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The Motley Fool May 4, 2005 Rich Smith	Verily, Veritas Did Well Symantec's merger target spruces up. So let's take a quick look at Veritas' numbers, for the Symantec shareholders' sakes, if for no other reason.
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Paul Shread	Veritas-Symantec Merger Gets Shareholder Nod Shareholders approved the merger of Veritas and Symantec, clearing the way for one of the largest software mergers ever.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec to Buy Veritas for $13.5B The marriage of Symantec and Veritas would form one of the largest security and back-up software powers in the market. Should it succeed, Symantec shareholders will own 60% and Veritas shareholders approximately 40% of the combined entity.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2004 Tim Beyers	A $13 Billion Christmas Present? The New York Times reports Symantec is seeking to buy storage software maker Veritas. In thinking about how these companies may be reshaped, the alert investor may find more than one unexpected present for his portfolio.
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Veritas Security software maker Symantec is reportedly in talks to buy back-up software power Veritas Software in a blockbuster deal that, at $13 billion, would be one of the largest of its kind.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2005 Tom Taulli	Software Firms Struggle With Upload Despite lots of communication with investors, the Symantec-Veritas combo is still generating unease.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Paul Shread	McAfee, Symantec Ride Security Wave McAfee reported pro forma earnings of 31 cents a share... Symantec reported earnings of 27 cents a share... The broader market rose on strong earnings reports... etc.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Symantec Still Flat An earnings beat isn't all it's cracked up to be. Symantec is continuing to post ugly numbers, and may do so until it has fully digested Veritas. Investors, take note.
InternetNews March 16, 2005 Clint Boulton	EU Clears Symantec-Veritas Merger The European Union approves Symantec's $13.5 billion bid for Veritas; Symantec announces a threat assessment service.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Tim Beyers	A Billion Reasons to Avoid Symantec? The antivirus maker has a taxing problem. For its part, Symantec says it isn't in error and plans to take the Feds to tax court, but it's not certain how much investors may lose if the IRS is right.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Boots Up The security software maker reports fiscal fourth-quarter 2006 earnings today after close of market. Investors, take note.
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Drew Robb	Symantec-Veritas Deal Proves Timely Panned at first, the merger of security and storage giants turned out to be well-timed. The combined stock is now on the upswing.
InternetNews December 17, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec, Veritas Marriage Gets Mixed Reviews While vendors slugged it out over new customers over the last couple of months, two giants in their respective markets were hatching a plan to ambush the software market with a blockbuster merger.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec's Simply Terrific The Internet security company continues to post impressive numbers. Investors will want to continue to monitor Symantec's performance, and to pay special attention when (or if) the dilution rate appears to slow later this year.
InternetNews May 19, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Sues Microsoft to Halt Vista Symantec claims Microsoft is improperly using its code in Vista.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Tom Taulli	Symantec Goes to M&A Rehab The security software giant says it will forgo mega-deals. Rather, the focus will be on smaller deals, such as its $970 million purchase of Altiris in April. The new strategy should be good news for shareholders.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2005 Rich Smith	Symantec Better Than Its Word Internet security specialist restrains dilution, beats earnings.
InternetNews April 18, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec's $1B Tax Bill Security software giant Symantec said in a Securities and Exchange filing that it owes the government $1 billion in unpaid taxes, mostly relating to an audit of its purchase of Veritas Software.
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Facing Overlaps With Altiris And Rivals Symantec's $830 million purchase of IT management software maker Altiris is yet another message to rival Microsoft that it intends to be more than just a top security software maker.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Symantec's Bright Idea The antivirus specialist catches a cold IPO market -- and wins.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Anders Bylund	Is Security the Next Cloud Computing Play? Symantec has a slow quarter, but looks to brighter days ahead.
InternetNews January 5, 2005 Clint Boulton	Symantec, Veritas Leaders Tout Merger CEOs discuss the strengths of a company offering security and back-up software to enterprise customers.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Sings Management at Symantec digs out its wallet and allocates $2 billion in authorizations for share buybacks.
InternetNews November 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Symantec CEO John Thompson to Step Down John W. Thompson, the CEO of antivirus and security software company Symantec, will retire from the post as of the end of the company's fiscal year, the company announced today.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec Buys Itself Symantec reports great profits and a debatable share buyback decision.
