Apple Starts Spending Its Cash: Dividend Plus Share Buyback

$45 billion over three years.
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A Countdown to Apple’s Cash Conference Call

After nearly a decade of watching it grow, Apple will finally do something with its cash other than watch it grow.
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Demand Media Beats Expectations Slightly in Q4 Report; Buying Back More Stock; CEO: “Turbulent Year”

Demand makes its numbers, as Wall Street scrutinizes the online content company’s traffic and costs.
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Amazon Sees No Reason to Slow Its Spending

Amazon defended its free-spending habits yesterday in a call with analysts, arguing that it continues to see new opportunities and will invest accordingly.
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Now, Breathe: Demand Media Beats Wall Street Expectation in Q3

The online social content company did better than expected in the recent quarter, but it still has to prove its model has more lucrative legs.
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BlackBerry Aims to Simplify Dialing In to Conference Calls

Research In Motion is testing a new app that simplifies the often painful process of dialing in–and redialing into–a conference call. Now, if they could just do something about that annoying hold music.

Video: GroupMe Dudes Talk Group Messaging Phenom (and Drink Beer at the Same Time)

If you had to pick the hotsy-totsy start-up to win the media darling of South by Southwest award for 2011–following in the precious footsteps of Foursquare and Twitter from years past–it would probably have to be GroupMe. Here are the co-founders of he group messaging/conference call/locations/photo sharing service enjoying their day in the sun–quite literally, at their free grilled-cheese-and-beer giveaway this weekend in Austin.

John Chambers Plays Defense as Cisco Shares Tumble (Video)

Cisco shares are down 12 percent following a quarterly earnings report that contained a disappointing outlook for the next two quarters. CEO John Chambers is doing his best to put a brave face on it all, but few are convinced.

Cisco: It's Just a Little Transition, That's All

No more talk of short term “air pockets” from Cisco CEO John Chambers today. The new phrase is “a period of transition,” and it seems nowhere near over.

Arianna Huffington on Her New AOL Job: "I Want to Stay Here Forever"

“I want this to be the last act of my life,” says AOL’s new content boss. CEO Tim Armstrong’s translation: It’s a “multiyear contract”

Oracle Beats Q2 Earnings Forecasts