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Google Inc.'s David Eun, vice president of content partnerships, recently spoke with The Deal's Alain Sherter. In the Q&A, Eun addresses concerns about Internet industry consolidation giving too much control to specific firms, such as his. He points to all of Google's free services and the use of outside services...
Posted on March 3, 2008 3:03 PM
Bookmaker.com says it has acquired BetMaker.com
Posted on January 24, 2008 6:07 PM
On the strength of its recently closed deal to acquire Phelps Dodge Corp. for $26.3 billion, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. welcomed its accountants reports that the firm's 1st quarter income went up 89% compared to the same period in '06. In a joint statement, chairman James Moffett and CEO...
Posted on April 26, 2007 11:24 AM
Team WiMax (from Corporate Dealmaker)
If this technology fails to deliver mobile broadband internet access, it won't be for lack of companies working together to make it happen.
Posted on April 15, 2007 7:11 AM
Lexicon Genetics Inc. appointed Tamar Howson as executive vice president of business development, responsible for leading the company's pharmaceutical partnering and licensing efforts. She will also be a member of the executive management team. Howson comes to the Woodlands, Texas biopharmaceutical firm from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., where she served as...
Posted on April 10, 2007 12:00 PM
Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm have been tussling over a licensing deal that expires next month, litigating in both the US and the UK because they can't agree on terms. On June 9, 2006 Qualcomm filed a complaint with the U.S.'s International Trade Commission requesting an investigation into...
Posted on March 1, 2007 11:30 AM
Much has been written about the affect of Alcatel-Lucent suing Microsoft Corp. for patent infringement on MP3s, partly because the $1.5 billion award was so big, but also because everyone who uses MP3s may soon find themselves in Alcatel-Lucent's crosshairs. What is interesting about the lawsuit is that Microsoft thought...
Posted on February 26, 2007 9:00 AM
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. has a new trophy for its mantelpiece. The Association for Corporate Growth presented the Chicago provider of print and related services its Outstanding Corporate Growth Award for 2006-2007, recognizing the firm for its push into the business process outsourcing marketplace. CEO Mark A. Angelson will...
Posted on February 16, 2007 4:00 PM
A partnership to pursue unified communications might make a big difference -- once the two sides settle the details and show they can work together.
Posted on October 15, 2006 5:52 PM
A new $200 million JV among Sprint Nextel and four cable TV companies aims to fend off competition on both sides.
Posted on April 15, 2006 7:15 PM
Poland's ITI Holdings combines a leading Internet portal with choice properties in television broadcasting and entertainment.
Posted on December 15, 2005 7:15 PM
New York Times Co. ended another tough quarter last month, with circulation revenue declining, staff reduction costs crimping profits and ad growth uneven. There was a hopeful sign, though: Ad revenue at the company's newest online business, About Inc., climbed 67% in the quarter, to $14.2 million. That was...
Posted on December 15, 2005 5:37 PM
Broadband-based digital communications have been driving business innovation for the past decade, and the advances just keep coming. Today, voice over Internet protocol, Wi-Fi, real-time video conferencing and other technologies enable a level of connectivity and interactivity unheard of even a few years ago. But judging from the essays...
Posted on October 15, 2005 1:40 PM
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