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Live Nation reports $18.4M loss in 4Q
Feb 28 2008 8:21PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Live Nation Inc., the largest live event and venue management company in the U.S., said Thursday it lost much less in the fourth quarter than it did a year earlier, even though its revenues fell as fewer big-ticket artists staged large tours.
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Take-Two reports other buyout offers
Feb 28 2008 8:16PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., maker of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series, said Thursday that other companies are interested in buying it, but Take Two has not received any formal offers and is not negotiating a merger with anyone.
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Adobe CEO Chizen earned $8.3M in 2007
Feb 28 2008 7:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Departing Adobe Systems Inc. CEO Bruce Chizen received compensation valued at $8.3 million in 2007 and gained another $29.6 million by exercising stock options that year, according to a regulatory filing.
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Adobe CEO Chizen earned $8.3M in 2007
Feb 28 2008 7:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Departing Adobe Systems Inc. CEO Bruce Chizen received compensation valued at $8.3 million in 2007 and gained another $29.6 million by exercising stock options that year, according to a regulatory filing.
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Oracle unit lobbied on patents, visas
Feb 28 2008 7:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A unit of business software maker Oracle Corp. paid VAR II LLC $140,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government .
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Dell 4Q profit declines on slower growth
Feb 28 2008 7:10PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit dropped 6.4 percent and fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the personal computer maker cautioned that more cautious spending by U.S. customers and higher costs could hurt its business.
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Students slow to embrace text alerts
Feb 28 2008 5:46PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The massacre at Virginia Tech last year sent colleges nationwide scrambling to improve how they get alerts to students during crises on campus. One solution: Text messages sent to cell phones.
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Students slow to embrace text alerts
Feb 28 2008 5:46PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The massacre at Virginia Tech last year sent colleges nationwide scrambling to improve how they get alerts to students during crises on campus. One solution: Text messages sent to cell phones.
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Students slow to embrace text alerts
Feb 28 2008 5:46PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The massacre at Virginia Tech last year sent colleges nationwide scrambling to improve how they get alerts to students during crises on campus. One solution: Text messages sent to cell phones.
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Sprint Nextel posts larger $29.5B loss
Feb 28 2008 5:45PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. showed more signs Thursday that its recovery will be long and painful as it recorded a massive fourth-quarter loss, predicted continued customer weakness and pulled the plug on paying dividends.
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Liberty Media adds new tracking stock
Feb 28 2008 5:44PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Liberty Media Corp. said Thursday it expects to begin offering a third tracking stock next week that will include a newly acquired 41 percent interest in DirecTV Group Inc.
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Liberty Media adds new tracking stock
Feb 28 2008 5:44PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Liberty Media Corp. said Thursday it expects to begin offering a third tracking stock next week that will include a newly acquired 41 percent interest in DirecTV Group Inc.
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Google Health won't have ads
Feb 28 2008 5:02PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Google Inc. won't sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant's first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns.
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Google Health won't have ads
Feb 28 2008 5:02PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Google Inc. won't sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant's first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns.
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Google Health won't have ads
Feb 28 2008 5:02PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Google Inc. won't sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant's first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns.
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Google Health won't have ads
Feb 28 2008 5:02PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Google Inc. won't sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant's first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns.
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MIT creates picture of NY communications
Feb 28 2008 3:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the past two months, 24 hours a day, MIT researchers have been collecting the electronic communications of millions of New Yorkers _ but not for salacious gossip or to protect national security.
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MIT creates picture of NY communications
Feb 28 2008 3:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the past two months, 24 hours a day, MIT researchers have been collecting the electronic communications of millions of New Yorkers _ but not for salacious gossip or to protect national security.
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EBay ends patent suit with MercExchange
Feb 28 2008 3:29PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - EBay Inc. has settled a seven-year patent dispute with MercExchange LLC that prompted an important intellectual-property ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Swiss bank defends Wikileaks shutdown
Feb 28 2008 1:50PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The Swiss bank that won a court order shutting down a whistle-blower Web site said Thursday that it just wanted stolen and forged documents removed.
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Harvard scholars to explore Net safety
Feb 28 2008 12:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Leading Internet scholars at Harvard University will convene a yearlong task force to explore how children can avoid unwanted contact and content when using MySpace and other popular online hangouts.
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Experts warn of robotic terrorism
Feb 28 2008 9:33AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Military experts have warned that terrorists could use unmanned drones in aerial attacks, saying robotics offered a frighteningly easy way to evade security.
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Google unveils tools to set up Web sites
Feb 28 2008 9:16AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google, already the world's most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too.
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Google unveils tools to set up Web sites
Feb 28 2008 9:16AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google, already the world's most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too.
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Deutsche Telekom posts 4Q loss
Feb 28 2008 8:29AM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Deutsche Telekom AG on Thursday posted a smaller loss in its fourth quarter and said that its business was stabilizing after many quarters of declines caused by an exodus of fixed-line customers.
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Deutsche Telekom posts 4Q loss
Feb 28 2008 8:29AM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Deutsche Telekom AG on Thursday posted a smaller loss in its fourth quarter and said that its business was stabilizing after many quarters of declines caused by an exodus of fixed-line customers.
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Bill Gates links up with LinkedIn
Feb 28 2008 6:07AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s big bet on Facebook's online social network isn't stopping Chairman Bill Gates from promoting other popular Internet hangouts.
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HP looks to stores for inkjet expansion
Feb 28 2008 6:05AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two decades ago, Hewlett-Packard Co. launched a printer that would create global demand for what would become one of its most profitable products: ink.
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HP looks to stores for inkjet expansion
Feb 28 2008 6:05AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two decades ago, Hewlett-Packard Co. launched a printer that would create global demand for what would become one of its most profitable products: ink.
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Microsoft hit with record fine from EU
Feb 28 2008 3:08AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
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Microsoft hit with record fine from EU
Feb 28 2008 3:08AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
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Microsoft hit with record fine from EU
Feb 28 2008 3:08AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
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Microsoft hit with record fine from EU
Feb 28 2008 3:08AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
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Microsoft hit with record fine from EU
Feb 28 2008 3:08AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
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Microsoft hit with record fine from EU
Feb 28 2008 3:08AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's longest-running fight with Microsoft Corp. neared an end Wednesday as regulators imposed a record $1.3 billion fine on the world's largest software company for failing to fully comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
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Bill Gates links up with LinkedIn
Feb 28 2008 12:02AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s big bet on Facebook's online social network isn't stopping Chairman Bill Gates from promoting other popular Internet hangouts.
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Google unveils tools to set up Web sites
Feb 28 2008 12:02AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google, already the world's most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too.
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