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Stockholders of at least 8% of Research in Motion call for company shake-up
Wed, 2011-10-12 00:14 - By
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Investment firm Jaguar Financial and some other shareholders owning at least 8% of Research in Motion are calling to oust the company's co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who both own 10% of the company, and potentially sell BlackBerry to the highest bidder. Since last October, Research in Motion’s shares have went down 50% to $24.10, and have slid 58% since the beginning of 2011.
Google attracts one billion unique visitors in May
Thu, 2011-06-23 06:42 - By
According to data by ComScore, Google has had one billion worldwide visitors in May, the first time ever that a site has drawn that many visitors in one month, Cnet has reported. Microsoft grabbed the second spot with 905 million visitors last month, up 15% from a year earlier, while Facebook took third place with 714 million visitors, up 30% compared to the same month a year ago.
Wikipedia receives $16 million in support
Mon, 2011-01-03 17:56 - By
CNET reports that Jimmy Wales, Co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia, has announced that the online encyclopaedia has successfully collected $16m in donations during this holiday season, the most successful fundraiser in the history of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, parent of Wikipedia. The foundation and its ad-free sites had enjoyed more than 500,000 donations, including nearly 130,000 donations to local Wikimedia chapters worldwide.
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