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#PreMarket Prep Guest List For The Week Of August 18, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 4:37pm | 1168Read More...There are many familiar faces as well as some fantastic newcomers on Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep broadcast, sponsored by OptionsHouse. Be sure to tune in at 8:00 am EST Monday-Friday here to get your daily dose of market analysis and insight. Monday, August 18, 8:35 a.m. Greg Harmon (@...
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Hewlett-Packard $43 Bid For Rackspace Quashed By Anonymous Denials
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 1:12pm | 129Read More...Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) was sharply lower on a report that a rumored $43 a share bid by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is inaccurate. A web site launched recently by Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher, former tech columnists of The Wall Street Journal, obtained denials of the deal from Hewlett-Packard...
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Will 2014 Be Apple's Best Year Since 1989?
Friday, May 30, 2014 - 11:38am | 802Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) SVP Eddy Cue made a big statement at the Code Conference this week. Cue told Re/code's Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher that Apple has the "best product pipeline that I've seen in my 25 years at Apple." Mossberg then took a moment to point out that Apple has released...
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Microsoft's CEO Search Nearing Completion, Announcement Coming Soon
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 1:30pm | 402Read More...After 160 days, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) could name its new CEO very shortly, according to Re/code's Kara Swisher. Citing sources close to Microsoft, Swisher wrote that Microsoft could name its new CEO within the next week. And it's about time given the fact that “Google changed its strategy...
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AllThingsD's Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher Close To NBCUniversal Deal
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 1:56pm | 452Read More...Two of the tech industry's most notable reporters could be close to a deal with Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) media and entertainment subsidiary. AllThingsD editors Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher will leave their existing empire behind when their contracts with News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) expire at the...
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Yahoo in Talks to Acquire Hulu, Price Ranges from $600M-$800M
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 11:22am | 339Read More...As reported by AllThingsD, Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) recent bid for video site Hulu ranges from $600 million to $800 million. The article stated that sources from inside the company say that Yahoo is also positioning itself for two more purchases that run in the $150 million to $200 million range...
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Marissa Mayer Will Debut Her Yahoo Turnaround Strategy on Tuesday
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 2:47pm | 429Read More...Kara Swisher at allthingsd.com has the scoop on major meetings that are scheduled at Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) for Tuesday, where Marissa Mayer is set to unveil her plans for turning the struggling internet company around. Swisher writes that "According to an internal memo Mayer sent out Friday, the...
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Is the Yahoo! and Facebook Battle About to End?
Monday, June 4, 2012 - 10:28am | 529Read More...The patent conflict between the world's leading social network and the former leader of search could soon come to an end. That's according to AllThingsD, whose sources say that the two companies have been "hammering out the outlines of a deal over the last several days to end their contentious...
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Apple to Manufacture Products in the United States?
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 8:29am | 837Read More...Apple CEO Tim Cook said that he wants the day to come when Apple products are manufactured in the United States. But will it ever really happen? And if so, when? Speaking to Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at this year's All Things Digital conference, Cook spoke about the company's manufacturing...
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Yahoo Reportedly Planning Thousands of Layoffs
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 1:55pm | 435Read More...According to AllThingsD.com's Kara Swisher, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson is planning a company wide restructuring that could see thousands of Yahoo employees being laid off. Swisher cited numerous unnamed sources with knowledge of the planned layoffs who said that...
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Is Meg Whitman the Right Name to Lead HP?
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 2:23pm | 431Read More...News hit yesterday that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was reportedly considering outing CEO Leo Apotheker as the head of the company, and potentially naming Meg Whitman as the new CEO. Now this morning, AllThingsD reporter Kara Swisher announced that Whitman is very likely going to get the job,...
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Groupon's Andrew Mason: "I've Never Been More Confident and Excited about the Future of our Business"
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:54am | 1085Read More...In an internal memo sent to thousands of employees, Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason breaks his silence. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD has scored an exclusive look at the memo, which addresses the silly (if not absurd) controversy surrounding Groupon's accounting practices. Known as ACSOI (...
