Tag: SAN FRANCISCO
Yahoo gives interim CEO a 25 pct raise to $750,000 (AP)
October 12th, 2011, No Comments
San Francisco – Yahoo has given the interim Executive Director Tim Morse, a 25 percent up to step into the leadership vacuum created by the struggling Internet company's recent firing of Carol Bartz. Morse's salary is now $ 750,000, up from $ 600,000, according to an application for registration on Friday. Even Yahoo's finance director, [...]
EBay builds new division to woo developers (Reuters)
October 12th, 2011, No Comments
A pedestrian walks at the headquarters of eBay in San Jose SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ebay Inc is building a new division to woo developers and attract more merchants as the company tries to emulate the success of Apple Inc's iOS platform in the e-commerce world. Ebay's main business is still its giant online marketplaces, [...]
Yahoo gives interim CEO a 25 pct raise to $750,000 (AP)
September 19th, 2011, No Comments
San Francisco – Yahoo has given the interim Executive Director Tim Morse, a 25 percent up to step into the leadership vacuum created by the struggling Internet company's recent firing of Carol Bartz. Morse's salary is now $ 750,000, up from $ 600,000, according to an application for registration on Friday. Even Yahoo's finance director, [...]
EBay builds new division to woo developers (Reuters)
September 19th, 2011, No Comments
A pedestrian walks at the headquarters of eBay in San Jose SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ebay Inc is building a new division to woo developers and attract more merchants as the company tries to emulate the success of Apple Inc's iOS platform in the e-commerce world. Ebay's main business is still its giant online marketplaces, [...]
Yahoo’s stock rise after Bartz fired as CEO (AP)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
Carol Bartz SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo’s stock rose nearly 5 percent on Wednesday after the company fired its CEO following more than 2 1/2 years of financial lethargy. Tuesday’s ouster came as investors were convinced that Carol Bartz couldn’t steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround. To fill the void, Yahoo’s board named Tim [...]
EBay hires ex-Thomson Reuters executive Wenig (Reuters)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
Sign displayed at the headquarters of eBay in San Jose SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – eBay Inc. hired former Thomson Reuters Corp. Executive Devin Wenig as president of the global markets unit, online commerce and auction site's largest division. Wenig, 44, was CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets, one of its executives before he announced a shakeup [...]
Report: Groupon may delay IPO (AP)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO – Online ticket seller Groupon Inc. may delay its plans to go public because of concerns about stability in the stock market, according to a report. Citing an anonymous source who is familiar with the matter, reported the story Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal that the company canceled its tour, and reconsider [...]
Amazon steps up social media efforts (Reuters)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc. is an intensification of efforts by the Social Media as part of the Internet's largest retailer lost one of the hottest technology trends of recent years. Amazon has hired a director of social media, John Yurcisin of Ogilvy & Mather, WPP earlier this year to help to develop the [...]
Amazon brings new local deals site to more cities (AP)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO – Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its new local website offers in New York and other parts of the country, hoping to delight consumers flock to discount their offer because they have taken Groupon market leader. With the additions, the amazon LocalService be operational in 30 locations in 10 states, all in about three [...]
False ad suit can proceed versus Groupon: attorney (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
An online coupon sent via e-mail from Groupon is depicted on the screen of a laptop in Los Angeles Oakland, California (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has said that parties to a lawsuit can proceed against misleading advertising Groupon online coupon distributor, according to a lawyer who has attended a court hearing on Wednesday. A [...]
