courtesy of OracleA new article in The Wall Street Journal that describes proxy adviser objections to Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison’s pay follows months of uproar about his compensation. He…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman asked the tech company’s employees to take the removal of the firm’s stock from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) “personally,” according to a…
ThinkstockIn what has become a difficult year for companies to plan their future spending due to ongoing political indecision, the Global Technology analysts at J.P. Morgan have lowered their IT spending forecast.…
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 results after markets closed Wednesday. The software and server company reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.59 on revenue of $8.4 billion.…
Paul Ausick White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett holds an estimated $56.5 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock — the most valuable stock holdings of any active chief executive officer. Oracle CEO Larry…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBillionaire lists attract as much media attention as just about anything. The new “Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report 2013,” released Wednesday, counts the number of…
ThinkstockDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) posted its highest-ever share of the global server market — 18.8% — as competitors International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) both lost share.…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaJust as Steve Ballmer prepares to depart as CEO of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), the guessing game over who will take the reigns at the troubled tech…
courtesy of AOL, IncMaybe the era when firing people in public was acceptable has ended. Perhaps some executives can still get away with it. Clearly, Tim Armstrong of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL)…
ThinkstockWhen reviewing the focus list at any major Wall Street firm, we like to screen the list for the stocks that may provide the biggest upside return for our readers. The focus…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsA billionaire should be able to take a few weeks off in the summer, particularly one who works as religiously as Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer. His…
courtesy of DellCarl Icahn told the media and investors who have followed, and participated in, his attempt to seize control of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) that he has a new chief executive…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after yesterday’s bloodbath. There was no economic data of note released today in either Asia or the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone’s current account surplus…
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) was supposed to have big news out around its earnings. We will cover the earnings of course, but the corporate governance issues are going to dwarf…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning adding to yesterday’s carnage following the FOMC announcement yesterday. The widespread belief that sometime this year the Fed will start reducing its $85 billion in…
