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Salesforce.com shares debut strongly

News Salesforce shares began trading at $15 (£8.25) on the New York Stock Exchange under the "CRM" ticker. On hand to ring the opening bell for the stock exchange was Marc Benioff, Salesforce's chief executive.

23 June 2004, 14:50

eBay to nab Skype for $2.6bn

News Company executives said on Monday that eBay plans to pay $1.3bn in cash and $1.3bn in stock to the global communications company. I'm really skeptical, I'm surprised, and I'm not recommending the stock," said Scott Kessler, an analyst with Standard...

13 September 2005, 9:00

Apple's Leopard delayed until October

News The company revealed the scheduling slip in a press release after the close of the stock market on Thursday. Wall Street reacted immediately, sending Apple's stock down 2.5 per cent in after-hours trading.

13 April 2007, 10:00

Google edges closer to IPO

News As previously reported, securities law requires private companies that exceed a certain level of stock distribution to file quarterly financial data with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A private company must report its finances once it has...

26 April 2004, 8:50

Google must allay privacy fears, say analysts

News Earlier this year, he pulled in almost $90m from sales of Google stock and made at least another $50m selling shares in the past two months as the stock leaped to more than $300 a share. Google CEO Eric Schmidt doesn't reveal much about himself on...

15 July 2005, 10:27

Apple pays Jobs $1 this year

News Jobs has taken a $1 salary for the past several years, although in March 2003, he was awarded 10 million restricted shares of Apple stock that will be fully vested this month. Cook received no bonus in fiscal 2004, but he did receive $7.65 million...

14 March 2006, 9:57

Reports: Disney close to buying Pixar

News After day-long meetings on Monday, the entertainment giant's board gave chief executive Robert Iger the right to offer Pixar close to $7bn in stock for an acquisition deal, the New York Times reported, citing "people briefed on the negotiations".

24 January 2006, 9:38

O2 knocks £100 off iPhone price

News The offer is subject to stock availability. The price cut will also fuel speculation that O2 is trying to shift stock before the much-rumoured launch of a 3G version of the iPhone in June. The price of Apple's UK iPhone has been slashed by mobile...

Tags: cent, customers, stock, apple

16 April 2008, 8:12

Legal costs depress Microsoft's bottom line

News In January, Microsoft predicted per-share earnings of 23 cents or 24 cents, factoring in a charge of 5 cents for stock-based compensation expenses, with revenue expected to be between $8.6bn and $8.7bn.

23 April 2004, 7:40

Mobile-chip firm rides IPO wave

News The company's stock traded as low as $13.99 and as high as $15.50. Wi-Fi chip designer Atheros had a stock offering earlier this year while reporting net losses. Shares of SiRF Technology, which designs global positioning chips for cellphones...

23 April 2004, 12:30

BayStar settles differences with SCO

News But through an agreement announced on Tuesday and expected to close by the end of July, SCO will buy those preferred shares for $13m and 2.1 million shares of common stock -- shares worth about $10.1m at Tuesday's closing price of $4.81.

2 June 2004, 8:00

BayStar buys more of SCO

News Now, the Canadian bank has sold 20,000 of its 30,000 preferred shares to BayStar and converted the remaining 10,000 into common stock that can be sold, SCO spokesman Blake Stowell said on Friday. The conversion price was $13.50 per share, which...

10 May 2004, 11:35

Gates to step down from Microsoft

News As for the company's stagnant stock price in recent years, he said, "Stock markets do what they do. In a press conference held on Thursday after the stock markets had closed for regular trading, Gates announced that over the next two years he will...

16 June 2006, 10:51

Google comes crashing down

News First earnings miss Google's stock has dropped more than 10 per cent since the company missed fourth-quarter earnings expectations last month -- its first earnings stumble since going public in August 2004.

1 March 2006, 10:03

News.blog: A raise for Steve Jobs?

News The annual report notes that he holds 5.5 million shares of Apple stock through a series of restricted stock awards over the years -- some more controversial than others--that have vested. But it also points out that he hasn't sold a single share...

Tags: money, stock, jobs, executive

16 November 2007, 9:11