Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 24 at 5:00 am PT
Executives at Hewlett-Packard are upset that a key stock-based benefit has evaporated before their very eyes. Even the man many blame, fired CEO Léo Apotheker, got hit.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 9, 2011 at 11:46 am PT
Signs that SuccessFactors was looking to be acquired first showed up in company SEC filings in April.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 17, 2011 at 3:54 pm PT
Salesforce is growing, but not fast enough for the expectations of Wall Street analysts. Its shares are getting whacked.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 3, 2011 at 4:45 pm PT
Still, the CEO’s performance was good enough to warrant a bonus equivalent to 100 percent of his base salary. But it could have been higher. If only Windows Phone sales were better.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 29, 2011 at 3:18 pm PT
Meg Whitman’s annual paycheck to run Hewlett-Packard: $1. Her potential stock-based compensation: A lot more than that.
Kara Swisher in Media on September 29, 2011 at 12:48 pm PT
It’s a tough life at the top, especially of a list.
Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT
In an unusual appointment for the longtime public servant, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join Silicon Valley venture powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz as a part-time “Special Advisor.”
Summers got to know the firm with an assist from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who was a student of his when he was a professor at Harvard University.
Kara Swisher in News on June 28, 2011 at 1:14 pm PT
What did Skype employees know and when did they know it?
A lot, if you’re reading this “Equity Incentive Plan” deck, which clearly outlines what happens to “good leaver” and bad leaver” execs.
Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT
Demand Media handily beat Wall Street expectations in its first quarter results today, released after the market closed.
The company reported revenue of $79.5 million and six cents a share in adjusted net income.
Investors were expecting the company to report about $69.6 million in revenue for the three months, with four cents a share in profits.
On a GAAP basis, net loss per share was 13 cents compared to 94 cents a year ago.