Boardroom

CEO Steve Ballmer has cautioned Wall Street that analysts' fiscal year 2008 expectations for Windows Vista sales may be too "optimistic" and "overly aggressive." Vista is more of an opportunity to sustain Windows revenue -- not necessarily grow it, Ballmer reportedly said Thursday during a meeting f...

Most of us are quite aware of a new, brewing scandal -- the stock option scandal. It has been revealed that some companies have "cooked the books" when it came to reporting dates of stock option grants. The purpose of misdating the stock option was to accommodate executives by giving them the possi...

Dell has hired the CEO of electronics manufacturer Solectron to head up a new division overseeing worldwide operations, the company announced Wednesday, as it bolsters efforts to regain its supply chain efficiency and low-cost edge. Michael Cannon will become the president of global operations later...

In a wide-ranging, sometimes forceful and frequently upbeat e-mail to employees, Dell founder Michael Dell said he doesn't forget what was involved in creating a company and making it succeed. The e-mail, made public Saturday by a Texas newspaper, was sent on Friday, the same day Dell returned as CE...

As the Enron story gradually begins to fade from the news, one has to wonder if such an economic debacle could happen again. As a result of Enron, WorldCom and other corporate scandals, there are now former top executives from several major corporations who, since they probably won't live long enoug...

Following several quarters of disappointing earnings reports and a fall to the No. 2 spot in global PC sales, Dell on Wednesday reinstated Michael Dell as CEO of the computer company he created in his dorm room at the University of Texas more than 20 years ago. The move comes with the immediate resi...

The Microsoft executive who led the company's Zune product launch, among other things, is retiring from the company, officials announced Wednesday. Bryan Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft's entertainment business, plans to leave the company in the next several weeks to pursue personal inter...

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has announced his intentions to seek a seat on the board of directors for No. 2 mobile handset maker Motorola. The company said Tuesday it had received notification from Icahn that he intended to have himself nominated for one of 12 seats on the company's board when i...

A Colorado-based private investigator has become the first person convicted in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom leak and spying scandal. Bryan Wagner, 29, pled guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges in San Jose federal court, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California f...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

Many clients and friends often ask me about the wisdom of serving on a board. My immediate answer is, yes, you should serve. I then go into detail as to what are the pros and cons of board service. Here's some of what I tell them. Since the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley, there is no question that boa...

Hewlett-Packard said Monday longtime Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Bob Wayman will retire at the end of the year, cutting another tie from the original HP. Wayman, 61, first joined HP in 1969, serving first as an accountant before making his way up the ranks. He's held the CFO title sin...

Yahoo said Tuesday it would undertake a major corporate restructuring aimed at capturing more of the growth in online advertising, with two top executives leaving the company and a third taking on an expanded role. Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker will leave that post to become head of the newly...