Russian Search Engine Yandex Plans IPO On Nasdaq
April 30, 2011
Investing Apr. 29 2011 – 7:25 am | 468 views | 0 recommendations | By KENNETH RAPOZA US investors will have a chance to invest in the Russian Google if the SEC approves of a plan for an IPO later this year
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Fewer stock awards reduces Yahoo CEO’s pay 75 pct.
April 30, 2011
{“s” : “adsk,yhoo”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer , On Friday April 29, 2011, 10:47 pm SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. cut CEO Carol Bartz’s compensation by 75 percent to $11.9 million last year as the Internet company struggled to revive its revenue growth, regulatory documents filed Friday show. The sharp drop in the value of Bartz’s pay package stemmed from the lavish awards she got when Yahoo hired her in January 2009 to engineer a turnaround
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Fewer stock awards reduces Yahoo CEO’s pay 75 pct.
Fewer stock awards reduces Yahoo CEO’s pay 75 pct. (AP)
April 30, 2011
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FTC prepping Google probe: report (Reuters)
April 30, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission is alerting high-tech companies to gather data ahead of a probe of the dominance of Google Inc in the Internet search industry, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The report, citing three people familiar with the matter, said the agency told companies it plans to issue civil investigative demands — which are similar to subpoenas — for the information
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Google brings video chat to Android via update (Digital Trends)
April 30, 2011
On its Google Mobile blog, the Mountain View company has announced the imminent arrival of its video chat software for Android phones, Google Talk with video. While some apps for Android phones already allow you to video chat (eg. Fring and Tango), Google Talk will become part of the forthcoming Android OS update (2.3.4)
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5 mind-blowing Portal 2 craft projects (Yahoo! News)
April 30, 2011
Portal 2 is on store shelves and gamers around the world are wracking their brains on the game’s complicated puzzles. But sometimes a game just isn’t enough to satisfy our love for a virtual world like the one that the Portal series created, and when that happens you can be sure that dedicated fans will try to bring a little piece of that world into their own.
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AppRadio: The Ideal In-Car iPhone Experience? (Mashable)
April 30, 2011
[More from Mashable: 5 Reasons You’re Consuming More Mobile Content] Did Pioneer design its forthcoming in-car AppRadio to look like the iPhone?
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Apple Weekly: White iPhone 4 finally available (Yahoo! News)
April 30, 2011
White iPhone now available The white version of the iPhone 4 officially went on sale Wednesday. The iPhone 4 was originally set to launch in June 2010 in both white and black; however, the white version was delayed for over 10 months. You can purchase a white iPhone 4 at Apple retail locations, AT&T and Verizon stores, and some Apple reseller locations
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IPO VIEW-Renren IPO appetite seen huge but red flags abound
April 30, 2011
* Renren to raise about $690 mln in IPO next Tuesday * IPO would value company at $5 bln vs Facebook’s $70 bln * Censorship, patents, accounting among Renren concerns SHANGHAI/NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) – When Chinese social networking site Renren goes public next week, investors will likely ignore big risks the company faces, and be lured instead by a combination of the words ” China ” and “social networking.” Hot Chinese tech companies like Internet search engine Baidu Inc and online video site Youku.com have risen triple-digit percentages since their IPOs, whetting investors’ appetites for such offerings. And this is in a sector that is hot in the U.S. Facebook, the biggest social network company in the world, has a market value of somewhere around $70 billion, based on a share sale currently being contemplated, making it worth more than companies such as Boeing Co.[ID:nN27185713] The demand for Renren shares was clear on Friday when the company raised the expected price range of its IPO by 30 percent to $12 to $14 per share.
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IPO VIEW-Renren IPO appetite seen huge but red flags abound
Alert: Beware China stock tips
April 29, 2011
China’s economic ascent, which has translated to gains for Chinese stock markets, also appears to be heightening the risk that American investors could get scammed. In a recent alert, FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, warns about investing swindles involving companies supposedly pegged to China
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