Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg had a long day of grilling executives at their All Things Digital Conference. But they saved Rupert Murdoch — their Wall Street Journal overlord — for last. The highlight? Murdoch’s not-quite-but-almost endo
The stock market is on track for its third-straight advance after first-quarter GDP was revised upward and oil prices fall.While good for consumers — as
Expedia shares are up sharply for a second day on rumors Barry Diller is going to take the online travel firm private.Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Expedia Thursday, although the firm does not believe the private equity scuttlebutt, which Diller himself denied
The Wall Street Journal’s series about the “final days” of Bear Stearns concludes today. The highlight of the last installment is the level of involvement Hank Paulson took in not just brokering the deal, but determining the price JPMorgan would
At the All Things D conference Wednesday night, Jerry Yang reiterated what Steve Ballmer said the night before: Yahoo and Microsoft are talking, but not about an all-out acquisition of Tech Ticker’s parent.Meanwhile,
Before Nathan Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures, a private company devoted to ideas and patents, the inventor-archeologist-chef spent more than 10 years at Microsoft. In part two of my one-on-one with Myhrvold, we discuss Microsoft, Bi
After retiring from his position as chief strategist and chief technology officer of Microsoft in 1999, Nathan Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures, a private company that’s devoted to nurturing and creating patents and inventions.In my one-on
The tech set that flocks to All Things Digital tends to fixate on product, CEO star-power, and the glitz and excitement that comes with the intersection of Hollywood, New York and Silicon Valley. But the practical reality behind all these publicly-traded
Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg had a long day of grilling executives at their All Things Digital Conference. But they saved Rupert Murdoch, their Wall Street Journal overlord, for last.While his political comments and near-endorsement of Barack Obama made
Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg had a long day of grilling executives at their All Things Digital Conference. But they saved Rupert Murdoch — their Wall Street Journal overlord — for last. The highlight? Murdoch’s not-quite-but-almost endo
The stock market is on track for its third-straight advance after first-quarter GDP was revised upward and oil prices fall.While good for consumers — as
Expedia shares are up sharply for a second day on rumors Barry Diller is going to take the online travel firm private.Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Expedia Thursday, although the firm does not believe the private equity scuttlebutt, which Diller himself denied