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Google signs agreement to acquire ITA, but its planned direction remains unclear
News from Travel Technology Update: Google inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire ITA Software inc., the company that revolutionized air fare shopping, for $700 million in cash. the deal requires regulatory approval.
on a telephone call with analysts and reporters, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said airline travel and search represent a “perfect [...]
Conroy defends Quigley's NBN Co salary
Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has defended the $2 million salary of NBN co chief executive officer, Mike Quigley, saying that it was below market rates in the private sector and deserving for Quigley’s contribution.
“Mike Quigley does a fantastic job,” Conroy told Computerworld Australia at a media briefing this week. “He is a world-class engineer, and [...]
Bankers Challenging Rules in Vienna Find Ally in Debt Crisis
June 08, 2010, 7:08 PM EDT
June 9 (Bloomberg) — Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann and HSBC Holdings Plc Chairman Stephen Green are among bankers with a new ally in their tug of war with politicians over stricter rules: Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis.
Balancing tighter regulation after the worst financial crisis since [...]
Magellan Health Services to Present at Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Global …
AVON, Conn., Jun 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Magellan Health Services, inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!mgln/quotes/nls/mgln (MGLN 41.40, +0.06, +0.15%) announced today that Rene Lerer, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at 1:55 pm Eastern (10:55 am Pacific). Lerer is expected to provide [...]
Apple Mobile-Ad Sales Threatened as Google Buys AdMob
May 25, 2010, 4:21 PM EDT
(Updates shares in seventh paragraph.)
may 25 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. may have a tougher time getting advertisers to pay a premium for smartphone ads now that Google Inc. has won regulators’ clearance to buy AdMob Inc., creating the largest mobile-advertising company.
while advertisers and analysts expect Apple [...]
Faithful Progressive: Sen. Carl Levin Grills Goldman Sachs Bosses …
Sen. Carl Levin Grills Goldman Sachs Bosses on Selling Lousy Financial Product they Were Also Betting Against This is like a doctor prescribing a sick patient a pill that will make them sicker just to continue making money on their illness. Sen. Levin did a masterful job of bringing out the fundamental absurdity of [...]
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