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Q&A: Meg Whitman on fixing HP and Autonomy's accounting troubles
Last month, the Los Angeles Times sat down with Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, to discuss her first 15 months on the job. The story from that interview ran earlier this month. The interview came just a few weeks after HP announced that it had...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, eBay Inc., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Yahoo shakes up board, brings in top technologist Max Levchin
Yahoo has added former PayPal executive Max Levchin to its board in a bold move that makes it clearer than ever the Internet pioneer is returning to its roots as a technology company under its new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer. Brad Smith, chief...
Tags: Corporate Officers, The Weather Channel (tv network), eBay Inc., Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology
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Shustak Frost & Partners
From offices in California and New York, Shustak Frost & Partners has established a national reputation for securities and financial litigation and arbitrations. “Helping people who have been pushed around or taken advantage of has always been our...
Tags: eBay Inc., Litigation, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Arbitration, Trials
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Porn videos found under L.A. city employee's desk
L.A. NOWA clerk at the Los Angeles cDepartment of Transportation's dispatch center is under administrative investigation for possible misuse of government property after a supervisor discovered pornographic videos under his desk, a department official confirmed..... -
Culver City man charged in World War II nickel scam
L.A. NOWA Culver City man has been charged in connection with a World War II nickel scam he orchestrated on eBay, the state attorney general's office announced Wednesday.... -
Silicon Valley money picks up L.A. trophy homes
Nothing like a splash of tech/Internet entrepreneur money to pick up the local real estate market. Making tsunami-like waves so far this year are three Westside transactions: Billionaire venture capitalist and hedge fund manager Peter Thiel cherry-...
Tags: Media Industry, Peter Thiel, Tyler Winklevoss, Mutual Funds, Mark Zuckerberg
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Tech tycoons go on mansion-buying binge near 'Silicon Beach'
Maybe the attraction is Silicon Beach, the swath of Los Angeles that is home to so many tech start-ups. Or maybe it's just the beach. Either way, Northern California technology titans and wannabes increasingly are sinking money into trophy homes from...Tags: Property, Media Industry, Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison, Gateway Incorporated
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7 million physical stores to accept PayPal in Discover deal
Starting next year, PayPal users will be able to use their online payment accounts to shop in more than 7 million physical stores nationwide, because of a new partnership between owner Ebay Inc. and credit card company Discover Financial Services. PayPal...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Discover Financial Services, Walmart, Dunkin' Donuts
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Elon Musk of SpaceX: The goal is Mars
As shipments go, it was routine — about half a ton of supplies — except it was delivered by the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. SpaceX partnered with NASA in this new model, the brainchild of Elon Musk, who's behind...
Tags: Space Programs, Engineering, John Carter (movie), Tesla Motors, Inc., NASA
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Facebook investor Peter Thiel opens Mithril venture capital fund
Peter Thiel, a PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor, is launching a $402-million venture capital fund focused on mid-stage companies dealing with major global problems. He’s calling it Mithril Capital Management. If that sounds familiar,...
Tags: Media Industry, Companies and Corporations, Peter Thiel, Economy, Business and Finance, Business
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says launch 'a giant weight ... off my back'
Billionaire Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, sent his Falcon 9 rocket into space early Tuesday morning with an unmanned Dragon capsule after an original mission was aborted over the weekend. How’s he feeling? Extremely relieved....
Tags: Space Programs, 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie), Tesla Motors, Inc., Business Enterprises, NASA
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Alibaba.com shareholders OK $2.5 billion privatization bid
Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese e-commerce giant that looks a bit like a mash-up of EBay, PayPal and Amazon, plans to pay $2.5 billion to snatch back Yahoo Inc.’s 27% stake in Alibaba.com. Minority shareholders approved a plan Friday to offer...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Hong Kong, Amazon.com Inc., Companies and Corporations, Consumer Goods Industries
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