3 posts and columns on defections

Bailing Out of the Chamber: Are Apple and Nike Smart or Shortsighted?

in News on October 14, 2009 at 1:02 pm PT

The Wall Street Journal edit page has leapt to the defense of the Chamber of Commerce, rattled in recent days by the high-profile defections of a few big companies at odds with the Chamber’s stance on climate change. The thrust of today’s editorial, which centers on the recent departures of Apple (from the Chamber) and Nike (from the Chamber’s Board of Directors), boils down to a single premise: “Apple and Nike are putting green political correctness above the long-term interests of their own shareholders.”

Microsoft Pleased With Response to Yahoo HotJobs Ads

in News on June 23, 2009 at 4:00 pm PT

Microsoft may have failed in its bid to acquire Yahoo last year, but it hasn’t failed in its bid to acquire some of the company’s talent. Between November 2008 and March 2009, Redmond hired away five Yahoo veterans. Now comes word that it’s picked up three more.
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Microsoft Acquiring Yahoo One Employee at a Time

in News on March 27, 2009 at 7:36 am PT

If Yahoo employee defections to Microsoft continue apace, there may come a day when Redmond will no longer need to buy the struggling company’s search business. It will already have acquired it. This week yet another Yahoo alum joined Microsoft: Jan Pedersen, a former chief scientist and VP in the company’s Search and Advertising Technology Group.
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