Google Employees Watch In Horror As 60 Percent Of Their Stock Options DrownOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 17 hours ago (http://www.techcrunch.com) | related links
Category: internet | Tags google, erick schonfeld, stocks, stock options, employees, Search All Tags
Erick Schonfeld posts on the dramatic decrease in value of Google's stocks. He states "All told, 61 percent of Google’s stock options granted to employees are currently under water." read more »
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Think of the children! AA and Delta agree to filter pornOpen in New Window
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Category: internet | Tags gogo, american airlines, wireless, inflight wireless, delta, flights, Search All Tags
Gogo is American Airline's in-flight wireless service which is offered on select domestic flights between New York, San Francisco, Miami, and Los Angeles. American Airlines announced this week that read more »

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PayPal top-up card is titsupOpen in New Window
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Category: internet | Tags john oates, register, paypal, visa, account, batch file, Search All Tags
John Oates reports that Register readers are complaining that money added to their prepaid PayPal Visa cards on Wednesday has still not appeared on account balances. One reader stated that he was tol read more »
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Laptops to blame for Qantas jet plunge?Open in New Window
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Category: internet | Tags qantas a330-300, western australia, lap tops, australian transport safety bureau, atsb, computers, jumbo jet, Search All Tags
Investigators are asking passengers of the Qantas A330-300 that plunged out-of-control over Western Australia if they were using lap tops just prior to the plane's problems. The Australian Transpor read more »
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Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projectsOpen in New Window
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Category: software | Tags larry dignan, forrester research, forrester, technology, global economic crisis, Search All Tags, ,
Larry Dignan posts on Forrester Research's statements about the effects of the global economic crisis on technology service firms. Forrester states "While this is not the time to panic, service pr read more »
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What crisis? IBM spoils the bears' day with good Q3 newsOpen in New Window
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"Usually when a company these days gives advance warning to the press about earnings numbers that aren't due for another week, it's to help diffuse a negative backlash. Not this time, as IBM hande read more »
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MoD loses most of the armed forcesOpen in New Window
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The Ministry of Defense anounced that they had lost yet more data on US service personnel, stating "On Wednesday 8 October we were informed by our contractor EDS that they were unable to account fo read more »
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BrutalOpen in New Window
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"Here is a one-month stock chart comparing Apple (down 40 percent), Google (down 20 percent), Yahoo (ditto), and Microsoft (down about 10 percent)." read more »
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