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Broadcom presses Emulex shareholders to meet about deal

Broadcom wants Emulex shareholders to voice their views on Broadcom's US$764 million unsolicited offer to buy Emulex after failing repeatedly to negotiate a deal between the two companies' boards.

| News | Business | Legal | 06/09/09 at 1:55 pm |


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Sun shareholders file suit to block sale to Oracle

Sun Microsystems shareholders filed three separate lawsuits last month in an effort to halt the company's pending sale to Oracle, according to a filing Sun made with the SEC Friday.

| News | Business | 05/08/09 at 2:21 pm |


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Survey: Most companies ready for SEC conversion

At least 340 of the estimated 500 public companies required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin filing financial data in the XBRL format in June have made the conversion, according to a survey from XBRL US, a nonprofit standards group.

| News | Business | Government | 05/08/09 at 10:38 am |


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SEC deposition shows softer side of Jobs

The SEC's 118-page deposition of Steve Jobs, which Forbes acquired via the Freedom of Information Act, shows that Jobs asked Apple's board of directors for an options grant in 2001 because he felt that he wasn't getting his due appreciation from the company.

| Opinion | Legal | 04/23/09 at 12:43 pm |


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