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Apple Inc. Killed The Point-and-Shoot Camera, Now It’s DSLR Time

Paul Shea

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) went and made an acquisition on Tuesday and it may change the way the world pictures itself from now on. The Cupertino company went and bought LinX on Tuesday. The Israeli camera sensor maker was acquired for around $20 million according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the move. Apple…

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Yahoo! Inc. Countdown: Marissa Mayer VS Carol Bartz

Abhijit Sen

Has Marissa Mayer done a materially better job of turning around Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s core business than Carol Bartz? Bartz was CEO for 2 years and 9 months. By the end of this month, Marissa Mayer would have been in the job for the same duration. So how did the company perform during their respective…

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Zynga Inc (ZNGA) Can’t Afford To Pay Don Mattrick Any Longer [UPDATED]

Paul Shea

Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is paying Don Mattrick $4 million to leave his job at the head of the company. The exact circumstances that lead to the departure of the former Microsoft executive may never be known, but one thing is clear. Zynga is about to fall apart, and Don Mattrick did a lot to get…

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Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) Grabs Key IP In Push For Growth

Paul Shea

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) is getting its hands on key intellectual property in a bid to establish itself as the dominant force in both mobile and console games. On Tuesday the company announced a deal with Universal to develop a series of video games based on the “Minions” characters from the movies Despicable Me and…

Guess Who Beats Apple and Alibaba in Bond Sales?

David Goldstein

In dollar denominated corporate bonds, Medtronic, Inc. sold $17 billion in an effort to fund next year’s acquisition with Covidien, a hospital supplies manufacturer in Ireland. Ranked as the largest corporate bond sale in 2014, Medtronic’s sale pulled in orders of $45 billion, beating out April’s bond offering by Apple of $12 and last month’s…