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What Will Léo Apotheker Walk Away With if He’s Fired?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 21, 2011 at 10:44 am PT

Now that his job appears to be in jeopardy, it’s time to take a closer look at Léo Apotheker’s contract with Hewlett-Packard. How’s an easy $28 million sound?

Earth's Biggest Shoe Store?

John Paczkowski in News on July 22, 2009 at 1:40 pm PT

Well, this is unexpected. Amazon has agreed to purchase online shoe retailer Zappos.com in a deal valued at about $850 million. Under its terms, the retailer will acquire all outstanding Zappos shares in exchange for roughly 10 million shares of Amazon common stock, valued at about $807 million, and some $40 million in cash and restricted stock. If the shoe fits, right?

Earth’s Biggest Shoe Store?

John Paczkowski in News on July 22, 2009 at 1:40 pm PT

Well, this is unexpected. Amazon has agreed to purchase online shoe retailer Zappos.com in a deal valued at about $850 million. Under its terms, the retailer will acquire all outstanding Zappos shares in exchange for roughly 10 million shares of Amazon common stock, valued at about $807 million, and some $40 million in cash and restricted stock. If the shoe fits, right?

eBay Plans Options Water Safety Course

John Paczkowski in News on March 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm PT

Apparently, fear of a deepening recession alone isn’t enough to maintain tech worker loyalty these days–mounting job losses be damned. This week, Google repriced millions of employee stock options that had gone underwater as the company’s share price declined. Now eBay hopes to do the same. The reason: employee retention.