Matthew Lynley
Twitter Finally Adds A Woman To Its Board Of Directors
The company has appointed Marjorie Scardino, the former CEO of Pearson, to its formerly all-male board of directors. Scardino has a strong media background, something Twitter was expected to look for in a board candidate.
Matthew Lynley
Carl Icahn Wants Apple's Shareholders To Vote On What To Do With Apple's Massive Cash Pile
Icahn has filed a shareholder proposal to get Apple to follow through with a share buyback.
Matthew Lynley
Where Topsy Fits Into Apple's Grand Plans
Yesterday Apple paid more than $200 million for Topsy, a company that analyzes tweets. So, what is it going to do with it?
Matthew Lynley
7 Ways To Totally Blow A Tech Company Turnaround
BlackBerry has been in the middle of a turnaround for the past two years and just ousted a bunch of executives earlier this week. They aren't the only ones that have failed to find ways to turn around a floundering tech giant.
Matthew Lynley
More Top Blackberry Executives Were Just Ousted
BlackBerry is quickly attempting to shed the legacy of its last CEO, whose bet on a touchscreen smartphone ended in near-complete failure.
Matthew Lynley
Apple's Cash Pile To Grow 0.198% After Beating Samsung In Court
A verdict for its trial with Samsung just came in, and Samsung is going to have to pay Apple $290 million. Now, what should it do with all that cash?
Matthew Lynley
Google Wallet Is, Surprisingly, Still Alive And Kicking
Google said it would hand out plastic cards tied to Google Wallet accounts that can be used much in the same way that normal credit cards are used.
Matthew Lynley
Yahoo Is Raising Another $1 Billion To Fuel Marissa Mayer's Spending Spree
Yahoo is also upping its buyback program to $5 billion.
Matthew Lynley
The Media Has Already Lost Interest In Twitter
News volume surrounding Twitter has fallen off a cliff since its IPO debut, marking another metric in which it pales in comparison to Facebook.
Matthew Lynley
Facebook's Whack-A-Mole Problem
After Facebook's Snapchat clone was a dud, it tried to buy the original for $3 billion only to have the offer turned down. CEO Mark Zuckerberg's next challenge will be figuring out what apps his company is actually capable of cloning — and which ones he needs to buy.
Matthew Lynley
Facebook Tried To Buy Snapchat, But Failed
But the offer itself speaks to CEO Mark Zuckerberg's penchant to try to buy what Facebook can't build.
Matthew Lynley
Yahoo's Investors Excited About A Company That's Not Yahoo
Yahoo has a huge stake in Alibaba, an e-commerce company that is basically the equivalent of Amazon in China. That company just reported a blowout day in sales on one of China's biggest shopping days.
Matthew Lynley
What An IPO Hangover Looks Like
Twitter started trading Thursday at nearly double the price it set for its initial public offering. It ended its second day of trading down about 7%.
Matthew Lynley
8 Ways To Measure Twitter's Worth
Twitter finally began trading today, and it's now worth about $25 billion before options and restricted stock units. So, what is that really worth?
Matthew Lynley
Twitter Is Now Worth About $25 Billion After Its First Day Of Trading
After pricing its IPO at $26, Twitter ended its first trading day at $44.94, up 73%.
Matthew Zeitlin
Twitter's Stock Explodes After Making Its Trading Debut
Twitter began trading at $45.10, well above its IPO price of $26. Already there was an enormous amount of demand for Twitter's shares.
Matthew Lynley
Twitter's Price: $26 A Share
Twitter priced its initial public offering at $26 based on strong demand for the stock, even as it increases its price ahead of the IPO. It begins trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TWTR.
Matthew Lynley
Surprise! These Businesses Are Still Around
Blockbuster plans to close its remaining 300 U.S. stores, leading many to joke that they didn't realize it still had stores in the first place. But it takes a lot to kill off a company. Just take a look at these stats from businesses presumed to be dead already.
Matthew Lynley
An IPO Tale Of The Tape: Twitter Vs. Facebook
Shares of Twitter will begin trading Thursday. Here's a breakdown of how the road to its public market debut compares to Facebook's last year.
Matthew Lynley
No Surprise: Twitter Is Increasing Its Price Range For Its IPO
Twitter was already planning on filing at a discount, which is a common tactic to test the waters for demand for shares. The new range is between $23 and $25.
Matthew Lynley
