Published on October 21, 2010 by Technology Slice
7 Inch Screen Enough Says RIM – “We think many customers are getting tired of being told what to think by Apple,” RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said in a blog post responding to the comments made on Monday by Jobs. Jobs, speaking to financial analysts during a conference call, dismissed 7-inch tablets as “tweeners” [...]
Tags: 1 Million, blackberry, Chief Executive, Conference Call, Consecutive Quarters, Financial Analysts, Fingers, Guidance, Inch Screens, Ipad, Iphones, Jim Balsillie, Preference, Record Shipments, Rim, Sandpaper, Smartphone, Smartphones, Target, Tweeners
Posted in Mobile Phones
Published on May 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Netflix Executive Selling Shares – Something worth watching on Netflix: executive stock sales. In recent months, as Netflix stock nearly doubled to around $100, finance chief Barry McCarthy sharply increased his stock sales, according to Gradient Analytics. Filings show that using a prearranged trading plan, he cashed in about 188,000 options in the first quarter—exercisable [...]
Tags: Barry Mccarthy, Conference Call, Discordant Note, Earnings Conference, Finance Chief, First Quarter, Fourth Quarter, Gradient Analytics, Mr Mccarthy, netflix, Rally, S Sales, Selling Shares, Stock Sales, Targets, Willingness
Posted in Internet
Published on March 18, 2010 by Technology Slice
Bobby Gonzalez Gets Fired – Fed up by his antics on and off the court, Seton Hall fired basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez on Wednesday after a 19-win season. The dismissal came roughly 12 hours after the coach known as “Gonzo” endured an 87-69 loss in the opening round of the NIT, a game in which [...]
Tags: Antics, Basketball Coach, Bobby Gonzalez, Coach Bobby, Conference Call, Herb Pope, Hobbs, Law School Dean, Louis Orr, Mark Gonzalez, Monsignor, Ncaa Tournament, Ncaa Tournaments, Professionalism, Seton Hall University, Sheeran, Technical Foul, University Law School, University President, Utmost Respect
Posted in Sport
Published on February 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Debating Pac-10 expansion is no longer idle chit-chat. Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott made that clear during a teleconference with reporters Tuesday. “It really is over the next six to 12 months that we’ll start having serious analysis and serious conversations,” Scott said about potential expansion. Scott was joined on the conference call by Kevin Weiberg, [...]
Tags: 12 Months, Academic Year, Big Ten Network, Chief Operating Officer, Chit Chat, Conference Call, Conferences, Conversations, Deputy Commissioner, Media Contracts, Negotiations, Pac 10, Partnership, Repositioning, Right Hand Man, S Tv, Six Months, Teleconference, Tenure, Time Period
Posted in General
Published on February 8, 2010 by Technology Slice
The federal government will be closed on Monday in the Washington area, according to the Office of Personnel Management, as the region continues to plow out of an historic snowstorm. OPM Director John Berry decides when to close federal offices in the Washington area. He convened a conference call with local and state government and [...]
Tags: 100 Million, Academic Institutions, Calendar Year, Closure, Conference Call, Director John, Federal Government Operating Status, Federal Offices, Final Decisions, John Berry, Monday Morning, Office Of Personnel, Office Of Personnel Management, Price Tag, Private Sector, Shutter, Snowstorm, State Government, Sunday Afternoon, Transportation Officials
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