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Microsoft and Yahoo’s shotgun marriage
From the BBC Website
Jerry Yang’s and Bill Gates’ legacies are at stak
Is this Bill Gates’ last big throw?
Microsoft’s proposal to buy internet veteran Yahoo for a whopping $44.6bn (£22.4bn) certainly grabs the […]Facebook, Google, Microsoft and LOTS of $$$
Microsoft is reported to be in talks to buy a stake in Facebook that could value the social networking website at as much as $10bn (£5bn). The talks could lead to a showdown with Microsoft’s rival, Google, which is also keen to invest in Facebook, the Wall Street Journal says.
The newspaper says Microsoft […]Financial Tech-Discrimination!
I’ve always heard that you need to run Windows if you’re going to be doing any sort of “business stuff” and that Mac’s just don’t have the software to meet most needs. I never believed it… until today.
I’ve been trying all day to find out what the best financial management program for Mac’s is, and […]What have I been up to?
It’s been a while since my last posting, and although I haven’t really been all that busy per se, I’ve been keeping busy. I’ve taken on some new clients that I am making websites for and generally doing their overall “online image” consulting. If you want to check out the work, visit:
Comstock Law Firm - […]By JOHN PAUL NEWPORT and RUSSELL ADAMS
Early one Friday afternoon about 20 years ago, Wendy Baker, then a senior vice president at the insurance company Continental, was leaving her office when she ran into another female executive.
“Where is everyone?” Ms. Baker asked. Many of the company’s executive men were off at a golf outing. “We’re […]If aQuantive exits the deal early, it will have to pay Microsoft $175 million.
By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
If Microsoft pulls a Jennifer Willbanks — the Georgia bride who made headlines after fleeing the altar and going missing in 2005 — and backs out of its deal to acquire online advertising firm aQuantive, it will cost the company […]Okay, what’s the deal? Numerous people across North America are subjected to relentless phone calls and emails by resort development agencies expanding their timeshare network. Personal contact information for the target market is no secret in this world. National statistics provide these agencies with all the information you DO NOT want them to know- that’s […]
by Catherine Holahan
For YouTube’s top video creators, being compensated for the Web traffic and ad impressions they generate isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.When you hear about companies being sold for millions (sometimes billions) of dollars, an image of a suitcase bursting full of money may come to mind, or even a bank statement that has 7 figures on it. This is unfortunately not the case- the buyout is generally done as a stock deal, where the purchasing […]
Bloomberg.com: News
By Jonathan Thaw
Facebook, the second-most popular social networking Web site, will work with Comcast Corp. to encourage users to create video diaries for the Internet and for cable television.
Users will be able to contribute and share videos on Comcast’s Ziddio Web site starting in March, Facebook said today in a statement. Comcast, the biggest […]Reuters news service has a virtual island in the 2nd life game now, along with a virtual reporter, Adam Reuters, the “first full-time virtual reporter.” Celebrity and CEO interviews are held in the virtual world and news is, well, news… only about a different reality.
Video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSmZAqL6tQ[/youtube]Babar Ali
U. of Washington; Seattle University
My last piece on today’s public perception of CEO’s, Hunting CEO’s, generated a bit of heat. I sided against the public on several issues, but one that I feel needs clarification/justification is that of executive salaries. Are CEO’s getting paid too much or not enough?
My response to that is- they […]Technorati Profile
Babar Ali
U. of Washington; Seattle University
We are in the midst of turbulent times in corporate America. Enron got the ball rolling and it now seems to be fashionable to hunt down CEO’s like deer.
It has not always been this way, and in a somewhat recent interview we hear about how angry it makes Jack Welch, […]This is the fist official post! I just want to welcome everyone to Ali-Corp., a blog (which we pretend is a company) by a couple of university students (one MBA and the other Undergrad) who want to apply some academic knowledge to the business world.
Check out the About page and Author info for more details […]Interesting News of the Week
A couple of things really caught my eye this week that some may have missed.
“Ghost Ship” found in Australia- there was a ship sailing off the coast of Australia that was found by the coast guard that had no crew on board. The odd thing is that the engine was running, computers were all fired […]
Saving Big Bucks
If there is one thing I love, it’s finding a deal!
Today I needed to get some new ink-cartridges for my printer, and the first choice is always OfficeDepot, but that was throwing money away. So instead, I went hunting on the internet and came across a couple of GREAT websites that saved me some big […]