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MSFT, GOOG and AAPL: The Stock Market Three-Step

in News on November 2, 2009 at 2:43 pm PT

Of all the tech stocks to watch, perhaps none have been more interesting to follow than those of Microsoft, Google and Apple in recent days. With so much news emanating from the trio, their shares have been gyrating and twisting on each and every piece of information, so here are some numbers to take a gander at.
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Yahoo’s Peter (Chernin) Principle — And Other CEO Choices

in News on November 18, 2008 at 12:12 am PT

Obviously, the dream CEO for Yahoo is News Corp. President and COO Peter Chernin. And, no surprise, he is the No. 1 choice of most inside and outside Yahoo in the wake of the news late yesterday that its current CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down. Well, Yahoo would certainly be a challenge for Chernin, in terms of a corporate cleanup challenge, especially compared to figuring out how to make bank on plush toys from “The Simpsons.” But there are many other contenders for the job, despite the slog it could be. Here’s BoomTown’s list …