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AMD urges investors to reject mini-tender offer

October 19, 2007 TRC Capital looks to buy less than 1 percent of the chipmaker's outstanding shares at below its current market value. TAGS: investor, offer, AMD, chip company, shareholder

Kaboodle gets funding

April 17, 2006 Investors in free collaborative research site include former Google scientists and investor, others. TAGS: investor, Google Inc., scientist, Yahoo! Inc.

Investors sue Vonage over IPO

June 5, 2006 Shareholders file a class action lawsuit against the Internet telephony provider in the wake of its disastrous IPO. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., IPO, underwriter, investor, IP telephony, law firm, class action, shareholder, complaint

Nanochip lands Intel investment

April 18, 2006 Nanochip says the chipmaker is a lead investor in its third round of venture funding. TAGS: investor, round, Intel

Millennial Media lands $6.3 million in funding

January 16, 2007 Mobile-advertising services start-up headed by former Verizon executive attracts three major investors. TAGS: Inventory Management, investor, Verizon Communications, video

Sun investors size up McNealy

October 18, 2005 While they may agree with his strategy for turning the company around, investors still wonder if Scott McNealy is up to the task. TAGS: SeeBeyond Technology Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., investor, shareholder, StorageTek, Scott McNealy, acquisition, spokeswoman, leadership

Top Yahoo shareholders could support Microsoft

February 15, 2008 The Net giant is calling on Redmond to bump up its bid, but many of its largest shareholders have dual ownership in both stocks. TAGS: investor, Yahoo! Inc., M&A, shareholder, ownership, advisor, merger, Microsoft Corp.

Gateway investors want board seats

October 26, 2006 Group calls on PC maker to appoint three reps as directors, plus remove obstacles to company's potential sale. TAGS: Gateway Inc., investor, representative, eMachines Inc., sale, letter

Google makes nice with Wall Street

July 24, 2006 Two years after its IPO, the once-secretive search giant is finally on speaking terms with analysts. TAGS: Wall Street, investor, IPO, Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., conference

What's Microsoft's next move in fight for Yahoo?

February 11, 2008 After a resounding "no" on its unsolicited buyout offer for Yahoo, Redmond will either up the ante or ready a one-two punch. TAGS: shareholder, BEA Systems Inc., investor, Yahoo! Inc., bid, punch, fight, buyer, proposal, offer, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Dot-com investors lose antitrust bid

June 18, 2007 U.S. Supreme Court tosses out charges against banks that helped tech companies go public in the late '90s. But thwarted investors still have options. TAGS: antitrust, investor, Credit Suisse First Boston, attorney, dot-com, IPO, bank, security, U.S.

Clean tech has investors' attention

September 21, 2006 Investors, corporations are warming to the idea that there's money in being green. TAGS: investor, renewable energy, corporation, venture capital, technology company, conference, chairman, attention

Police Blotter: Dot-com swindler goes to prison

November 21, 2007 Appeals court upholds verdict, revokes bail for church elder convicted of bilking dot-com IPO investors out of their life savings. TAGS: dot-com, defendant, Police Blotter, New Jersey, investor, IPO, fund, Internet company, investment, tax

Corel IPO stumbles out of the gate

April 26, 2006 The maker of WordPerfect and CorelDraw launches its initial public offering, but its stock slips on its debut. TAGS: IPO, pricing range, Corel Corp., gate, Corel CorelDraw, pricing, investor, Corel WordPerfect, WinZip

Yahoo investors, and others, make noise on the Web

June 19, 2007 Eric Jackson credits his Internet campaign for organizing disgruntled Yahoo investors and helping to bring about Semel's departure as CEO. TAGS: shareholder, Terry Semel, hedge fund, investor, Yahoo! Inc., campaign, CEO

SEC goes after stock spammers, hackers

March 9, 2007 Separate actions target penny stock promoters and hackers who allegedly broke into stock trading accounts. TAGS: hacker, investor, asset

Sprint's WiMax dilemma

October 10, 2007 Sprint Nextel's ousted CEO may not be the only casualty as unhappy investors pressure the company to dump plans for a next-generation network. TAGS: Sprint Nextel, investor, equity, CEO, Nextel Communications Inc., Wall Street, merger, wireless network

Why less cash means more to tech start-ups

October 12, 2006 The key to building a successful company doesn't depend upon tapping into lots of cash, cautions venture capitalist Carl Showalter. TAGS: valuation, capital, milestone, entrepreneur, investor, investment, IPO, venture capital, round, start-up

Mashups for fun--and profit?

April 19, 2006 Many are combining online maps and data. But can anyone make money off these things? TAGS: mashup, real estate, investor, map, venture capital, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Wave-power company sinks in IPO

April 27, 2007 Wave-energy company sinks as bubble debate in energy industry continues. TAGS: IPO, investor, electricity
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