News Source: The Journal Gazette
| about 4 hours ago
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, said Facebook was converting the shares of all its current stockholders into Class B shares that, like GoogleÂ’s, hold 10 times the voting power of Class A stock. That would be a departure from GoogleÂ
News Source: The independent
| 1 day ago
So Wikipedia is dying, scuppered by its power-hungry editors who guard their turf too zealously and delete new entries. It was (is still) such a noble project, it should be a tragedy that people have stopped contributing to it. It should be a
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 4 days ago
Benmosche, former CEO of MetLife Inc., took the helm at AIG in August. He will receive an annual salary of $3 million in cash and $4 million in AIG common stock under the pay agreement. AIG is under government scrutiny after receiving a bailout
News Source: Star Tribune
| 4 days ago
Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company. The move could be seen as laying the groundwork for an initial public offering, though the social
News Source: Times Online
| 4 days ago
The company confirmed that it was creating a dual-class stock structure to give existing shareholders more control over the company. Under the move, all current shareholders will be converted to Class B stock, which carries ten times the voting power
News Source: Miami Herald
| 4 days ago
Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company. The social network said Tuesday it had no plans to go public "at this time." But the move may well be
News Source: Chicago-Sun Times
| 7 days ago
In Googled (Penguin, $27.95), New Yorker reporter Ken Auletta explores media old and new, arguing that something sinister is afoot in the rise of the search engine king. Google, he asserts, is taking over the world, and that scares him. The
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 9 days ago
So why not throw in a few books about the people and services causing the delight and disruption?...They were determined to change the world, and Auletta _ the longtime media columnist for The New Yorker magazine _ thinks they have pulled it off.