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Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?

Former AOL Chief Jonathan Miller is looking in the couch cushions to raise enough money to buy a part--if not all of Yahoo. According to the Wall Street Journal, Miller has been talking to private equity folks and sovereign wealth funds to buy Yahoo for about $20...

Tags: Private Equity, Yahoo! Inc., Miller, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Mervyns – The cautionary tale of selling one's business

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Livelihoods of Thousands BusinessWeek (12/6/2008) did a great job of dissecting of what went wrong in the collapse of U. S. retailer, Mervyns (see "What Have You Done to My Company"). The subtitle of the story pretty much sums up the...

Tags: Private Equity, Private Equity Company, Firm, Mervyns, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Sage to step into the on-demand ring

News started leaking late last week that Sage, the UK's largest software company, will release an on-demand accounting application called SageLive aimed at the SMB market. Details are sketchy beyond a blog post by competitor KashFlow but it seems the company is finally getting serious about the on-demand space after...

Tags: Accounting, On-demand, U.K., Details, Sage 50, Cloud Computing, Smb/Sme, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Photos: iFrogz Ear Pollution Plugz

The iFrogz Ear Pollution Plugz earbuds don't sound any better than stock earbuds, but they're cheap and relatively comfortable. by CNET News.com

Tags: Ear, Pollution, Photograph, Investment, Finance, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-12-01

Microsoft puts more muscle behind its potential 'Kumo' search brand

After a weekend of "it's on-again/no it's not" rumors regarding Microsoft doing some kind of search deal with Yahoo, it's worth noting the Redmondians are still pushing ahead with their plan to rebrand Live Search as "Kumo." by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Brand, Yahoo! Inc., Domain, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Kumo, Investment, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Taleo: Management's comments regarding their November to forget

A Different and More Optimistic View - Execs Confirm Many Prior Assumptions Last week, Taleo's Katy Murray, CFO, and Nate Swanson, Investor Relations, were kind enough to spend a few minutes with me to discuss my recent post on Taleo. The overall tone was positive and not...

Tags: Taleo Corp., Operational Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Sales Strategy, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Fastest-growing business and finance sites in the UK in September 2008

Property Aug-2008 Sep-2008 % Change Total U.K. Internet Audience 35,608 35,980 1% Business/Finance - news/research 8,011 8,843 10% Guardian Business 155 374 141% Sky Money 52 116 122% CNN Money 68 138 103% Bloomberg.com 126 201 60% ...

Tags: Financial Accounting, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Fastest-growing German financial sites in September 2008

Property Aug-2008 Sep-2008 % Change Total German Internet Audience 35,447 35,676 1% Business/Finance - news/research 4,760 4,881 3% Manager-Magazin.de 339 471 39% AOL Money & Finance 308 414 35% Finanztreff.de 134 180 34% T-Online.de Finance 513 660 29%...

Tags: Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-29

Top reasons why Americans shopped online in October 2008

Reason Share Able to shop 24 hours a day 76 Saves time 74 Avoiding crowds 65 Saves gas 59 Sales/Discounts/Promotions 55 Low prices 53 Comparison shopping 48 Selection 40 Available product information...

Tags: American, Product Information, Investment, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Fastest-growing business and finance sites in France in September 2008

Property Aug-2008 Sep-2008 % Change Total French Internet Audience 32,227 32,610 1% Business/Finance - news/research 5,867 6,392 9% Boursier.com 254 526 107% Lexpansion.com 161 316 97% Capital Magazin 156 306 96% Lemoneymag.fr 175 333 90% Orange...

Tags: Financial Accounting, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-28

IBM, HP update workflow and forms software with an eye to cutting paper waste

I love it when competing vendors do something semi-related within days of each other, because it makes these posts so much more relevant. So, here's the deal: Both IBM and Hewlett-Packard are making some noise right now about the impact of enterprise document management technology on green technology agendas. I...

Tags: U.S. Army, Hewlett-Packard Co., Workflow, IBM Corp., Document Management, Tools & Techniques, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Icahn averages down on Yahoo; Searches for break even

Carl Icahn added to his stake in Yahoo just before Thanksgiving and bought more than 6.77 million shares. Naturally, folks need to find the meaning in Icahn's move. Kara Swisher notes that Icahn may have upped his investment because Jerry Yang's replacement is about to...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Kara, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-28

US Apple Store savings better, still hardly worth getting out of bed for

Predictions that Apple would roll out 15% discounts for Black Friday have been dashed as modest discounts are unveiled. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Discount, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Crappy economy = great time for open source in schools

Not only is it budget time for me right now as we put together our FY10 plans, but it's also time to figure out how we're going to make it through the rest of FY09. Since so many people have lost jobs and/or homes recently, the state and town...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Money, Hardware, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Document Management, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-27

NASA and DoE team on dark energy research

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy DoE have teamed up to operate the future Joint Dark Energy Mission JDEM. As you probably know, recent astronomical measurements have showed that about 72% of the total energy in the universe is dark energy, even if scientists don't know much about it,...

Tags: Team, Universe, NASA, Energy, WMAP, WMAP Data, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Web Site Development, Team Management, Network Technology, Finance, Internet, Management, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-11-27

Microsoft still fighting a losing battle against Google

New Comscore data was released today which clearly shows how Google's search share is continuing to rise, and despite Microsoft's best efforts even giving away prizes to searchers, they are at best stagnant. Year-over-year, Microsoft's search share went from 9.7% down to 8.5% while Google rose from 58.5% to...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Finance, Marketing, Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Where's the beef? Social marketing decisions will not come easy in 2009

Despite budget cutbacks, layoffs and corporate restructurings, companies cannot stop marketing. But they can do a better job. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Beef, Financial, Social Media, Value Proposition, Kristi Grigsby, Marketing Decision, Marketing Research, Roi/Tco, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-11-26

SAP slapped with 'sell' rating; Pushback from customer base cited

Societe Generale analyst Richard Nguyen hit SAP with a sell rating on Wednesday citing increased odds of a fourth quarter profit warning and signs that customers are pushing back on the software company's attempt to upsell them following a maintenance price increase. Nguyen's report--he downgraded SAP shares...

Tags: SAP AG, Nguyen, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Twitter to Facebook, thanks but no thanks

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Facebook's proposal to buy Twitter for $500 million in stock and why the microblogging service has decided to remain independent. Diaz explains that Twitter would like to develop a more thorough revenue plan before partnering up with the popular...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Diaz, Operational Accounting, Finance

Videos 2008-11-25

HP's Hurd: IT downturn different than 2001; Ink matters

Hewlett-Packard's fiscal fourth quarter didn't offer up many surprises given the company preannounced the results along with its outlook. But there were more than a few notable nuggets that indicate where tech demand is heading. Here's a look at the top five takeaways from HP's earnings report...

Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Mark Hurd, Notebook Sale, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25