InternetNews July 17, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Oracle Linux Gains Key Certification Symantec certifies its Veritas data center products on Oracle Linux as Oracle claims continued growth for it Linux services
The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 Rob Perri	The Symantec Value Trap It's easy to look at Symantec and say its problems are temporary and the stock is cheap, but is it true?
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: How Safe Is Symantec? What should worry Symantec investors was the company's December announcement that it is restating its statement of cash flows for the first half of fiscal 2006. Investors need to keep a sharp eye on this for the next few quarters.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2011 Anders Bylund	Symantec's Growth Vision Is Cloudy If you squint a certain way, Symantec looks like a turnaround story at the moment.
PC Magazine August 23, 2005 Larry Seltzer	Symantec Mail Security 8240 All of the most sophisticated and powerful features of mail protection developed by Symantec are rolled into one convenient package in the Symantec Mail Security 8240 appliance.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2005 Rich Smith	Symantec vs. the Taxman If Symantec ultimately had to ante up 51.8% to the taxman, shareholders can take some consolation in the fact that the company made a whole bunch of money first.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Michael Hickins	Symantec Rebuts IRS Claims Security and storage software vendor Symantec filed a 60-page petition with the United States Tax Court rejecting a claim that it owes Uncle Sam more than $1 billion in back taxes and penalties.
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Sarah Lacy	Symantec's Thompson: "I Can't Wait To Compete..." As the CEO finalizes his deal for Veritas, war with Microsoft looms.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Shoots for Two In advance of earnings, analysts expect sales to grow at computer security expert Symantec, and profits to grow even more.
InternetNews February 8, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Configuration Requires Relicore Symantec aims to buy Relicore to improve the way it tracks changes to applications and servers.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Jim Kerstetter	The Soft Underbelly Of Software Deals Consolidation within the software industry can help to safeguard growth, but it's notoriously tough to pull off.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec's Bizarre Swap After peeling back layers of buybacks, its shareholder dilution is more historic than prospective.
InternetNews January 29, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Extends IT Management With Latest Buy Symantec continues evolving its product lines for IT management.
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Symantec Releases New Storage Management Solution Veritas CommandCentral 5.0 addresses the proliferation of virtualization technologies by providing end-to-end visibility in both virtualized server and storage environments, analyzing end-to-end storage consumption and identifying storage that can be reclaimed.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Tim Beyers	Are Symantec and McAfee Doomed? Mr. Softy decides to take security seriously.
InternetNews August 9, 2005 Paul Shread	Symantec Releases First Veritas Products Symantec unveils the first joint products since acquiring Veritas last month. The new offerings focus on e-mail security and archiving and Linux-based storage management.
InternetNews December 13, 2005 Clint Boulton	Dell Data Protects With Symantec Touch The company will offer Symantec's backup software with its storage arrays to help customers protect their data.
InternetNews October 10, 2008 Richard Adhikari	MessageLabs Buy a Headache for Symantec? Some think competitive issues and potential integration problems will be a serious challenge, but Symantec brushes such concerns aside.
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Robert Barker	Not Many Chinks in Symantec's Armor Demand for its Internet firewall and antivirus software programs is so strong that Symantec expects revenues in the fiscal year ending in March to surge 33%, its earnings per share jumping 44%, to $1.54.
InternetNews May 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Symantec Patches Antivirus Vulnerability Symantec said today it has fixed a vulnerability in its antivirus software suite that potentially could open a backdoor to hackers.
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Wants Pirates' Millions Symantec is seeking $55 million in damages from eight civil lawsuits against companies it accused of trying to turn a buck by selling counterfeit copies of Symantec security software.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2011 Stephen J. Marini	Symantec: A Growth Opportunity in the Mobile Market Security could be a great opportunity to take advantage of the mobility trend.
InternetNews April 9, 2008	Symantec to Buy Privately-Held AppStream Symantec Corp, the world's biggest security software maker, said on Wednesday it will buy AppStream. The deal should close by June.
InternetNews September 9, 2010	Is Symantec in Microsoft's Shopping Cart? If the rumors are true, the security vendor would likely fetch a hefty, multi-billion dollar purchase price.
InternetNews August 17, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Symantec Adds Piece of Security Puzzle The antivirus maker, Symantec, buys Sygate to fill out its enterprise offerings.