CUBAN, GOV’T LAWYER SPAR AT INSIDER-TRADING TRIAL
By DAVID KOENIG Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team owner and business man Mark Cuban stops to chat as he walks out of the federal courthouse during a break in testimony…
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NOKIA STOCK SURGES ON MICROSOFT TAKEOVER
By MATTI HUUHTANEN Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a press conference on the company’s deal with Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia in Espoo, Finland on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. Microsoft…
ZURICH TO LOOK AT ‘UNDUE PRESSURE’ ON CFO
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2012 file photo then CEO of Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann speaks during the bank’s annual press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. Ackermann,…
MICROSOFT SAYS CEO BALLMER TO RETIRE IN 12 MONTHS
By BREE FOWLER and BARBARA ORTUTAY FILE – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a Microsoft event in San Francisco, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Ballmer, who helped build Microsoft into…
OFFICIALS: OBAMA NAMING NC’S WATT FOR HOUSING POST
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Sept. 2012 file photo, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.…
FACEBOOK’S ZUCKERBERG LAUNCHES POLITICAL GROUP
By BARBARA ORTUTAY FILE- In this Thursday, March 20, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Teaming up with other Silicon Valley…
JC PENNEY OUSTS CEO RON JOHNSON
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO FILE – In this Wednesday, May 14, 2008, file photo, Ron Johnson, speaks to reporters in front of the central glass staircase in the Apple store on…
APNEWSBREAK: EX-SURGEON GENERAL JOINS E-CIG BOARD
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Several different versions of the NJOY electronic cigarettes are shown in Richmond, Va., Friday, March 22, 2013. Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers…