SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are Walt Disney Co., Visa Inc., and Prudential Financial Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of EarthLink Inc. fell sharply in late trading Tuesday, after a published report fueled speculation that the company may try to acquire AOL LLC’s dial-up Internet access business.
Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. announce they will work together to build a set of new data centers to promote cloud computing technologies.
Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens has dumped his shares in Yahoo Inc. after it became apparent that the Web portal would not be acquired by Microsoft Corp., according to a news report.
The latest search war is being touted as a David and Goliath battle. In modern-day terms, that means Cuil versus Google.
A former Google executive and her husband are betting better search isn’t a popularity contest.
The two companies had reportedly been in the final stage of talks to bring Digg into the Google News group for US$200 million. Some sources said the trouble was due to technological incompatibilities, while another said it was more about a clash of personalities.
NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc., will appoint activist investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its board, defusing a proxy battle showdown and making an immediate deal with Microsoft Corp less likely.
Yahoo Inc. averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.
With talks of an acquisition in the final stage, Google reportedly decides not to buy the social-news site.
