The hard charging CEO of HP, Mark Hurd, resigned suddenly on Friday. The reason for his abrupt resignation was as the result of an internal investigation into sexual harassment charges brought on by a woman who was contracted by HP for marketing. An internal investigation found that Hurd submitted false expense reports and showed a […]
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The small town of Rhinebeck, New York just got a massive injection of capital today! You may have heard about Chelsea Clinton’s wedding? Yeah, the event that actually swayed the US government to designate the entire town a “no fly zone”. Rhinebeck, New York is about 2 hours north of the hustle and bustle of […]
Sprint Nextel Corp. is currently up on the NYSE. This could be attributed to the news that Sprint has actually made an gain in the number of subscribers it added in the second quarter of 2010. Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) is current up +0.11 (2.38%) at 4.94. What are some of the factors that may have […]
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Nissan Leaf, Coming To Enterprise Soon
Wanna try out an electric car before you buy? Well you might just get the chance with the new Nissan Leaf. You may have heard by now that the Chevy Volt has been announced by GM and will be the first commercially marketed electric car and is set to arrive by the end of this […]
The Chevy Volt is ready to hit the streets! GM announced today that the Chevy Volt, the industries first commercially marketed electric vehicle, is ready to hit GM lots later this year and will carry a sticker price of $41,000. But don’t let that price tag scare you off too fast. Even though there’s a […]
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Yahoo Marries Google in Japan
Hold onto your mouse, and make sure your keyboard is stable! Yahoo announced today that it will use Google technology to power its Yahoo Japan search engine and ad delivery system. This was attempted before in the US until the government squashed Yahoo’s efforts because of fears over a search monopoly. But regulators in Japan […]
The British love their smartphones! In fact, they love their smartphones so much that the marketshare of mobile phones in the UK has expanded to 73.5% of the UK contract market. That’s up from 55% in the first quarter of this year, and 66.7%, the second quarter average. Android explodes in the UK Those numbers […]