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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

U.S. Fights Corporate Bribes

wsj.com | DIONNE SEARCEY | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business


The Justice Department is increasing its prosecutions of alleged acts of foreign bribery by U.S. corporations, forcing them to take costly steps to de...

The Illusion of Corporate Transparency: The Cluetrain Manifesto 10 Years Later

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business


Andrew Cherwenka

Ten years ago today, a hopefully prophetic obituary for the pre-internet business power structure, The Cluetrain Manifesto, was published. A decade later, in many key ways, it's still business as usual.

Oracle, Sun Microsystems

CNN Money | Paul R. La Monica | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If the term "serial acquirer" were actually in the dictionary, it would probably be accompanied by a picture of Oracle Chie...

After IBM dalliance, Sun goes to Oracle for $7.4B

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON and MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc.'s scramble to find a suitor landed the slumping server and software maker in the arms of Oracle Corp., whi...

IBM, Sun Break Off Acquisition Talks: Report

AP | BRIAN BERGSTEIN and JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business


BOSTON — IBM Corp. withdrew its offer to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. for about $7 billion this weekend, clouding the prospects for a deal that wou...

IBM, Sun Microsystems Deal Could Shake Up Silicon Valley

Yahoo! News | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO - If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be making a...

IBM, Sun Microsystems Deal Possible, Shares Soar

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — If IBM Corp. scoops up Sun Microsystems Inc. for at least $6.5 billion in cash, as the companies are discussing, IBM would be ma...

Sun Microsystems To Cut Up To 6,000 Employees, 18% Of Work Force

AP | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs, or 18 percent of its global work force, as sales of its high-end computer serve...

Venture Capitalists Invest in Green

New York Times Magazine | Jon Gertner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green


One afternoon last May in Menlo Park, Calif., a venture capitalist named Ray Lane led me from his office to the parking lot, where an automobile had b...

Google Readies Itself For Rumble With Microsoft

New York Times | STEVE LOHR, MIGUEL HELFT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A cerebral computer-scientist-turned-executive, Eric E. Schmidt has spent much of his career competing uphill against Microsoft, quietly watching it o...