Newspaper wrap-up: Nasdaq to buy PHLX
Posted Nov 7th 2007 9:15AM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Merrill Lynch (MER)
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OTHER PAPERS:
- Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced yesterday that it fired Chief Information Officer Stuart L. Scott on Friday for violating company policies, although the company did not specify an exact reason for the dismissal, reported the Associated Press.
- Laurence Fink, the chairman and CEO of BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), has met with the executive search firm responsible for filling the CEO vacancy at Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER). Fink is believed to be the leading candidate to become Merrill's CEO, according to the New York Times.
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- GigaOM reported that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is kicking off its game-focused advertising initiative later this month, according to inside sources.
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