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Speculation of Yahoo's Worth, Leadership, Microsoft Deal Follows CEO's Departure

Hours after Yahoo! Inc.'s embattled chief executive officer, Jerry Yang, announced that he's stepping down, analysts and IT insiders abuzz with conjecture about what the move means for the search engine company, its stock, a...

IEA WEO 2008 - Fuzzy Focus on Saudi Arabia

Given the central role Saudi Arabia will play in the world's energy future, the continued fuzziness regarding its oil prospects is cause for concern. According to the IEA 2008 World Energy Outlook, Saudi Arabia will remain the...

Citigroup to cut 50,000 more jobs in Pandit's last gambit

The world's biggest bank plans to cut overheads by 20% but even the latest drastic medicine fails to convince investors Citigroup plans to reduce its global workforce by more than 50,000 as it battles with the global downturn...

Yahoo CEO to Resign

November 18, 2008 -- ( WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Yahoo co-Founder Jerry Yang has stepped down as the company's chief executive officer, ending a tumultuous almost year-and-a-half long post as the head of the second-largest...

Target Corporation Q3 2008 (Qtr End 11/1/08) Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

November 17, 2008 | about stocks: Executives Gregg W. Steinhafel - Executive Vice President, Merchandising Analysts Robert Ohmes - Lazard Capital Markets Operator Welcome to the Target Corporation's third quarter 2008 earnings...

GE Dividend Safe, Business Less So; Morgan Stanley Melodrama (at Barron's Online)

INDUSTRIALS, FINANCIAL WOUND GE Things look pretty awful at General Electric (GE) ahead of next month’s analyst meeting - that should be a good time - but at least the conglomerate won’t have to defend any decision to scrap it...

How Will TV Survive Its Own Reality Show?

To thrive in the Internet Age, the industry must remake itself. "The world is going to change whether we like it or not," says David Westin, president of ABC News , which in July began delivering the new 24-hour ABC News Now...

Sun Microsystems faces 'meltdown' threat

Published Date: 16 November 2008 COMPUTING giant Sun Microsystems could not confirm yesterday whether the 900 jobs at its Linlithgow server plant were under threat after announcing 6,000 job losses worldwide, a cut to its...

The slick move to the east from the west

In the state of Gujarat, north-west India, lies Jamnagar, the world’s biggest oil refining complex, which covers 7,400 acres. While refineries in Europe and the US in particular suffer from a collapse in fuel demand, and big...

Economic turmoil takes its toll on Hollywood (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Conventional wisdom dictates that Hollywood could always shrug off economic downturns because worried consumers spend more on entertainment when times are tough. Spielberg's new DreamWorks is...

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