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E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- March 21, 2012
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The E-Commerce Times -- E-Business Means Business
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Headline Scan
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1. Oracle Wows Wall St. as New Licenses Roll In
2. HP Gets Extreme Makeover
3. Facebook's IPO Underwriters Aren't Complaining
4. Draining Apple's Bulging Bags of Mad Money
5. The Insurgents and the Status Quo
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Story Highlights
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1. Oracle Wows Wall St. as New Licenses Roll In
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Oracle released its fiscal third-quarter earnings Tuesday, coming out
ahead of Wall Street expectations in regard to profits and new license
sales. The database software maker saw revenue rise 2.2 percent from a
year ago, going from $8.81 billion to $9.04 billion. It posted adjusted
earnings at 62 cents per share, up from 54 cents one year before.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74684.html
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2. HP Gets Extreme Makeover
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In a sweeping reorganization of its operations, HP is merging its
Imaging and Printing Group with its Personal Systems Group, the unit
that makes the company's computers. The news delivered a jolt to the
industry when it leaked on Tuesday. Although HP's star has dimmed
somewhat since its high-flying days in the 1980s and 90s, it remains a
major player.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74683.html
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3. Facebook's IPO Underwriters Aren't Complaining
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Facebook has apparently taken its massive user base and immense
popularity to heart. The company reportedly is dictating to Wall Street
underwriters what it will pay in fees for its $5 billion initial public
offering. Typically, these fees would range from 3 percent to 7 percent
of the offering. However, Facebook is said to be allowing -- and the
banks are willing to accept -- a fee of just 1.1 percent.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74680.html
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4. Draining Apple's Bulging Bags of Mad Money
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Apple recently gave investors what some had been demanding for months,
if not years: a dividend on their shares. The company promised to
initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share, beginning in the
fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012, which starts in July. Apple will also
start a $10 billion share repurchase program.
See the Full Story:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74681.html
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5. The Insurgents and the Status Quo
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If you read <em>Steve Jobs</em> by Walter Isaacson, you get a good sense
of the rivalry between Jobs and Bill Gates and Microsoft, or between
Apple and the rest of the world more generally. But the rivalries were
really between that past/present -- and the future -- and Jobs and Gates
were only playing parts that were scripted long ago. The play's outlines
are of insurgent new ideas against the status quo.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74675.html
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