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Kerr-McGee Enters Settlement With Icahn Group and JANA Partners

Kerr-McGee has entered into a settlement with Mr. Carl Icahn, certain affiliated funds and JANA Partners.

WebTrends Finds H&R Block and TurboTax Lead in Search Engine Visibility

With the tax season reaching its crescendo, WebTrends, the web analytics market share leader and a business unit of NetIQ Corporation, today unveiled results from its WebPosition Search Ranking study of how ten popular tax web sites are using…

Navistar Gets In On Taiwan Military Contract

Navistar International today announced that its operating company International Truck and Engine Corporation in partnership with SanYang Industry Company of Taiwan…

Silicone-Gel Implants Get Thumbs Up From FDA Advisory Panel

An FDA advisory panel recommended approval of Mentor’s application to sell silicone-gel breast implants.

Blogger Uncovers Facts About LA Times Reporting On GM

Blogs come into play more than once in the story of General Motors’ decision to yank advertising from the Los Angeles Times.

Blogs’ latest champion: Rupert Murdoch

When you think of champions for blogs, you think Dan Gillmor, Doc Searls, Mark Cuban. But Rupert Murdoch? …

Microsoft Releases Beta of System Center Data Protection Manager

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the beta release of their Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM). The utility was designed to provide a continuous disk-based backup and recovery solution for the Microsoft Windows Server System.

MGIC Investment 1Q Net Income

MGIC Investment reported net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 of $182.0 million, compared with the $130.1 million for the same quarter a year ago.

CoolBrands of Eskimo Pie Fame Reports 2Q Results

CoolBrands adopted the U.S. dollar as its functional and reporting currency effective September 1, 2004, the commencement of fiscal 2005.

LexisNexis Finds Possible Victim Count at 310,000

LexisNexis conducted a review on March 9, after it identified a number of incidents of potentially fraudulent access to information at its recently acquired Seisint unit.

You’ve Gotta Try the New Office Communicator

I keep forgetting that Jeff Sandquist is one of the best judges of what’s cool in software that I know.

Abercrombie & Fitch CFO Leaves Company

Abercrombie & Fitch announced that Susan J. Riley resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective April 15, 2005 for family reasons and to return to her home in New York City.

Oil Drops Over $1 On Report of Rising Supplies

Oil prices fell over $1 a barrel today after data showed evidence of rising supplies in the U.S.

Tagvertising = Blogging 2.0?
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The following is also my April column for iMedia Connection… Tagvertising = Blogging 2.0… Already? As you read this, millions of individuals are working under their own volition to create a new Dewey Decimal System for the internet.

Calpine and Mitsui Enter Clean Energy Supply Contract With OPA
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Calpine and Mitsui have jointly entered into a 20-year Clean Energy Supply Contract with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to provide clean energy from a new 1,005-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant.

Instan-t Messenger 4.5 With New Video Chat Powered by Macromedia

Interactive Networks Inc., announces the latest release of Instan-t 4.5 freeware, a mayor update to the public instant messaging service it offers. New features include voice and video chat compatible with AOL, MSN, ICQ & Yahoo Messengers.

Intel Will Pay $10000 For Moores Law

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore once wrote an article for Electronics Magazine, delivering his ideas concerning the future of transistors in relation to computer processing technology. This article went on to be known as Moore’s Law.

Greenberg Gave Wife $2 Billion in AIG Stock

Corinne P. Greenberg, has recieved $2 billion worth of American International Group shares from her husband, the company’s former chief executive, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg.

VSNL Receives Approval For Tyco Takeover

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has received approval from a U.S. panel to take over Tyco Global Network.

10 Tips for Hiring Help for Small Business Owners

As a successful small business owner,you’re accustomed to long hours; non-existent holidays and weekends spent working.

Fed Meeting Leads To Stock Increases and Falling Dollar

U.S. stocks went up and the dollar fell against the yen and euro after minutes from the Fed meeting last month were released.

RIAA Targets Internet2 P2P Sharing

Although the Internet2 is not available to the public, a number of college students at different locations have certainly brought it to the forefront with their activities.