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| Thu. |
Yahoo |
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Shares soar on new takeover rumor |
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| Wed. |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo| WSJ: Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business | | |
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Apple |
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iPhone users can escape AT&T's contract
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| Tue. |
Google |
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Google-Yahoo ad deal probed
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| Mon. |
Yahoo |
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Defense against Icahn taken to investors
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eBay |
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eBay Told To Pay $61M To French Brand A French court ordered eBay to pay to LVMH, a high-end fashion company, because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site
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| Jun. 27 |
Mountain View |
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Intuit to slice workforce by 575 jobs |
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| Jun. 26 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo shakes up management |
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| Jun. 24 |
San Jose |
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Racist Rap Costs Novellus
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| Jun. 17 |
Mountain View |
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VCs betting LinkedIn worth $1 billion
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| |
Yahoo |
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Shareholder wants to oust 4 from board |
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| Jun. 16 |
Adobe |
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2Q Profit Jumps 41%
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| Jun. 12 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use Google's advertising technology. Google ads will appear alongside Yahoo search results
| The agreement with Google could be worth up to $800m in additional revenue every year. Recent Yahoo-Microsoft talks concluded after Yahoo rejected a Microsoft proposal to buy just its online search business
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Invitrogen to buy Applied Biosystems
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| Jun. 9 |
Apple |
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Speedier, Cheaper iPhone Apple the price of its best-selling iPhone in half, to $199, making the all-in-one smart phone, media player and Internet device more access...
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| Jun. 6 |
Intel |
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FTC opens antitrust probe FTC is pursuing a formal investigation into Intel, which has increasingly come under fire for alleged anti-competitive pricing and practices
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| Jun.5 |
Moffett Field |
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Google leases acreage for complex |
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| Jun.4 |
Yahoo |
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Investor steps up Yahoo campaign
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| Jun.2 |
San Jose |
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Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit
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Yahoo |
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Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga |
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| May.28 |
San Jose |
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Janitors approve contract, return to work |
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| |
Oil soars to new record over $135
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| |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
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| May.21 |
Yahoo |
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T. Boone Pickens joins proxy contest |
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| May.20 |
San Jose City Hall |
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McKesson Sued On Prices |
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| |
San Jose |
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Silicon Valley janitors strike| Janitors at some of technology and biotechnology companies will go out on strike, having dismissed a contract offer from cleaning companies | |
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go| Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road | |
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| May.15 |
Yahoo |
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Icahn Picks 10 Directors| Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched an effort to unseat Yahoo board to pressure to restart merger talks with Microsoft | |
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| May.14 |
Google |
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Google Sites Ranked No. 1 |
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| May.13 |
Yahoo |
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Icahn considering attempt to oust board |
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| May.7 |
Cisco |
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3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
|
| May.5 |
Yahoo |
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Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
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CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft |
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| May.3 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
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| May.2 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo |
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Average Gas Price Reaches $4 A Gallon
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| Apr.26 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
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| Apr.24 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo |
|
| Apr.23 |
Apple |
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Mac Sales Polish Apple |
|
| Apr.17 |
Google |
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1Q profit climbs 30%, tops analyst views |
|
| Apr.9 |
Google |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads The world's two biggest search engines, have announced a 2 week experiment that will see them share advertising space
|
| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
|
| |
Google |
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Couple Says Street View Invades Privacy |
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Visa Soars In Largest-Ever IPO
|
| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks |
|
| Mar.11 |
Google |
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Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal |
|
| Mar.6 |
Apple |
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Apple opens iPhone to developers |
|
| |
Google |
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Pentagon bans Google map-makers |
|
| Mar.5 |
Yahoo |
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Board meeting postponed to stave off bid |
|
|
| Feb.21 |
Google |
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Google to Store Patients' Health Records |
|
| Feb.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
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Papers seek buyouts to cut costs |
|
| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer
|
| Feb.4 |
Google |
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Google offers to help Yahoo |
|
| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google
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|
| Jan.31 |
Google |
|
Disappointing 4Q |
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| Jan.23 |
eBay |
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Whitman resigns as CEO Meg Whitman, CEO for nearly 10 years, plans to resign March 31, capping a tenure marked by the online flea market's rise coupled with recent troubles
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| |
Heath Ledger found dead
|
| Jan.4 |
Intel |
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Laptop Project Blames Intel for Breakup |
|
| Jan.3 |
Mountain View |
|
Startup Revives SF Free Wi-Fi Project |
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|
| Dec.15 |
Santa Clara |
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Proposal for 49s stadium falls $51m short |
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|
| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
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CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm |
|
| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
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House committee chair lambasts Yahoo Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journal...
