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| Earnings
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| Aug.18 |
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EA Drops Take-Two Bid| Electronic Arts is abandoning its $2 billion hostile takeover of in the hopes of sealing a deal through friendly negotiations | |
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| Aug.13 |
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County votes in favor of menu label law San Mateo County is requiring chain restaurants to provide customers with nutritional information about the food they serve
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| Jul.29 |
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EA Expects Sharp Growth Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects fiscal 2009 profit and sales to grow sharply, fueled by upcoming games
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| Jul.21 |
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EA Extends Tender Deadline Video game publisher has again extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two
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| May.19 |
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EA again extends Take-Two deadline| Video game publisher Electronic Arts has for a third time extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two | |
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| Apr.18 |
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EA extends tender offer for Take-Two Electronic Arts extended the deadline of its tender offer in its continuing $2 billion bid to buy the New York video gamer maker
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| Apr.12 |
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2 former Korn/Ferry workers indicted San Francisco: A former top manager and an employee at the executive search firm charged that they stole the company's info to start a competing firm
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| Mar.29 |
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EA extends Take-Two bid Electronic Arts extended its hostile $2 billion bid for the rival by a week, giving itself an extra time to try to sway Take-Two's sharehold...
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| Mar.26 |
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Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid| Grand Theft Auto publisher told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough | |
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| Feb.24 |
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Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival EA was pushing ahead with a bid to take over upstart Take-Two Interactive Software, despite rebuffs from the smaller company
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| Nov.2 |
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Electronic Arts Posts 2Q Net Loss Video-game software publisher swung to a fiscal second-quarter net loss, hurt by an accounting change, but shares climbed 3%
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| Oct.25 |
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Obopay Offers Cell Phone Money Transfers Obopay is offering the service between cell phone customers in the U.S. at a 10 cent flat rate, and has plans to expand overseas
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| May.8 |
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Electronic Arts Losses Broaden 56% Industry-wide disruptions caused by new gaming consoles. The game publisher surpassed tepid
expectations on Wall Street
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| Feb.1 |
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Electronics Arts Beats Estimates
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| Aug.31 |
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Madden Game Grosses $100m In 1 Week Electronic Arts has the biggest launch in the franchise’s 17-year history
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| Aug.1 |
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Electronic Arts Posts Wider 1Q Net Loss
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| Jun.29 |
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Shutterfly Files For IPO
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| May.4 |
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Electronic Arts Posts Loss
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| Feb.3 |
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Electronic Arts Profit, Revenue Drops
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| Feb.2 |
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Layoffs at Electronic Arts as new consoles emerge
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| Oct.15 |
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Spielberg to dip into video games
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| Jan.18 |
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Electronic Arts, ESPN sign 15-year deal
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| Nov.3 |
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High-rise condos going down
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| Mar.15 |
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Businesses Not Seeing Increase in Traffic
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| Jan.30 |
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 $51,000 for spot next to Peterson trial| San Mateo County charges $51,000 television stations seeking a spot outside the County courthouse | |
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| May.19 |
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Roxio plans bring back Napster name Santa Clara: Software maker has acquired the online music service pressplay for about $40 million
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| Sep.27 |
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Trustee to manage Napster in bankruptcy
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| Sep.3 |
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Napster as Company Folds The company had closed its doors and terminated all but a few of its remaining 42 staffers as it prepared for Chapter 7 liquidation
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| Jun.3 |
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Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy| Industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take over what's left of the Internet music-swapping service | |
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| May.17 |
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Bertelsmann to acquire assets Napster: In an abrupt shift, media giant will buy Napster Inc.'s assets in an $8 million deal that keeps co-founder Fanning
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| May.14 |
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Founder and CEO both step down Napster: Konrad Hilbers, chief executive officer, and Shawn Fanning, who created the song-swap program, both resigned
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| Dec.4 |
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ExciteAtHome will cease in February Bankrupt company will discontinue high-speed Internet service after reaching a deal with cable partners
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| Nov.2 |
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Hearst leaves ExciteAtHome Vice chairman William R. Hearst III has resigned
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| Oct.29 |
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Openwave to cut 300 jobs
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| Sep.24 |
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Deal with music publishers. Napster
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| Jul.23 |
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Napster drops interim CEO
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| Jul.2 |
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Napster goes dark Napster wants to transform itself into a company for paying customers
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| May.24 |
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Newborns get Internet address
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| Apr.10 |
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Judge may shut down Napster
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| Feb.12 |
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Court to stop Napster
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| 2008 |
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| Aug.13 |
County votes in favor of menu label law San Mateo County is requiring chain restaurants to provide customers with nutritional information about the food they serve
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| 2008 |
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| Aug.18 |
EA Drops Take-Two Bid| Electronic Arts is abandoning its $2 billion hostile takeover of in the hopes of sealing a deal through friendly negotiations | |
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| Jul.21 |
EA Extends Tender Deadline Video game publisher has again extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two
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| May.19 |
EA again extends Take-Two deadline| Video game publisher Electronic Arts has for a third time extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two | |
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| Apr.18 |
EA extends tender offer for Take-Two Electronic Arts extended the deadline of its tender offer in its continuing $2 billion bid to buy the New York video gamer maker
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| Mar.29 |
EA extends Take-Two bid Electronic Arts extended its hostile $2 billion bid for the rival by a week, giving itself an extra time to try to sway Take-Two's sharehold...
