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02/03/2012 05:11 PM
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Micron CEO Dies in Plane Crash
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Micron Technology said Steven Appleton, the chip maker's chairman and chief executive, died Friday in a small-plane accident in Idaho.
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02/03/2012 03:25 PM
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The $100 Billion Question for Facebook
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What is Facebook worth? Analysts and investors are circulating a range of values, from $50 billion to $125 billion.
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02/03/2012 01:13 PM
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Facebook Sets Historic IPO
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Facebook filed for an initial public offering Wednesday that could value the social network between $75 billion and $100 billion, putting the company on track for one of the biggest U.S. stock-market debuts of all time.
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02/03/2012 04:27 PM
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Gaming Zynga's Revenue
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Since Zynga generates the vast majority of its revenue on Facebook's platform, analysts tried to use Facebook's financial results to reverse-engineer Zynga's fourth-quarter earnings. Trouble is, the models used have too many moving parts to draw firm conclusions from them.
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02/03/2012 08:13 AM
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Megaupload Founder Is Denied Bail
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A New Zealand court denied an appeal for bail Friday by Kim Dotcom, the jailed founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload.
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02/03/2012 04:34 PM
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Injunction Interrupts Apple Sales in Germany
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Some Apple devices were unavailable for sale briefly on Friday in Germany, as part of a patent tussle with Motorola Mobility.
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02/03/2012 05:36 AM
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Samsung Says EU Probe Will Find It Compliant
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Samsung Electronics, in its first acknowledgment of the European Commission's antitrust investigation of its patent licensing practices, said it believed the commission would ultimately conclude the company complies with the rules.
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02/03/2012 11:31 AM
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Cost Cuts Boost BT
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BT Group posted a 41% jump in third-quarter net profit, aided by further cost cutting, lower finance expenses and new contracts, and said it will reach some of its earnings targets a year earlier than expected.
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02/03/2012 08:10 AM
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Panasonic Forecasts $10 Billion Loss
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Panasonic revised its forecast loss for the current fiscal year to more than $10 billion, which would be the second-largest ever for a Japanese manufacturer.
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02/03/2012 01:08 PM
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Sony's U.S. Puzzle
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Incoming Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai will need to tread carefully with the company's movie and music divisions, whose profits are important counterpoints to deep losses elsewhere at the company.
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02/02/2012 09:44 PM
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Google Beefs Up Security on Its Android Market
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Google has beefed up security on its Android mobile-device software to better prevent "malicious" software from residing in its app store.
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02/02/2012 06:39 PM
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U.S. Cracks Down on Sports Streamers
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Federal authorities announced a crackdown on websites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events.
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02/03/2012 05:11 PM
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MTN Probes Bribery Claims
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Shares of South African mobile-phone operator MTN fell after the company said it is investigating claims by Turkey's largest mobile-phone operator that it engaged in corruption to secure a deal in Iran.
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02/02/2012 10:12 PM
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Sony Slashes Forecast
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Sony said it veered into a fiscal third-quarter net loss of more than $2 billion and forecast a much wider full-year loss than previously expected, dragged down by losses in its TV business and the impact of the strong yen on its European operations.
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02/02/2012 06:42 PM
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Web Streaming Is Viacom's Boon and Bane
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Web streaming is boosting Viacom's profit—but it may be undercutting it as well.
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02/02/2012 10:45 PM
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Amazon Launches New Website for India
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Amazon.com announced its entry into the Indian online retail market with a new website, Junglee.com, which will enable customers to browse for products from a wide variety of stores and then shop for them either online or in person.
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02/02/2012 04:47 AM
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Tel Aviv Takes the Tech-Hub Crown
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In many ways, Tel Aviv has London and Berlin beat as the Europe area's main technology hub.
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02/02/2012 04:00 AM
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Samsung: Court Rejects Apple Bid
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Samsung Electronics said the Munich Regional Court has rejected Apple's request to ban sales in Germany of the Korean company's tablet computers and Nexus smartphones.
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02/02/2012 07:04 PM
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AMD CEO Vows To Move Beyond 'Unhealthy Duopoly'
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Advanced Micro Devices' new leader vowed to shift the chip maker's strategy to focus less on its longtime competition with Intel, suggesting that the Silicon Valley giant's influence over the tech sector is fading.
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