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Google: Hiring slowdown, but no freeze

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 11/04/2008 - 4:30pm

CNBC reported an unofficial hiring freeze, but Google says it's only cooled down. Evidence: It made offers to 30 prospects last week.



 

iPhone gets one step closer to China

CNET Tech blog  Sat, 06/28/2008 - 3:45pm

Talks about how to bring the iPhone to China have moved from hard-line negotiations to the logistics phase, Reuters is reporting.



 

Gates predicts Yahoo deal unlikely

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 06/27/2008 - 9:21am

Microsoft's Bill Gates, in an NBC interview with Tom Brokaw, said a deal with Yahoo is unlikely, according to a CNBC report Friday.

Yahoo fell 1.64 percent to $21.02 per share in morning trading, despite the broader markets gaining ground in early trading.

Gates prediction comes as ...



 

Yahoo president discusses growth plans, Microsoft

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 11:38am

Yahoo President Sue Decker is making the rounds Wednesday, talking about the company's Wal-Mart and Havas Digital advertising deals at the Advertising 2.0 conference in New York and then discussing Yahoo's growth plans on CNBC's Power Lunch.



 

Yahoo-Microsoft talks continue

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 9:15am

Yahoo President Sue Decker says the Internet company remains in "engaged" in "ongoing" discussions with Microsoft, according to a CNBC report Wednesday.

Decker, who is serving as a keynote speaker at Advertising 2.0 in New York, reportedly made those comments during the event.



 

Google, WSJ, CNBC get real-time Nasdaq stock quotes on the Web

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 06/02/2008 - 11:37am

Real-time stock trading data aren't easy to come by on the Internet, but Google, CNBC, Google, and The Wall Street Journal now can show real-time Nasdaq stock prices on their Web sites, the companies announced Monday.

Previously, the Nasdaq data had been available only with a 15-minute lag on ...



 

Investing legends circle Yahoo; Does a breakup make sense?

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:09pm

The Microhoo saga has attracted a who’s who list of investors to Yahoo in a big bet that Carl Icahn will force some sort of “shareholder value.” The latest investing star to enter the Microhoo sweepstakes is T.

Boone Pickens, a legendary oil investor, has bought 10 million shares for giggles.



 

Icahn reportedly eyes Yahoo proxy fight

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 2:14pm

Just when you thought the Microhoo saga was over billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants in on the act. According to CNBC, Icahn has amassed as many as 50 million shares of Yahoo and is mulling over a proxy war.

He has until Thursday to declare an alternate board.



 

Schmidt: Google couldn't keep up with new hires

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 04/30/2008 - 6:41pm

Google slowed its hiring because the company couldn't keep track of what everybody was doing, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.

Schmidt says Google is slowing down its pace of hiring so employees don't get lost in the cracks.

(Credit: CNBC)

"We have slowed our head count growth ...



 

Schmidt in CNBC interview: We're concerned about Microhoo

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 04/30/2008 - 1:56pm

Schmidt is concerned about a possible Microhoo combination.