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The Motley Fool
May 17, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SSA Global Wants Some Privacy Yesterday, the enterprise software provider announced that the company is selling out to privately-owned Infor in a cash deal for about $19.50 per share. It was only in May 2005 that SSA went public with an offering price of $11, and the current stock price is $19.08.   |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2006
Tom Taulli |
MySpace's Next Frontier: Video Online video is hot -- and MySpace has the audience to make it work. News Corp. is doing what any smart media company enjoys: convergence. The company is allowing its users to download episodes of its popular series 24 for $1.99 a pop. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
eBay's Talk Is Cheap The auction site's Skype VoIP service is allowing its users to make free stateside calls to landline and mobile phones. That's good news for eBay -- and bad news for telcos in general, and Vonage in particular. Investors, take note. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 15, 2006
Day & Schoemaker |
Scanning for Threats and Opportunities To see new parts of a company's periphery, managers must use different scanning approaches. Here is a portfolio of methods to capture and amplify the weak signals within targeted zones. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 15, 2006
Diane Coutu |
LBJ's Deliberate March for Power When a leader gets enough power -- when he's president of the United States or CEO of a major corporation -- then we can see what he wanted to accomplish all along. Here, a Harvard expert discusses Lyndon B. Johnson's strategy for getting close to powerful people. |
Registered Rep.
May 15, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Ryan Beck Readies IPO Number Two Ryan Beck wants its own ticker symbol. And who can blame the tiny regional brokerage after the recent wave of IPO successes enjoyed by rival U.S. brokerage houses? |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Keeping the Faith at Berkshire The question of succession planning at Berkshire is getting to be plain old-fashioned silliness. It's fairly likely that when it comes time for Buffett or Munger to step aside, Berkshire's share price will fall in the short term. If it does, it will probably be an opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
MTV Wants a Bite of Apple Should Apple fear MTV's new URGE music service? |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Middleby Wants to be Cool Again The commercial kitchen equipment maker gets rebuffed in its attempt to buy Enodis. A substantial deal like this one, if both companies do eventually come to terms, is something that investors should not take lightly. |
Fast Company
May 2006
Michael A. Prospero |
Fast Talk: Good Sports These five executives from the world of sports bring an array of clever approaches to finding, wooing, and retaining their fans as competition for their devotion - and their dollars - increases. |
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