Europe

Pascal Cagni to Apple: Adieu, Adieu, to Yieu and Yieu and Yieu

John Paczkowski in News on May 24 at 3:30 pm PT

Pascal Cagni leaves Apple after a 12 year stint as VP and general manager of its European operations.

News Byte

TrialPay Bulks Up Its Executive Team, Opens Office in Berlin

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 24 at 9:00 am PT

TrialPay plans to announce today that it is opening a European office in Berlin and adding three new executives to its management team. Managing Director of Europe Rob Schneider, formerly of Zanox, will head up the new office, while Jim Gerber, formerly of Google, will join the company’s offices in Mountain View, Calif., where he will be SVP of sales and partnerships. Lastly, Chris Davis, former SVP of Gaia Interactive, will become VP of Brand Sales. TrialPay helps online companies boost revenues by placing offers at the point of checkout.

Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 9 at 7:01 pm PT

Leaner and meaner isn’t always enough. After a company-wide restructuring, growing profits is proving tougher than Cisco CEO John Chambers expected. You know, it don’t come easy.

Voices

EU Expected to Approve Sony’s EMI Music Deal

Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 18 at 4:00 pm PT

European antitrust regulators are expected Thursday to approve a plan by a Sony Corp.-led investor group to buy EMI Group Ltd.’s huge music-publishing division for $2.2 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.

Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

Kara Swisher in News on April 17 at 1:15 pm PT

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.

Where in the World Is HP’s Prith Banerjee Going? Answer: Zurich.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 5 at 5:03 am PT

Banerjee is off to be CTO of the Swiss Industrial giant ABB.

Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

Kara Swisher in News on April 3 at 3:16 pm PT

A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.

News Byte

Twitter Expands European Business

Peter Kafka in Media on April 3 at 8:29 am PT

Twitter is signaling its intentions to ramp up its European business by posting 17 new job openings for its new office in Dublin, Ireland. Most of the positions are sales-related, and include jobs that cover Spain and the Netherlands, two new territories for the company’s ad products. Twitter has around 900 employees worldwide.