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AOL changing from AOL LLC to AOL Inc. with spinoff

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- AOL will once again get a new name.


Owning too much company stock puts workers' retirement at risk

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created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Congress should ban employer stock from company-sponsored retirement plans to spare workers the risk of putting too much of their nest eggs in one basket, a new study by a University of Illinois legal expert says.





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Interest rate shock could kick-start stock exchange

Other Sciences / Economics

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Norges Bank surprised most experts by cutting the interest rate by as much as 1.75 percentage points during the final interest rate meeting in 2008. Surprise interest rate changes like this, so-called interest rate shocks, ...


EMC raises offer for Data Domain

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer storage giant EMC raised its offer to purchase data storage firm Data Domain on Monday in a bid to top a rival offer for the company by data management firm NetApp.


Amazon.com in $850M deal for Web shoe store Zappos

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. says it is buying Zappos.com Inc., an online shoe store, in a deal worth about $850 million.


Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO (AP)

Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.


DirecTV, Liberty Media detail spinoff plans

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, said Monday it will be combined with the entertainment unit of Liberty Media Corp. and spun off into a separately traded company.


Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.


SolarWinds shares climb during first trading day

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shares of SolarWinds Inc. climbed Wednesday during the network management software maker's first day of trading, marking the latest flicker of life in an IPO market that has barely registered a pulse this year.


Shanda Games IPO gets tepid reception

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.


Appeals court orders new trial in Brocade case (AP)

Appeals court orders new trial in Brocade case

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered charges against at least a dozen executives.


Monster settles SEC backdating charges for $2.5M

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created May 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Monster Worldwide Inc., which runs the Monster job search Web site, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle federal civil charges that it secretly backdated options for its executives and employees.



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