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All The CEOs Who Are Independent Throw Your Hands Up At Me

2012-03-14T17:00:05Z

Single CEOs have all the fun, or at least take all the risks, a recent report finds.

Chief executives without a partner make riskier business decis...

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Jason Gilbert: Wait, How Weird Was That Microsoft Keynote?

2012-01-11T17:37:00Z

LAS VEGAS -- This is two days late, but, really, what in the name of Windows 95 was going on in Microsoft's keynote speech at CES 2012? Of all the wac...

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Too Little, Too Late: Microsoft's Ballmer Strains for Consumer Relevance

2012-01-10T09:53:35Z

LAS VEGAS -- Listening to Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer last night hyperventilate about the company's supposedly stupendous future as purvey...

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For Microsoft, New Year Brings Same Struggles

2012-01-09T01:16:00Z

LAS VEGAS -- The first time a Microsoft chief executive delivered the keynote at Consumer Electronics Show, the annual industry expo that has become t...

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HP Unleashes Brand New Tablet

2011-11-03T09:32:12Z

Can't find one of those much coveted, discontinued Touchpads? Well, HP's got a new tablet coming out -- but it's going to cost you a little more than ...

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Microsoft CEO Gets Big Bonus, But It Could Have Been Bigger

2011-10-04T09:46:20Z

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By Arik Hesseldahl

Software giant Microsoft just filed its annual proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and it ...

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David Thielen: Steve Ballmer -- "You Need to Decide If You're Coming With Us"

2011-07-12T13:22:30Z

Day 1 of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. The keynote was interesting both for what it said as well as what it did not say:
No mention of S...

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Microsoft Board Backs Ballmer Over Influential Hedge Fund Manager

2011-05-27T08:06:28Z

By Bill Rigby
SEATTLE | Thu May 26, 2011 6:46pm EDT
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) board stood behind Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer...

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Influential Hedge Fund Manager Calls For Microsoft CEO To Step Down

2011-05-26T00:27:19Z

May 26, 2011 12:57:38 AM

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Bill Rigby

NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn has...

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Microsoft Investors Puzzled By Cost Of Skype Deal

2011-05-11T16:10:08Z

NEW YORK (Bill Rigby) - Microsoft Corp's move to buy money-losing Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion was immediately skewered by criti...

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Microsoft Plans Unprecedented Pay Boost

2011-04-21T13:19:36Z

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp plans to introduce broad raises in salaries and stock awards to attract and retain top talent, CEO Steve Ballmer said in ...

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The Top Rated Tech CEOS: Schmidt Beats Jobs

2011-04-01T13:34:35Z

Eric Schmidt on April 4 will step down from his position as Google CEO, passing the torch to the company's co-founder Larry Page.

Schmidt is going ...

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Microsoft Reportedly Seeking More Management Changes

2011-02-08T12:40:34Z

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer plans to extend a management shake-up aimed at adding senior product executives with an engineer...

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Ballmer, Gates Won't Break Up Microsoft

2010-11-17T08:56:41Z

Microsoft's annual meeting of shareholders in Bellevue this morning was pretty much the standard routine -- except for one question toward the end....

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CES 2011 Keynote: Microsoft CEO Takes The Stage Amid Tablet Crush

2011-01-05T21:27:06Z

One year ago, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at the tech industry's premier gadget show to showcase a Windows tablet computer to an ...

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Voters Reject Initiative To Raise Taxes On Washington's Top 1 Percent

2010-11-03T01:05:11Z

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington voters have rejected a state income tax on its top 1 percent of earners that supporters said would have raised billi...

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Microsoft CEO: Windows Phone 7 'Coolest' Thing We'll Do This Year

2010-10-22T08:01:49Z

ORLANDO, Fla. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the Windows Phone 7 software will be the "coolest" thing the company releases this year.

Ballmer...

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How The World's Technology Juggernaut Lost Its Buzz And Became The 'Underdog'

2010-12-16T16:53:36Z

Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg recently took the stage at a joint press conference alongside another large technology company. He describe...

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Microsoft CEO Grilled About Slashed Bonus, 'Sexy iPhone' On Today Show

2010-10-11T09:42:53Z

Today's going to be a big day for Microsoft, and Steve Ballmer's kicking it off early. Showing up on the Today show, Samsung Cetus in-hand, he let loo...

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Microsoft CEO Talks Windows Phone 7

2010-10-04T08:11:56Z

Microsoft Corp. has struggled for the past two years in the mobile-phone market. But CEO Steve Ballmer says his company finally has a compelling story...

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Steve Ballmer On When To Expect Microsoft's iPad Rival

2010-09-29T08:33:35Z

On the eve of Microsoft's annual employee meeting Tuesday at Safeco Field, CEO Steve Ballmer sat down to talk about the coming phone war, how Microsof...

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Ramon Nuez: Windows Phone 7 Goes on Sale at AT&T and T-Mobile

2010-11-08T14:00:33Z

You won't have to look to far for your Windows Phone 7 fix. It is being sold at T-Mobile -- HTC HD7 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. You can also pick one up from AT&T.

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Steve Ballmer Unloads $1.3 Billion In Microsoft Stocks

2010-11-06T21:37:52Z

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer has sold about $1.3 billion worth of his company shares recently, the first time he's done so in seven years.

Ballm...

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Bill Gates, Sr.: Raise My Taxes!

2010-10-28T09:58:55Z

Bill Gates, Sr., the father of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, is trumpeting a new state income tax in Washington for individuals who earn more than...

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Hack College: Microsoft's CEO Talks Education And Windows Phone 7

2010-10-18T08:11:36Z

It's a weird thing to sit down with a man who's worth $13.1 billion, but on Monday I did just that.

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