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Microsoft to pull out of MSNBC?

March 4, 2005 Software giant may be talking to NBC about selling its stake in the cable network the two founded together, according to a report. TAGS: General Electric Co., stake, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle flexes muscles with Indian buy

December 14, 2005 Database giant completes purchase of major stake in Indian banking-software company I-flex Solutions. TAGS: Oracle Corp., stake, banking, purchase, software company

Handheld maker Palm cuts jobs

June 14, 2007 Soon after announcing plans to sell stake in company to venture capital firm, Palm cuts unspecified number of jobs Thursday, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Palm Inc., handheld company, U.S. Robotics, venture-capital company, stake, cut, 3Com Corp., smart phone, shareholder, handheld, venture capital, operating system

Psion's biggest shareholder pans Symbian sale

March 5, 2004 A company that holds 13 percent of Psion is the first to announce opposition to the planned sale of Psion's stake in the smart-phone joint venture to Nokia. TAGS: Psion, Symbian Inc., shareholder, Phoenix Technologies, stake, sale, IPO, Nokia Corp., handheld computer, smart phone, mobile phone, handheld

Yahoo to take ownership of overseas portals

November 7, 2005 Company plans to pay $500 million to increase stake in its U.K., Germany, France, Korea portal sites. TAGS: Softbank Corp., Korea, portal site, Yahoo! Inc., ownership, portal, stake, France, Germany, U.K., agreement, blog

Gateway founder drops stake by 15 percent

October 5, 2005 Ted Waitt has pared down his stake in the PC maker this year--a contrast to the previous four years, when he sold no shares. TAGS: Gateway Inc., stake, founder, CEO, value, president

Rivals thwart Nokia's bid for Symbian control

July 7, 2004 Sony Ericsson, Panasonic and Siemens raise stakes in smart-phone OS maker, ensuring Nokia's share stays below 50 percent mark. TAGS: Symbian Inc., Nokia Corp., Psion, Ericsson Inc., shareholder, Siemens AG, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, stake, Panasonic, smart phone, operating system

In ad wars, Yahoo aims for Right touch

April 30, 2007 Purchase of Right Media online ad exchange raises stakes after rival Google's recent buy of online ad firm DoubleClick. TAGS: Right Media Inc., DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, Yahoo! Inc., exchange, stake, inventory, leg, Terry Semel, marketplace, Google Inc., Forrester Research Inc.

Newspapers invest $15 million more in Topix.net

November 6, 2006 Gannett, Tribune and McClatchy companies now own almost an 80 percent combined stake in the news aggregation Web site. TAGS: Topix.net, Gannett, Tribune Co., newspaper, stake

eBay buys stake in social networking firm

April 12, 2006 Online auction giant invests $2 million in Meetup.com, a site that helps people form groups to meet face-to-face. TAGS: Meetup, eBay Inc., Esther Dyson, networking company, social networking, stake, online auction

Verizon, AT&T see strong subscriber growth

January 26, 2006 Gains in wireless and broadband services bolster the companies' earnings in the fourth quarter of 2005. TAGS: AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, Vodafone Group Plc., DSL, stake, SBC Communications Inc., subscriber, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, broadband

Intel, STMicro to form new flash company

May 22, 2007 Two chipmakers and private equity firm Francisco Partners are creating an independent company in Switzerland. TAGS: STMicroelectronics, NAND, flash memory, Micron Technology Inc., private equity, stake, Intel, asset, Switzerland, manufacturing, venture, chip company, agreement

Sensor battles senseless houseplant death

October 19, 2006 House plants, fear not. A USB-powered sensor is coming to save you. Plant safety in a stake TAGS: plant, soil, sensor, stake, retailer, health, USB

Nokia grabs Psion's Symbian stake

February 9, 2004 Psion's decision to sell its chunk of Symbian could damage the operating system's chances of dominating the smart phone market. Now analysts believe Symbian looks like it's just Nokia's baby. TAGS: Psion, Symbian Inc., Nokia Corp., stake, handset maker, mobile phone company, shareholder, IPO, smart phone, sale, handset, operating system, Motorola Inc., mobile phone, Microsoft Corp.

IBM sells PC group to Lenovo

December 8, 2004 update Big Blue to take 18.9 percent stake in Lenovo in $1.75 billion deal joining radically different companies. Method to Palmisano's madness A tough sell TAGS: Lenovo, IBM Corp., Palmisano, IBM PC, stake, PC company, venture, margin, brand, China, New York, PC, CEO

Investors duke it out in PeopleSoft bid

November 16, 2004 One major shareholder says it won't touch Oracle's latest offer. Another says it likes the price. Who'll prevail? TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., investor, shareholder, stake, offer, spokesman
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