Google storms onto Wall Street
News With their Midas-touch image tarnished over their controversial initial public offering, Google's founders have this to hold on to -- they pulled off their IPO, and they did it their way. Sinatra would have been proud.
[August 20, 2004, 17:00]
CIA starts 'fun' high-tech fund
News Now you can call him the next Goldfinger -- the man whose Midas touch could bring seed money to key startups, and keep the CIA ahead of the technology curve. The CIA is opening a venture capital business targeting emerging technologies -- and has...
[September 30, 1999, 10:08]
Is Dell's growth sustainable?
News His Midas touch has extended beyond personal computers and servers to printers -- a fledgling business that is in the black after only a few quarters of operation. When it comes to pushing the right buttons, Dell CEO Kevin Rollins arguably has...
[November 2, 2004, 13:49]
Jane Wakefield: Gates gets his coat, Case gets an empire
News The geek with the Midas touch claims he wants to return to the humble role of technologist -- Web master in charge of driving Microsoft's Martini ambition (anytime, anyplace, anywhere) and devise the killer software that will put the Internet onto...
[January 14, 2000, 13:52]
Markets fall in love with Linux
News There's nothing like a 1,500-percent-plus stock-value jump to catch the attention of investors. Ever since Red Hat, a seller of Linux software, went public and rocketed skyward, investors have eagerly anticipated the growth of a hot new IPO sector.
[December 7, 1999, 13:21]
