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Steve Ballmer
hideSteven Anthony Ballmer (born Detroit, Michigan March 24, 1956) is an American businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. Ballmer is the second person after Roberto Goizueta to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he was neither a founder nor a relative of a founder. In Forbes 2008 World's Richest People ranking, Ballmer was ranked the 43rd richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $11 billion.[citation needed]
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Microsoft bond issue sparks takeover rumors
May 11, 2009 |
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Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors the US software giant was contemplating a takeover bid.
With Windows 7 and new designs, PCs looking better
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows software anymore, the debut of Microsoft's latest operating system is part of why buying a PC is starting to feel fun for the first ...
IT to generate 5.8 million new jobs by 2013: IDC
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Information technology will be an employment machine, generating 5.8 million new jobs in the coming four years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) research released.
Microsoft, Yahoo! in search, ad talks
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Microsoft and Yahoo! have held "early discussions" about possible Internet search and advertising partnerships, a leading Silicon Valley technology website reported on Friday.
Bing it on: Microsoft overhauls search, again
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a redesigned search site in the coming days and hopes it will lure more Web surfers than the two most recent incarnations, Live Search and MSN Search.
Microsoft CEO Ballmer's salary up 4 percent in '09
Sep 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. raised CEO Steve Ballmer's salary by 4 percent at the start of fiscal 2009, a year in which the software maker's profit declined 17 percent as the economic meltdown decimated personal ...
Microsoft CEO: Windows 7 Japan sales 'fantastic'
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
A year after Microsoft buyout offer made, Yahoo struggles to define itself
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Soon after he was named chief executive of Yahoo, Jerry Yang turned to Steve Jobs for advice.
Ballmer reiterates interest in Yahoo talks
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is still signaling an interest in a deal to buy part of Yahoo Inc.
Yahoo open to Microsoft deal under right terms
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms - including ...
Microsoft CEO tries to sell analysts on Yahoo deal
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is trying to improve Yahoo Inc. investors' opinions of the companies' search-advertising partnership.
Microsoft interns get perks, pay, play
Aug 28, 2009 |
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The same day Microsoft reported some of its worst financial results, a dozen buses left the Redmond campus. During rush hour, they headed toward Highway 520 as a phalanx of cops on motorcycles shut down the onramps ahead, ...
Microsoft CEO's compensation down 6 percent in '09
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The value of the compensation package granted to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer fell about 6 percent in fiscal 2009, a year in which weak computer sales cut into the software maker's profits.
Keynote at CES will test Ballmer's star power
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Not that he needed one, but Bill Gates had rock star Slash help him cap his performance at the International Consumer Electronics Show last year.
Microsoft's Rx for health care
Oct 08, 2009 |
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You can pay your phone bill online, but you still need a pen and clipboard to fill out forms at a doctor's office. You can check in for a flight on the Internet, but you have to carry around a slip of paper with handwritten ...
