Neowin News Feed for: Shareholders

Jeff Bezos: Profits are not important to Amazon, customers are

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:18:46 +0100

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has written a letter to shareholders outlining his aims for the company. Bezos says that Amazon innovates even when there is no need, putting customers above profits. Read more...

Apple "iWatch" could be past the experimental stage

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:01:31 +0000

A report from Bloomberg says that Apple's rumoured "iWatch" could already be in development, by a team of as many as 100 of the Cupertino employees ahead of a 2013 launch. Read more...

Nokia shareholders want CEO Elop ousted [Update]

Byron Hinson — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:21:30 +0000

It seems that not everyone is happy with the Nokia and Microsoft deal that the two companies announced last week, especially some of the Nokia shareholders. According to computing.co.uk, nine Nokia shareholders will use their next... Read more...

Google Shareholders Vote Against Anti-Censorship Proposal

Slimy — Fri, 11 May 2007 03:58:53 +0100

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A majority of Google shareholders have voted against an anti-censorship proposal that took aim at the way Google conducts its business in China and other countries that engage in active censorship. The company received a... Read more...

Apple's Jobs apologizes to shareholders

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:49:27 +0100

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has apologized to shareholders after an internal investigation found that he had been aware of the company's practice of "backdating" employee stock options. "I apologize to Apple's shareholders and employees for... Read more...

Apple Shareholders Sue Apple

MonkeyClaw — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:38:30 +0100

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Apple shareholders have filed suit against the company, in the latest development of the options furore. The shareholders claim Apple's CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives, changed their option-grant dates to reap "millions of... Read more...

Seagate, Maxtor Merger Approved by Shareholders

stncttr908 — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:41:22 +0100

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After a deal was reported to be in the works months ago, shareholders for both Seagate and Maxtor have approved a merger of the hard drive giants. Under the deal, Seagate will acquire Maxtor,... Read more...

Cisco Fights Shareholders on Human Rights

dw2003 — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:04:29 +0100

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Internet equipment maker Cisco Systems is fighting a shareholder action that urges the company to adopt a comprehensive human rights policy for its dealings with the Chinese government, and with other states practicing political censorship... Read more...

PeopleSoft Shareholders Give Oracle Green Light

malebolgia — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:05:28 +0000

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Oracle Relevant Products/Services from Oracle, backed by what the company views as a favorable response from PeopleSoft Latest News about PeopleSoft stockholders, is applying more pressure in an effort to complete its proposed US$9.2 billion... Read more...

Sega shareholders give go-ahead to Sammy merger

Dice — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:36:45 +0100

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One of the industry's biggest-ever mergers is on track for October As we announced in our previous Sega post, we said that Sega would announce today what their plans will be. Sammy's... Read more...

Apple not US-centric, Jobs tells shareholders

malebolgia — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:30:01 +0100

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Apple shareholders yesterday re-elected the company's six-member board and voted down a proposal to restrict executive pay. During the company's annual shareholders meeting at its Cupertino headquarters all board members were approved by a majority... Read more...

Shareholders query porn star presence at Nvidia party

NTUsEr — Mon, 26 May 2003 20:22:21 +0100

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Investors on a Yahoo board are wondering just how Nvidia will justify pulling in a famous porn star at a party held at the E3 games show recently. A number of investors in... Read more...

Acclaim Shareholders Sue...Acclaim?

Marcel Klum — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:47:38 +0000

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As you may have heard over the last few days, a group of shareholders in games developer and publisher Acclaim have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company. The complaint alleges that the company's predictions... Read more...