|
| |
Google |
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Google pushes into mobile phones |
|
|
| Oct.18 |
Google |
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3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent |
|
| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
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Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent
|
| Oct.9 |
Santa Clara |
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49ers to buy Great America for stadium
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|
| Sep.28 |
Apple |
|
iPhone warning proves true |
|
| Sep.13 |
Moffett Field |
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Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land
|
| Sep.6 |
Apple |
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Jobs offers early iPhone buyers $100 |
|
|
| |
Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work
|
| Aug.7 |
Santa Clara |
|
Kaiser Moves Patients To New Hospital
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|
| Jun.29 |
Apple |
|
iPhone Launched 
After 6 months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people will get their hands on the new cell phone that to become Apple's 3rd core business
|
| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
|
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post |
|
|
| May.15 |
San Jose |
|
Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 |
|
| May.4 |
Yahoo |
|
Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo |
|
|
| Apr.17 |
Mountain View |
|
Last-minute tax users swamp Intuit |
|
| Apr.13 |
Google |
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Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B Seeking to expand the ability to sell targeted Internet ads, Google agreed to acquire ad-management technology company
|
| |
New Wal-Mart Store Opens
|
| Apr.10 |
Google |
|
Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities |
|
|
| Mar.13 |
Google |
|
Viacom to sue Google and YouTube |
|
|
| Feb.22 |
Apple |
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Apple and Cisco share iPhone name |
|
| Feb.5 |
Apple |
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Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit
|
|
| Jan.12 |
Apple |
|
Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant
|
| Jan.10 |
Cisco |
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Cisco to sue Apple on iPhone name |
|
|
|
| Dec.27 |
Apple |
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Report of options probe, shares rebound There is a report that feds are investigating whether company officers forged documents to sweeten executive stock grants
|
|
| Nov.21 |
Google |
|
Google jumps past $500 |
|
|
| Oct.19 |
Google |
|
Profits nearly double in 3Q |
|
| Oct.11 |
Santa Clara |
|
McAfee fires president; CEO retires |
|
| Oct.9 |
Google |
|
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently
|
|
| Sep.12 |
Apple |
|
Apple targets TV and film market |
|
| Sep.5 |
Intel |
|
10,500 Layoffs Announced Semiconductor giant is laying off employees as part of a massive restructuring effort to reverse sinking profits
|
|
| Jul.25 |
Mountain View |
|
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b |
|
| Jul.20 |
Google |
|
2Q earnings soar past expectations |
|
|
| Jun.7 |
Google |
|
Google goes to Congress |
|
|
| May.31 |
Sun |
|
Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs
|
| May.8 |
Apple |
|
Beatles Lose Suit Against Apple Computer |
|
|
| Apr.24 |
Sun |
|
McNealy steps down as CEO
|
| |
Oil breaks through record $75
|
|
| Mar.17 |
Google |
|
Google Need Not Turn Over Records |
|
| Mar.13 |
San Jose |
|
McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B The second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt
|
|
| Jan.24 |
Google |
|
Google censors itself for China
|
| Jan.19 |
Google |
|
Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe
|
|
| Dec.20 |
San Jose |
|
Calpine Corp. Files For Bankruptcy
|
| Dec.17 |
Google |
|
Google to buy piece of AOL |
|
| Nov.29 |
San Jose |
|
CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine |
|
| Nov.17 |
Google |
|
Shares Hit $400 Milestone
|
| Oct.20 |
Google |
|
Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges
|
| Oct.12 |
Apple |
|
Video iPod introduced
|
| Sep.7 |
Apple |
|
Apple unveils music-playing cell phone |
|
| |
New Harry Potter book hits shops
|
| Jul.13 |
Apple |
|
Solid 3Q results thanks to iPod sales |
|
| Jun.28 |
AMD |
|
AMD files antitrust suit against Intel |
|
| |
G8 ministers back Africa debt deal
|
| Jun.2 |
Sun |
|
Sun buys StorageTek for $4.1 billion |
|
| May.23 |
Apple |
|
Apple considering jumping to Intel chips |
|
| Apr.27 |
Apple |
|
Apple yanks book on Jobs |
|
| Apr.18 |
Adobe |
|
Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4b |
|
| Apr.9 |
Google |
|
Execs paid $1 a year |
|
|
| Nov.11 |
Intel |
|
Otellini to succeed Barrett as CEO |
|
| Aug.19 |
Google |
|
Google goes public, shares surge 18% Shares finished the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares having changed hands
|
| Aug.4 |
Google |
|
Possible securities violations disclosed |
|
| Apr.29 |
Google |
|
Google files long-awaited IPO plans
|
| Apr.2 |
Sun |
|
Sun settles with Microsoft, cuts 3,300 job |
|
|
| Apr.28 |
Apple |
|
Apple launches online music service |
|
|
| Jul.16 |
Intel |
|
4,000 jobs trimmed |
|
|
| Oct.23 |
Apple |
|
iPod: New digital music player The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards, that can hold 1,000 songs
|
| Jun.28 |
San Jose |
|
Largest jackpot in history: $141M
|
| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
|
Cisco cut 8,000 jobs |
|
|
| Nov.20 |
Intel |
|
Intel Introduces Pentium 4 |
|
| |
Nasdaq closed at 5048
|
| Jan.6 |
Apple |
|
Jobs drops 'interim' from title
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Wed. |
Yahoo |
Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo| WSJ: Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business | | |
