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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months — Board of directors initiates succession process; Ballmer remains CEO until successor is named. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO within the next 12 months …
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Moving forward — Text of an internal email from Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer to employees regarding his plan to retire. — I am writing to let you know that I will retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next 12 months, after a successor is chosen.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's next CEO: Who's on the short list? — Summary: Microsoft is beginning its search for a successor to CEO Steve Ballmer. Here's who might be on the internal short list of possible candidates. — Microsoft is starting a formal search process for its next CEO …
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| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
Microsoft shares rise early amid Ballmer retirement news — The software company's shares are up approximately 8 percent in early trading. — Microsoft's shares are up significantly in early trading on Friday following news of CEO Steve Ballmer's impending retirement.
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Steve Ballmer Just Made $769 Million — As difficult as it may have been for Steve Ballmer to announce his plans to retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next year, there's one thing that likely made it a bit easier to stomach — the big spike in his personal wealth that followed.
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Microsoft's Ballmer on his biggest regret, the next CEO and more — Summary: I had 15 minutes today to ask Microsoft's outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer a few questions. We talked his biggest regrets, his thinking on what's next and more. Here's Part 1. — Mary Jo Foley
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| Ewen MacAskill / Guardian: |
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies — The material provides the first evidence of a financial relationship between the tech companies and the NSA. — The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to cover the costs of major internet companies involved …
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Amazon Is Said to Have Tested a Wireless Network — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has tested a new wireless network that would allow customers to connect its devices to the Internet, according to people with knowledge of the matter. — The wireless network, which was tested in Cupertino …
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Samsung denied new trial over Apple's ‘bounce-back’ patent — Amid planning for new damages retrial, Judge Koh rules that there will not be another new trial over the '381 patent. — A federal judge on Thursday denied Samsung's request for a new patent trial over Apple's “bounce-back” patent.
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| Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
iWork for iCloud beta now open to anyone with an Apple ID — First it was available to developers, then a select few who received invitations, and now the beta of iWork for iCloud is available for all. Apple's made no official announcement, but point your browser to icloud.com … | Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM: |
Citing Steve Jobs email, DOJ claims Apple changed in-app purchase to retaliate against Amazon — The federal government on Friday filed a revised proposed remedy for Apple in the ebook case, following a hearing earlier this month with a judge and counsel for Apple.| TechCrunch: |
Google Ventures Puts $258M Into Uber, Its Largest Deal Ever — A Certificate Of Incorporation unearthed by AllThingsD today shows that Uber has closed $361.2 million in its latest round. It's unknown why TPG, which picked up 775,092 shares, paid a lower per-share price than the other participants.
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| Andrew Mayeda / Bloomberg: |
Canada's Moore Says BlackBerry Must Revive by Itself — Canadian Industry Minister James Moore said it's up to BlackBerry Ltd. (BB) to pull off a turnaround on its own, signaling the government has no plans to intervene in the struggling smartphone maker's future.
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Apple's Falling China Share Vexes IPhone Case Makers — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s falling market share in China is prompting thousands of local accessory makers to give more attention to products that fit mobile phones and tablet computers made by Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) and domestic rivals.
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