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Hedge Fund Takes $2 Billion Stake in Microsoft
A hedge-fund executive disclosed that he owns about $2 billion in Microsoft Corp. stock, stating that the value of the software giant’s businesses wasn’t appreciated by other investors.Voices
ISS Sides With Apple Over Einhorn on “Blank Check” Proposal
Shareholder adviser ISS Proxy Advisory Services has urged investors to vote for an Apple Inc. proposal to eliminate the company’s power to issue preferred stock without shareholder approval, after hedge-fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital Inc. challenged Apple’s proposal earlier this week.Voices
A Hot Stock (Comic)
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Facebook Shares Unlocking
An avalanche of privately held Facebook shares could begin hitting the market this week — potentially putting further pressure on the company’s stock — as rules expire that have kept some early investors from cashing out.Don’t Be Evil Dead
Obviously, there’s no benefit to Google. But it’s important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event.
– Google “chief people officer” Laszlo Bock in an interview with Forbes, on the death benefit paid to the spouses or domestic partners of deceased Google employees: With 50 percent of their salary for 10 years, immediate stock vesting and $1,000 a month for any surviving children until they reach 19 years old
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The Facebook Flip: Funds Exit Early
It wasn’t supposed to end like this.Voices
Options Traders Gird for End of Facebook Lockups
Options traders are betting Facebook Inc.’s shares will face new headwinds as investor-lockup periods end in the coming weeks.Voices
Analysts Hit the Tepid Button on Facebook
Wall Street gave Facebook Inc. an unusually lukewarm reception, with research analysts offering up a higher number of “hold” ratings for the company’s shares than “buys.”Voices
Groupon Tumbles as Sell Restriction Expires
Shares of daily-deals Web site Groupon Inc. fell to a record low Friday as a restriction on insider selling expired.Voices
Please, Give Generously to Facebook (Comic)
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.