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Microsoft may announce layoffs amid weak demand for computers

Speculation continues that Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] will announce layoffs later this week. The news may be delivered Thursday when the software company reports its fiscal second-quarter earnings after the markets close....


Tech deal news: Bartz in no rush; Microsoft may lay off; Google cuts; Kevin Rose, Ashton Kutcher team up; and more

Carol Bartz (pictured) who took the top job at Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO] on Monday, is already displaying a cool head for dealmaking. Although she has spoken with Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] CEO Steve Ballmer...


Craig McCaw's right-hand man to head Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX JV

Benjamin Wolff's title may not be changing, but he's getting one heck of a promotion. As CEO of Clearwire, he headed a company valued at $3.9 billion before its...


Jerry Yang: The man who put the '!' in 'Yahoo!' on eve of potential proxy fight

While gearing up for a proxy fight to win Yahoo! Inc. [YHOO], Microsoft Corp. [MSFT] CEO Steve Ballmer might be looking for some last-minute insight into the making of the man...



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REIT IPO deja vu

By Edward Schneidman, Michael Blair and David Malinger, Mayer Brown

Real estate sponsors that might wish to undertake an IPO will need to consider a wide variety of issues and begin to take action long before the first filing with the SEC.


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Loan-to-buy

By Steven Miller, Standard & Poor's

Paulson's proposal to purchase an equity stake in Yellow Pages publisher Idearc is the second time in recent months an investor group has used its prepetition debt position to execute a bargain price 'exit LBO.'


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Managing your shareholder base

By Bradford P. Weirick and Joelle Khoury, Gibson Dunn

Growth companies and their PE sponsors should be wary of the pitfalls that arise when they layer on tiers of preferred stock.



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