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Facebook preparing for IPO in May, says WSJ

By Tom Warren on March 29, 2012 05:21 am

Facebook filed its initial public offering (IPO) paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Continue reading…
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Apple announces $10b share buyback starting in fiscal 2013, $2.65 dividend for Q4

By Chris Ziegler on March 19, 2012 08:35 am + 169 comments

Ahead of a conference call this morning, Apple has announced a pair of initiatives for its massive Continue reading…
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Apple to announce plans for $100b cash balance on Monday, March 19th

By Chris Ziegler on March 18, 2012 06:21 pm + 403 comments

Perhaps the biggest question mark in Apple's current business strategy is the game plan for its Continue reading…
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Facebook dealt out $1.4b to app developers in 2011, mostly to Zynga

By Ryan Heise on March 6, 2012 01:36 am + 5 comments

It appears that the majority of Facebook's $1.4 billion paid out to app developers in 2011 has ended Continue reading…
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Meg Whitman says HP is 'too complex and too slow,' underinvested in PC division

By Nilay Patel on February 22, 2012 07:04 pm + 79 comments

It's been just about six months since Meg Whitman took over as CEO of HP, and it sounds like she's Continue reading…
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HP's first quarter earnings down 38 percent year over year

By Chris Ziegler on February 22, 2012 04:27 pm + 35 comments

HP just announced a fairly brutal (though still profitable) quarter of financial results, anchored Continue reading…
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Barnes & Noble fiscal Q3 earnings down on higher sales

By Chris Ziegler on February 21, 2012 09:08 am + 2 comments

All eyes are on bookseller Barnes & Noble this morning as it has announced earnings for the third Continue reading…
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Zynga Q4 2011 revenue tops $311.2 million, doesn't prevent loss for the quarter

By Bryan Bishop on February 14, 2012 10:08 pm + 14 comments

FarmVille creator Zynga has released its earnings for Q4 2011, and while the company saw impressive Continue reading…
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Bitcoin exchange Tradehill suspends trading, returns funds

By Jeff Blagdon on February 14, 2012 10:46 am + 16 comments

Bitcoin, the alternative currency based on a clever application of cryptography, has had its fair Continue reading…
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Olympus forecasts larger $412 million loss for fiscal 2011

By Jeff Blagdon on February 13, 2012 06:04 am + 5 comments

Beleaguered Japanese camera and medical instrument maker Olympus is forecasting a ¥32 billion Continue reading…