International Business News - MSFT http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96787-facebook-conference.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/facebook-to-help-some-programmers-punish-others.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/facebook-to-help-some-programmers-punish-others.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:46:01 EDT Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/top-online-windows-exec-to-depart-microsoft.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:26:18 EDT VMware Inc.'s shares tumbled to a low Wednesday as investors punished the business software maker following a disappointing sales forecast, and a Citi analyst downgraded the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/vmware-shares-skid-to-new-low-on-3q-sales-forecast.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:52:12 EDT EarthLink Inc. said Wednesday it's losing two longtime board members to retirement and is adding a director with a deep background in corporate finance and technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/earthlink-adds-director-loses-2-to-retirement.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:23:01 EDT Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96591-anti-smoking-billionaires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/gates-bloomberg-pool-riches-to-fight-smoking.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/gates-bloomberg-pool-riches-to-fight-smoking.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:32:19 EDT Yahoo Inc. shares moved higher Wednesday but ultimately lost ground, a day after the company reported a drop in earnings and missed Wall Street's forecasts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/yahoo-shares-rise-despite-lackluster-2q-earnings.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:59:12 EDT EMC Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit climbed 13 percent, topping Wall Street's forecasts, as the data storage specialist rang up record sales despite fears that economic uncertainty is tamping down information technology spending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/emc-2q-profit-jumps-13-pct-tops-wall-street-view.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:10:40 EDT With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96216-earns-yahoo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/yahoo-ceo-remains-upbeat-despite-lackluster.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/yahoo-ceo-remains-upbeat-despite-lackluster.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:01:36 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Tuesday, July 22, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares in Sweden's LM Ericsson fell Tuesday after the world's largest wireless equipment maker reported a 70 percent plunge in second-quarter profits on costs related to acquisitions, development and restructuring. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/movers-roundup-lm-ericsson-freeport-mcmoran.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:51:07 EDT Yahoo Inc.'s profit slipped again in the second quarter, a recurring theme that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96033-yahoo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/yahoos-profit-declines-pct-woes-deepen.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/yahoos-profit-declines-pct-woes-deepen.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:35:50 EDT The online hangout MySpace took another step Tuesday in cooperating with rival Internet services, joining a coalition that allows people to use the same accounts and passwords across the Web. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/myspace-joins-openid-coalition-to-share-log-ins.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:42 EDT Shares of automotive retailer AutoNation Inc. jumped Tuesday on news that Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates owns a 5.5 percent stake in the company. AutoNation shares rose 81 cents, or 9.7 percent, to end at $9.17. Volume surged to more than 7 million shares, more than twice the average daily trade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/autonation-shares-rise-on-news-of-gates-stake.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:06:07 EDT Across the street from the Space Needle and Paul Allen's tribute to Jimi Hendrix and rock music, Allen's old friend Bill Gates is building his headquarters for charitable giving, something sure to become another Seattle tourist attraction. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95775-gates-foundation-headquarters.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/gates-foundation-breaks-ground-on-new-headquarters.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/gates-foundation-breaks-ground-on-new-headquarters.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:33:20 EDT PEACE PLAN: After two months of sniping at each other, Yahoo Inc.'s leadership and activist investor Carl Icahn negotiated a cease-fire that will give Icahn three seats on Yahoo's board, which will expand to 11 directors from the current nine. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/summary-box-yahoos-truce-with-icahn.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:23:01 EDT Billionaire Carl Icahn may use the three board seats at Yahoo Inc. that he added to his collection on Monday to do ... not much. The colorful corporate raider, who has been locked in a public feud with Yahoo over its rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s takeover attempt, spent more than $1.5 billion to amass a 5 percent stake in Yahoo and snag the board seats. But without the support of all-important institutional investors, his impact after winning similar fights has been muted. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95051-yahoo-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/big-fight-little-fallout-after-icahn-battles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/big-fight-little-fallout-after-icahn-battles.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:21:34 EDT Shares of Yahoo Inc. inched lower Monday after the Internet icon settled with activist investor Carl Icahn, who had wanted to replace the company's board after it rebuffed Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid in May. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/yahoo-shares-inch-lower-after-icahn-compromise.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:48:32 EDT Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming AOL into an advertising company, giving him expertise in a field Yahoo must master. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95029-yahoo-miller.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/ousted-aol-chief-miller-could-guide-yahoo-strategy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/ousted-aol-chief-miller-could-guide-yahoo-strategy.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:41:29 EDT Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/merck-bofa-genentech-yahoo-among-big-movers.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:10:33 EDT Real news from the virtual world: _UNCONVENTIONAL: If you attended the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, along with about 60,000 other people, you were probably blown away by the massive audiovisual bombast. If you returned for this year's E3 Media & Business Summit, which only 5,000 attended, you might think the entire video-game industry had collapsed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/nintendo-microsoft-stumble-while-sony-cruises.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:58:56 EDT Yahoo Inc. averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94849-yahoo-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/yahoo-settles-with-icahn-to-avert-control-battle.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/yahoo-settles-with-icahn-to-avert-control-battle.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:56:45 EDT