Bloomberg Names Former IBM CEO Palmisano to Advise on Data Privacy

But will there be an audit?
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Tableau Software and Marketo Fire Up IPO Action Today

Many more to come.
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AMD Shares Crash on Goldman Sachs Downgrade

Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices have fallen by more than 13 percent today following word of a downgrade to “sell” by Goldman Sachs analyst James Covello. With sales of PCs slowing to rates not seen since records have been kept, the outlook for AMD, Covello argues, despite winning supply contracts from both Microsoft and Sony in forthcoming gaming systems, doesn’t justify its recent rise to as high as $4.40 a share. AMD was trading at $3.80 a share, down 59 cents with 30 minutes to go in the session.

Will Bloomberg Disclose How Heavily Reporters Mined Customer Data? (It Watches Them, Too.)

Bloomberg tracks its employees as much as it does its clients. It probably knows exactly how many times a controversial function was used by its reporters.
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Bloomberg News Busted for Spying on Bankers

Big Bloomberg is watching you.
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Social Startup Viddy Recapitalizes, Shuffles Board

The social video app returns a hefty chunk of change to its most recent investors.
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Cisco’s Prashant Gandhi Bolts to Upstart Big Switch Networks

A big executive move in the fast-moving world of software-defined networks.
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Google Ventures Leads $17 Million Round in On Deck Capital

A fast-growing startup that uses big data to make small-business loans.
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Apple’s Record Plunge Into Debt Pool

Apple Inc. sold the largest corporate-bond deal in history Tuesday, a $17 billion offering investors hungrily gobbled up.

Survey Says: More Good News for Reed Hastings

Remember when everyone said they were done with Netflix? Now they’re back.
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Square COO Keith Rabois Departs Company