Entries from May 2004

May 27, 2004

Yahoo! releases beta of rebranded Yahoo! Toolbar

Internet behemoth Yahoo! released a beta of an updated and rebranded Yahoo! Toolbar. The toolbar was most recently called Yahoo! Companion Toolbar, and before that, just Yahoo! Companion. The new software adds powerful and authoritative spyware and adware removal technology called Anti-Spy. It’s provided by industry-leading PestPatrol, Inc., and is believed to be the best, [...]

May 24, 2004

Monster Worldwide buys Tickle

According to this press release, online global career matching company Monster Worldwide has acquired privately held Tickle for approximately $95 million in cash and stock. Particulars of the deal say Monster paid $29.5 million in cash, a $40 million deferred performance-based payment payable over three years in cash, and one million shares of Monster Worldwide [...]

May 21, 2004

Page and Brin stakes in Google revealed

Google Co-Founders Hold 16 Pct. Stakes: “SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin each own nearly 16 percent of the Internet search engine leader that they launched nearly six years ago - stakes expected be worth at least $3 billion apiece after the company’s initial public offering of stock.”
Well, it’s [...]

May 16, 2004

From Prime Minister to Professional Legal Counsel …

Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien left the Office of Prime Minister on December 12th, 2003, after serving in power since November 1993 (more than 10 years). He was essentially forced to quit after rival and his former Minister of Finance Paul Martin won the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada — effectively making him [...]

May 14, 2004

Yahoo! Fires Back at Google

Yahoo! Fires Back at Google: “Yahoo! raised cash-flow guidance at the close of its analyst day Thursday, a day when the company announced an email initiative to compete with that of search rival Google.”
A slew of both Yahoo! and Google product announcements yesterday created a lot of media buzz. I’ve read all the articles (namely, [...]

May 12, 2004

John Kerry’s wife releases personal income and tax information

FOXNews.com - You Decide 2004 - Heinz Kerry Releases Personal Tax Info: “LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Teresa Heinz Kerry may be the richest potential first lady ever to hit the campaign trail, having earned more than $5 million in taxable and non-taxable income last year.”
So, John Kerry’s wife, Teresa, finally bowed to pressure and released her [...]

May 10, 2004

RightNow lines up among other tech companies for IPO

RightNow joins IPO conga line | CNET News.com: “Subscription software company RightNow Technologies has started the ball rolling on an initial public offering of its stock, joining a number of Internet companies queuing up to sell shares to the public. “
So, this seems to be more welcome news both for Wall Street because it is [...]

May 9, 2004

Blogger Relaunched

So, Google took the wraps off of the first major overhaul of Blogger since Evan and friends founded it several years ago. From the looks of it, it has a much more intuitive, user friendly interface. As well, it has many more templates that don’t suck. Very impressive.
With that said, welcome to my new blog. [...]