Neowin News Feed for: Execs

Apple senior execs get bonuses, Jobs still at $1

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:41:35 +0000

Several senior executives at Apple Inc took home 2007 cash bonuses that doubled their salaries but Chief Executive Steve Jobs maintained his annual pay of $1 and took no additional compensation, the company said on... Read more...

Circuit City OKs Cash Incentives to Retain Top Execs

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:42:05 +0000

Circuit City, the nation's No. 2 electronics retailer, approved millions in cash incentives to retain its top talent following the departure of several key executives over the past year. Executive vice presidents could claim retention... Read more...

Former Apple Execs Join Palm

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:20:25 +0000

Palm stockholders have approved a proposal that will let Elevation Partners - a venture capital firm whose principals include former Apple CFO Fred Anderson - invest $325 million in the ailing PDA and smartphone manufacturer.... Read more...

Senior execs targeted in 'precision' malware attacks

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:23:17 +0000

Hackers are targeting senior managers of large firms - along with members of their families - in a new wave of highly-focused email attacks. On 26 June, net security services firm MessageLabs intercepted more than... Read more...

Apple Execs Hire Legal Council as Options Probe Continues

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:07:46 +0000

Apple executives are hiring lawyers as the company's stock options debacle continues. The news emerges as Apple CEO Steve Jobs faces further enquiries following revelations that two senior executives at his one-time other company,... Read more...

Google Execs Keep $1 Salaries

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:33:35 +0000

Google CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founders and co-presidents Larry Page and Sergey Brin will retain the $1 paid salaries from 2005, according to a filing this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ... Read more...

Former Acclaim execs face $150m lawsuit

Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:44:09 +0000

Fischbach, Scoroposki, Cousens et al face allegations of corporate malpractice A year after publisher Acclaim declared itself bankrupt, the trustee appointed to wind up the firm has filed a complaint against several... Read more...

eBay Execs Who Got IPO Shares to Pay $3 Million

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:15:11 +0000

EBay Inc. said on Thursday its chief executive and two early leaders will pay $3 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging they received shares in hot stock offerings from their investment bankers. EBay CEO... Read more...

Intel Execs Run Down Dual-Core Roadmap

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:04:06 +0000

Intel executives presented a detailed roadmap of the company's dual-core future at the Intel Developer Forum here on Tuesday, including plans for a processor that will now be called the "Pentium D." ... Read more...

Microsoft execs comment on PlayStation Portable

Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:36:55 +0000

Senior executives from Microsoft's Xbox division have commented on Sony's plans for the PlayStation Portable, with Peter Moore dismissing the console's launch as being similar to a company trying to challenge the Windows operating system.... Read more...

Apple Creates New iPod Division, Shuffles Execs

Thu, 20 May 2004 15:22:36 +0000

Apple Computer Inc. has created a new division within the maker of the Macintosh computer to sell its popular iPod, the market leading digital music player, the company said on Wednesday. Jon Rubinstein, who has... Read more...

AMD, Seagate Shuffle Execs

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:49:00 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Seagate Technology LLC made unrelated management moves late Thursday and early Friday, restructuring their executive offices. Seagate replaced Steve Luczo as chief executive, shifting Luczo to his existing... Read more...

IT execs fed up with travelling

Sun, 04 Apr 2004 03:28:13 +0000

IT executives are the keenest of all professionals to cut back on business travel for a better quality of life. According to a survey by Barclaycard, 82 per cent of IT workers -... Read more...

Execs vow global crackdown on music file sharing

Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:00:48 +0000

A music industry trade organization said on Thursday new online download services are winning over customers, and warned a globe-spanning legal crackdown on file sharers is imminent. On Thursday, the International Federation... Read more...

IBM execs, S. Korea officials accused of bribery

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:52:02 +0000

Some 48 South Korean government officials and corporate executives, mainly from IBM ventures, have been charged with bribery in a case involving state contracts for computer parts and servers, prosecutors said Monday. Fourteen... Read more...

Apple Promotes Key Software Execs

Wed, 09 Jul 2003 12:07:49 +0000

Apple Tuesday said it promoted Avadis "Avie" Tevanian Jr. to chief software technology officer and Bertrand Serlet to senior vice president of software engineering. Tevanian, who joined Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple in 1997,... Read more...

Two Enron Execs Charged in Broadband Fraud

Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:16:55 +0000

Federal authorities arrested and charged two Enron Corp. executives on Wednesday with fraud for allegedly creating $111 million in bogus earnings from a ballyhooed Internet video-on-demand venture that was a failure from its inception.... Read more...

Napster founder, key execs quit; bankruptcy looms

Darren Bolton — Wed, 15 May 2002 07:20:32 +0000

Napster founder Shawn Fanning quit the revolutionary online file-swapping service he created in his Boston dorm room in a mass exodus Tuesday that almost certainly signals the end for the once-feisty music service. ... Read more...