Blogs Posts on "Shareholders"

Kroenke on brink of Arsenal takeover bid by Soccer News Info on Nov 5, 2009American sports magnate Stan Kroenke has edged a step closer to a possible bid for full control of Arsenal by increasing his stake in the club’s holding company to 29.9 percent. That is just short of the 29.99 percent threshold at which British...

Something to tweet about: Twitter valued at $1B by Take A Plunge on Sep 26, 2009Twitter Inc.’s founders now have a billion-dollar baby. But it wants to play the game without a corporate parent. Twitter has lined up $100 million to finance its operations.  The investment values the 3-year-old company at $1 billion. However...

Birmingham´s McLeish sees bright future under Yeung by Soccer News Info on Sep 25, 2009Carson Yeung, the Hong Kong businessman who is in the process of taking over Birmingham, has had his suitability to be a director of a top flight English club approved by the Premier League. Yeung’s associate Vico Hui Ho Luek has also passed th...

Microsoft Shareholders Can Have a Say on Pay by Windows 7 Help Tutorials, Software & More on Sep 21, 2009Redmond-based Microsoft's board has reportedly voted on Friday to enable shareholders to say more on the manner in which the company's executives are retributed.

Hong Kong tycoon makes Birmingham buyout bid by Soccer News Info on Aug 24, 2009Hong Kong tycoon Carson Yeung said Monday he has offered 57.13 million pounds (94.7 million US) to buy English Premier League team Birmingham City, promising money to buy new players. Yeung, whose Hong Kong-listed Grandtop International has a 29.9 pe...

Former West Ham owner Gudmundsson declared bankrupt by Soccer News Info on Jul 31, 2009Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, the former owner and chairman of English Premier League side West Ham United, has been declared bankrupt, an Icelandic court ruled on Friday. Judges in Reykjavik agreed with Gudmundsson’s argument that he had no reasonab...

IBM scoops up software maker SPSS in $1.2B deal by Take A Plunge on Jul 29, 2009IBM will acquire business software provider SPSS Inc. in a $1.2 billion acquisition deal. This will bulk up IBM’s most profitable division. This is an all cash deal. The price paid to SPSS is a 42% premium over its closing price of $35.09 on M...

Arsenal fans must back Wenger, warns Henry by Soccer News Info on Jul 28, 2009Former Arsenal star Thierry Henry has told the club’s disgruntled fans to keep the faith with manager Arsene Wenger. The Gunners have gone four seasons without winning a trophy and a small section of the Emirates Stadium crowd heckled Wenger la...

RIM gets asked about BlackBerry devices for children at AGM by BlackBerryBlitz on Jul 20, 2009RIM’s Annual General Shareholders’ meeting was last week, July 15th, and some of the best news to come out of it was actually from a child in the audience. While he probably isn’t a shareholder, he had a good question for the RIM ex...

Mid-East consortium takes over oldest club by Soccer News Info on Jul 14, 2009The world’s oldest football club Notts County has been taken over by a Middle East based financial group, the club said in a statement on Tuesday. Shareholders including fans representatives at the English League 2 (fourth division) club agreed...