Smarting under a $6 billion compensation claim from Oracle on Java patent violation lawsuit, Google has said Oracle's methodology for calculating damages is based on fundamental legal errors and that Oracle has improperly inflated their estimates.
Facebook is getting closer to its eventual IPO, and speculations are rife that the offering could value the social networking giant at $100 billion. But considering reports on privacy issues that made Mark Zuckerberg put his foot in his mouth a few times, questions over his ability to manage the $100 billion Facebook seem to be logical.
Hewlett-Packard Co. sued Oracle Corp. in a period of eight months showing a sign of how badly the relationship between the information technology big shots has ragged.
Tickets for the Americal Idol Live Tour go on sale Friday. This year, the top 11 will be performing live.
A spokesperson from PR firm Burson-Marsteller admitted to working for Facebook in a PR campaign against Google, questioning their tactics in privacy.
Facebook allegedly hires a PR firm to slander Google.
Buffett discussed a variety of topics
Oracle Corporation announced that its president, Safra Catz will be taking over as chief financial officer in the wake of CFO Jeff Epstein's departure.
In 2010, Standard & Poor's 500 Index company CEOs received, on average, $11.4 million in total compensation, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) said in a report.
Toys 'R Us will be selling the iPad 2 in 31 states and Puerto Rico starting on Sunday, in a limited roll-out to only some of its stores.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: Exelixis, KIT digital, Carnival, Monster Worldwide, Alcoa, Visa, Ford Motor, Oracle Corp, Medtronic and Micron Technology.
Jefferies & Co. upgraded its rating on shares of Parametric Technology (NASDAQ: PMTC) to buy from hold and increased its price target to $28 from $25.
US stocks ended mixed on Thursday as investors awaited Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report and slightly weaker than expected economic reports on jobless claims even as Chicago Purchasing Managers index weighed on the sentiment.
Father of Java James Gosling has joined Google, much to the dismay of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, even as Google and Oracle slug it out over Java patent infringement lawsuit targeting Android.
US stocks are up on Friday, en route to end positive for the third consecutive session, as investors shrug off global concerns.
US stocks rallied on Friday on positive economic data and another good earnings report from the technology sector.
Futures on major U.S. stock indices continued to point to a higher opening on Friday after government data showed that US economic activity grew at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Wet Seal, Zalicus, Oracle, and JetBlue Airways. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: China Finance Online, Research In Motion, Acacia Research, Universal Display, XOMA, and Netflix.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Body Central, THQ, Wet Seal, Alkermes, and Oracle. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Gen-Probe, Research In Motion, Move, Acacia Research, and China Finance Online.
Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd wants to keep a letter that he says describes his relationship with a contractor under seal.
ON Semiconductor recently purchased Sanyo Semiconductor ($1.1 billion in annual revenues) and thus has several thousand employees and several fabs in Japan.
Last week's earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan and its aftermath in the form of nuclear reactor crisis present a near-term disruption for a handful of software companies that have exposure to the region.