|
| Mon. |
Yahoo |
Defense against Icahn taken to investors
|
| Jun.2 |
Yahoo |
Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga |
|
| May.22 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
|
| May.18 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go| Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road | |
|
| May.14 |
Google |
Google Sites Ranked No. 1 |
|
| May.3 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
|
| May.2 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo |
|
| Apr.26 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
|
| Apr.24 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo |
|
| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
|
| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks |
|
| Mar.11 |
Google |
Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal |
|
| Mar.5 |
Yahoo |
Board meeting postponed to stave off bid |
|
| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer
|
| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google
| 2007 |
|
| May.4 |
Yahoo |
Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo |
|
| Apr.13 |
Google |
Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B Seeking to expand the ability to sell targeted Internet ads, Google agreed to acquire ad-management technology company
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.9 |
Google |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently
|
| Jul.25 |
Mountain View |
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b |
|
| Mar.13 |
San Jose |
McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B The second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt
| 2005 |
|
| Jun.2 |
Sun |
Sun buys StorageTek for $4.1 billion |
|
| Apr.18 |
Adobe |
Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4b |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| May.15 |
San Jose |
Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.7 |
Santa Clara |
Kaiser Moves Patients To New Hospital
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jun. 16 |
Adobe |
2Q Profit Jumps 41%
|
| May.7 |
Cisco |
3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
|
| Apr.23 |
Apple |
Mac Sales Polish Apple |
|
| Apr.17 |
Google |
1Q profit climbs 30%, tops analyst views |
|
| Jan.31 |
Google |
Disappointing 4Q |
| 2007 |
|
| Oct.18 |
Google |
3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent |
| 2006 |
|
| Oct.19 |
Google |
Profits nearly double in 3Q |
|
| Jul.20 |
Google |
2Q earnings soar past expectations |
| 2005 |
|
| Oct.20 |
Google |
Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges
|
| Jul.13 |
Apple |
Solid 3Q results thanks to iPod sales |
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| May.28 |
San Jose |
Janitors approve contract, return to work |
|
| May.20 |
San Jose |
Silicon Valley janitors strike| Janitors at some of technology and biotechnology companies will go out on strike, having dismissed a contract offer from cleaning companies | |
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Jun. 27 |
Mountain View |
Intuit to slice workforce by 575 jobs |
|
| Feb.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
Papers seek buyouts to cut costs |
| 2006 |
|
| Sep.5 |
Intel |
10,500 Layoffs Announced Semiconductor giant is laying off employees as part of a massive restructuring effort to reverse sinking profits
|
| May.31 |
Sun |
Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs
| 2004 |
|
| Apr.2 |
Sun |
Sun settles with Microsoft, cuts 3,300 job |
| 2002 |
|
| Jul.16 |
Intel |
4,000 jobs trimmed |
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco cut 8,000 jobs |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.20 |
San Jose |
Calpine Corp. Files For Bankruptcy
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Wed. |
Apple |
iPhone users can escape AT&T's contract
|
| Jun. 9 |
Apple |
Speedier, Cheaper iPhone Apple the price of its best-selling iPhone in half, to $199, making the all-in-one smart phone, media player and Internet device more access...
|
| Jun. 6 |
Intel |
FTC opens antitrust probe FTC is pursuing a formal investigation into Intel, which has increasingly come under fire for alleged anti-competitive pricing and practices
|
| Apr.9 |
Google |
Google and Yahoo to share web ads The world's two biggest search engines, have announced a 2 week experiment that will see them share advertising space
|
| Feb.4 |
Google |
Google offers to help Yahoo |
|
| Jan.4 |
Intel |
Laptop Project Blames Intel for Breakup |
|
| Jan.3 |
Mountain View |
Startup Revives SF Free Wi-Fi Project |
| 2007 |
|
| Sep.28 |
Apple |
iPhone warning proves true |
|
| Sep.6 |
Apple |
Jobs offers early iPhone buyers $100 |
|
| Jun.29 |
Apple |
iPhone Launched After 6 months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people will get their hands on the new cell phone that to become Apple's 3rd core business
|
| Feb.22 |
Apple |
Apple and Cisco share iPhone name |
| 2006 |
|
| Sep.12 |
Apple |
Apple targets TV and film market |
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.17 |
Google |
Google to buy piece of AOL |
|
| Oct.12 |
Apple |
Video iPod introduced
|
| Sep.7 |
Apple |
Apple unveils music-playing cell phone |
|
| May.23 |
Apple |
Apple considering jumping to Intel chips |
|
| Apr.27 |
Apple |
Apple yanks book on Jobs |
| 2003 |
|
| Apr.28 |
Apple |
Apple launches online music service |
| 2001 |
|
| Oct.23 |
Apple |
iPod: New digital music player The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards, that can hold 1,000 songs
| 2000 |
|
| Nov.20 |
Intel |
Intel Introduces Pentium 4 |
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Aug.19 |
Google |
Google goes public, shares surge 18% Shares finished the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares having changed hands
|
| Apr.29 |
Google |
Google files long-awaited IPO plans
|
|
| 2008 |
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