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The Day Ahead: The hunt for value
News If you don't feel comfortable buying Network Solutions at $500 (£310) a share, where can you find value? Rather than take the easy road and mock the poor calls made by the leading analysts in the technology sector, I'm going to go out on a limb and...
[March 13, 2000, 12:31]
McAfee pours scorn on Symantec leadership claim
News Symantec claims it has a 45.6 per cent share of the antivirus software market because it had a sales value of $81.2 million from a 1995 total of $178.2 million. Symantec made the claim on the back of IDC research figures but according to McAfee's...
[April 18, 1997, 16:12]
It's a deal: Wanadoo makes Freeserve bid
News The all-share deal would exchange .225 new Wanadoo shares for each Freeserve share, valuing the shares at 157p each, for a total value of £1.65bn. That is a slight premium over the current value of Freeserve shares, which closed Tuesday at 1.41p.
[December 6, 2000, 10:20]
Startup shutdowns force NewMedia Spark into the red
News The company now has a net asset value of 42p per share, compared to 77p per share a year ago. However, the total value of its investments fell by 46 percent to £109.7m, compared to £151.8m in the year to March 2000.
[June 14, 2001, 11:46]
Mannesmann to float Internet business
News Mannesmann argues that on its own it has a potential value of more than E350 (about £204), well above the value of Vodafone's E277-per-share all-paper bid at the close of trading Friday. Mannesmann's defence document appeared as Mannesmann is...
[January 17, 2000, 16:46]
Freeserve and Wanadoo seize the day
News Wanadoo is offering new shares in exchange for Freeserve shares, valuing each Freeserve share at approximately 157p, a more than 10 percent premium on Freeserve's closing value Tuesday. Freeserve chief executive John Pluthero portrayed the offer as...
[December 6, 2000, 15:11]
Early acceptance runs risks for PeopleSoft shareholders
News Last month, Oracle dropped its PeopleSoft takeover bid to $21 a share from its previous bid of $26 a share, citing a decline in PeopleSoft's market value in recent months. If the price rises past $21, Oracle could choose to buy stock at its most...
[June 10, 2004, 12:05]
Yahoo rejects 'absurd' Microsoft-Icahn buyout offer
News The major component of the overall value per share asserted by Microsoft-Icahn would be in Yahoo's remaining non-search businesses, which would be overseen by Mr Icahn's slate of directors, which has virtually no working knowledge of Yahoo's...
[July 14, 2008, 11:38]
Microsoft decides to share the wealth
News The one-time payout is conditional on shareholders approving changes to Microsoft's employee stock compensation plans that would adjust the plans to reflect the $3-per-share drop in value that will come from the payout, Anderson said.
[July 21, 2004, 9:25]
Net stock depression threatens UK flotations
News On Tuesday, London shares tumbled to a six month low wiping millions off the value of leading stocks. The success of Freeserve set a benchmark value and created an appetite for net stock. Internet stock, was supposed to give an indication of...
[August 11, 1999, 16:11]
SCO execs take personal profits
News We have an authorised capital of 45,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share. SCO issued around 300,000 shares at par value $0.001 earlier this month, which was used to acquire Vultus.
[July 29, 2003, 15:11]
Sun rebranding pushes the value of technology
News Share is about trying to articulate the business value of Sun. Sun launched a rebranding exercise this week that is likely to be the first of many, as IT companies struggle to articulate the value that technology can bring to a jaded business...
[June 2, 2005, 17:15]
Six new desktops lead Sony's PC charge
News That was probably one of the biggest reasons why we did not increase volume, but while we're down in market share, our value share in terms of dollars remains the same," said Furumi. Value share is the amount of revenue made per unit.
[May 21, 2003, 9:09]
3 enters the SME market
News With our Office Share Plans we are doing for small business what we did for consumers — offering great value and easy-to-understand price plans," said 3 UK's marketing director, John Penberthy-Smith, on Friday.
[February 9, 2007, 14:24]
FTSE ousts Freeserve from top index
News That compares to a peak value of £10.1bn, just a few months ago. The FTSE actuaries committee meets quarterly to review the constituents of the top index, removing those whose market value has ranked them below the top 120 companies on the FTSE.
[October 20, 2000, 12:30]
The Day Ahead: CMGI, then and now
News June: "We estimate CMGI's current asset value is $97 per share on a market value basis. Lowell, circa 14 June, 2000: In a report titled Reach and revenue extending, validating the incubator model in our view, Lowell said the net asset value of CMGI...
[December 20, 2000, 12:44]
BT reassures City but scares ISPs
News Another financial group, Goldman Sachs, advised that BT's shares are approaching "fair value", but said that it was cutting its forecast of BT's earnings per share from 8.7p to 8.3p -- despite Verwaayen saying he was committed to raising the...
[April 9, 2002, 14:45]
HP and IBM both claim server top spot
News Historically IBM, which sells high-value systems, often wins in overall market share but loses in units shipped. The difference between revenue and shipments is that one measures the total of sales in value and the other in the units shipped.
[November 24, 2006, 10:09]
Yahoo extends deadline for board nominations
News Based on current share prices, the deal would value Yahoo at $27 per share. Microsoft, of course, could still choose to name directors, but our objective here is to enable our board to continue to explore all of its strategic alternatives for...
[March 6, 2008, 8:43]
Freeserve ejected from FTSE 100
News The FTSE actuaries committee meets quarterly to review the constituents of the top index, removing those whose market value has ranked them below the top 120 companies on the FTSE. Now, it's time to drink the coffee and get on with investing for...
[October 20, 2000, 8:00]