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| Mar.26 |
Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid| Grand Theft Auto publisher told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough | |
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| Feb.24 |
Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival EA was pushing ahead with a bid to take over upstart Take-Two Interactive Software, despite rebuffs from the smaller company
| 2002 |
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| May.17 |
Bertelsmann to acquire assets Napster: In an abrupt shift, media giant will buy Napster Inc.'s assets in an $8 million deal that keeps co-founder Fanning
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| 2007 |
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| Nov.2 |
Electronic Arts Posts 2Q Net Loss Video-game software publisher swung to a fiscal second-quarter net loss, hurt by an accounting change, but shares climbed 3%
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| May.8 |
Electronic Arts Losses Broaden 56% Industry-wide disruptions caused by new gaming consoles. The game publisher surpassed tepid
expectations on Wall Street
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| Feb.1 |
Electronics Arts Beats Estimates
| 2006 |
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| Aug.1 |
Electronic Arts Posts Wider 1Q Net Loss
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| May.4 |
Electronic Arts Posts Loss
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| Feb.3 |
Electronic Arts Profit, Revenue Drops
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.30 |
$51,000 for spot next to Peterson trial| San Mateo County charges $51,000 television stations seeking a spot outside the County courthouse | |
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.2 |
Layoffs at Electronic Arts as new consoles emerge
| 2001 |
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| Oct.29 |
Openwave to cut 300 jobs
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| 2002 |
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| Sep.27 |
Trustee to manage Napster in bankruptcy
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| Sep.3 |
Napster as Company Folds The company had closed its doors and terminated all but a few of its remaining 42 staffers as it prepared for Chapter 7 liquidation
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| Jun.3 |
Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy| Industry heavyweight Bertelsmann AG follows through on a plan to take over what's left of the Internet music-swapping service | |
| 2001 |
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| Dec.4 |
ExciteAtHome will cease in February Bankrupt company will discontinue high-speed Internet service after reaching a deal with cable partners
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| 2007 |
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| Oct.25 |
Obopay Offers Cell Phone Money Transfers Obopay is offering the service between cell phone customers in the U.S. at a 10 cent flat rate, and has plans to expand overseas
| 2005 |
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| Jan.18 |
Electronic Arts, ESPN sign 15-year deal
| 2003 |
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| May.19 |
Roxio plans bring back Napster name Santa Clara: Software maker has acquired the online music service pressplay for about $40 million
| 2001 |
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| Sep.24 |
Deal with music publishers. Napster
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| 2006 |
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| Jun.29 |
Shutterfly Files For IPO
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| 2004 |
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| Mar.15 |
Businesses Not Seeing Increase in Traffic
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| 2001 |
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| Jul.2 |
Napster goes dark Napster wants to transform itself into a company for paying customers
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| May.24 |
Newborns get Internet address
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| Apr.10 |
Judge may shut down Napster
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| Feb.12 |
Court to stop Napster
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| 2002 |
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| May.14 |
Founder and CEO both step down Napster: Konrad Hilbers, chief executive officer, and Shawn Fanning, who created the song-swap program, both resigned
| 2001 |
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| Nov.2 |
Hearst leaves ExciteAtHome Vice chairman William R. Hearst III has resigned
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| Jul.23 |
Napster drops interim CEO
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| 2008 |
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| Jul.29 |
EA Expects Sharp Growth Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects fiscal 2009 profit and sales to grow sharply, fueled by upcoming games
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| 2004 |
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| Nov.3 |
High-rise condos going down
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| 2006 |
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| Aug.31 |
Madden Game Grosses $100m In 1 Week Electronic Arts has the biggest launch in the franchise’s 17-year history
| 2005 |
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| Oct.15 |
Spielberg to dip into video games
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