35) | 0

The University of Chicago, which manages the Argonne National Laboratory for the federal government, has been charged with nuclear safety violations.

Carbon dioxide allowances head for auction

Space & Earth / Environment

Mar 19, 2008 | 2.3 / 5 (6) | 5

A consortium of Eastern U.S. states will auction carbon missions allowances this fall in an effort to reduce carbon missions from power plants.

Study Suggests Cost-Effective Way to Capture Storm Runoff

Other Sciences / Other

Nov 10, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

Researchers at UC Riverside have proposed a cost-effective alternative to capture stormwater runoff that could help communities suffering water shortages and reduce the amount of pollution flowing into ecologically sensitive ...

Tech Mahindra's bid for India's Satyam approved

Technology / Business

Apr 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

India's Company Law Board on Thursday approved a bid from mid-sized outsourcing firm Tech Mahindra to take over graft-tainted Satyam Computer Services, an official said.

You can look -- but don't touch

Other Sciences / Other

Jan 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

Consumers are often told that if they break an item, they buy it. But a new study suggests that if they just touch an item for more than a few seconds, they may also end up buying it.

NetApp claims victory in bidding for Data Domain

Technology / Business

Jun 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- NetApp Inc. has claimed victory over EMC Corp. in a bidding battle for Data Domain Inc., a company whose products help cut unnecessary data storage.

EMC wins bid contest in $2.1B deal for Data Domain

Technology / Business

Jul 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- For the last month and a half, a fierce bidding contest has lit up a staid but increasingly critical part of the computing world. On Wednesday, EMC Corp. walked away with the prize.