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Steve Ballmer: NOT ignoring shareholders
Can you hear us, Steve Ballmer? Can you hear us now?
The answer to the question (asked by analysts across Wall Street, on behalf of the millions of Microsoft shareholders they purport to represent) has been a resounding no. But Ballmer is trying to ...
Steve Ballmer matters less than anyone in business?
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't get no love. His famous "monkey boy" performance is crazy-popular among those who thrive on poking fun at (and re-mixing) Ballmer's sweaty antics. He's being marginalized as Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie are groomed to ...
MSFT says the heck with paper: Steve Ballmer Bernstein speech transcript
Yesterday I liveblogged the speech given by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference, and if you read that, you already know: Microsoft is planning to keep investing significant ...
Should Dick Parsons be fired? (or Steve Ballmer or Jeff Immelt or ...)
Every time we write a critical post about Time Warner or Microsoft, or expose a negative fact, rumor or analysis, the refrain renews: fire the CEO! Dick Parsons, that lucky guy, gets the brunt of our readers' anger. He's screwing up Time Warner, ...
Steve Ballmer says everybody must get fired (well, 6.5% of everybody)
Why aren't you firing more people? asked Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer of British managers during the
Institute of Director's conference yesterday, the London Times reports. After all,
he himself makes a policy to dismiss 6.5% of his employees every ...
Ballmer wimps out
I was convinced that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) would go hostile on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). Microsoft is known as a tough player, right? And Yahoo seems to be a good strategic fit.
But of course, Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, has thrown in the towel ...
Ballmer says 'no' to Yahoo!
Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) stock has been up a bit in the last two days as the market fell apart. The theory behind it was simple. The partnership with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to sell search ads has fallen apart. Yahoo! lost some revenue potential, but it ...
Ballmer: Linux users owe Microsoft
What were Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) reasons for the recent agreement with Linux distributor, Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL)? Could it be that Microsoft was just trying to find a "back door" to backhandedly ward off a threat from the company's ...
Ballmer: to buy Yahoo or not to buy Yahoo?
With the presidential election, we are hearing lots of so-called "parsing." Basically, this involves using code words to score some points.
Well, the same goes for takeovers, especially Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) fight for Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO). For ...
The brilliance of Steve Ballmer and the uncertain future of Yahoo!
The dust is settling after the withdrawn purchase offer of Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). During that fascinating process, speculation ran high as to why Steve Ballmer chose the strategy that he did. People were ...
Steve Ballmer killed Microsoft's big chance at search
As Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) gets ready for another round of talks with Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) about buying its search business, the news that CEO Steve Ballmer killed two chances to get into search several years ago has emerged.
While there is some ...
Liveblogging Microsoft's Steve Ballmer at Strategic Decisions Conference
8:02 a.m. As I wrote yesterday, Strategic Decision #1: Steve Ballmer's decision to speak today, "directly to investors." He'll be answering questions from the little guy and the question on everyone's lips: will he be defensive?
8:04 ...
Microsoft's Ballmer takes more shots at Google
It's always a good idea to take any competitor seriously. After all, just a few years ago, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) was a fairly small company.
However, as for Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO, Steve Ballmer, I'm not sure he thinks Google is a ...
Microsoft's Ballmer smartly throws cold water
In what may be a savvy move by Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO, Steve Ballmer, investor reaction has been quick and decisive. The stock is down 2% from Ballmer's comment to the analytical world----slow down on your Vista expectations.
Microsoft, which ...
Innovation does not happen overnight, says Microsoft's Ballmer
When Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer speaks, dissecting his words can sometimes take a while. The brash but successful CEO sometimes says things that demonstrate arrogance or a misunderstanding of certain markets, but generally he's ...
Nuclear power is on the comeback trail
Apple backs AT&T in continuing spat with Verizon
Closing Bell: The recession is still over, still... do you feel it?
