WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Bill Gates may be replaced as chairman of Microsoft as Satya Nadella, the company s enterprise and cloud chief, is one of the stronger candidates to be the firm s next chief executive, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the search. Re/code had earlier reported that Nadella was in the lead to run the firm. Lead independent director John Thompson could |
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Gates may go, Nadella seen Microsoft CEO: report
McKesson earnings drop but sales climb
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Drug distribution giant McKesson Corp. said Thursday that third-quarter net income was $64 million, or 28 cents a share, compared with $298 million, or $1.24 a share, for the same period a year ago. Sales for the San Francisco-based company were $34.31 billion against last year s $31.1 billion. The company said adjusted earnings were $1.45 a share, but added that seve |
Amazon s earnings, sales miss forecasts
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Amazon.com Inc. shares fell as much as 8% in after-hours trading Thursday after the online-retailing company reported fourth-quarter results that missed Wall Street analysts consensus estimates. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Amazon said it earned $239 million, or 51 cents a share, on revenue of $25.59 billion. During the year-ago period, Amazon earned $97 million, |
Northrop Profit Drops; Raytheon Rises
Northrop Grumman reported a 10% drop in profit but forecast higher margins this year. Raytheon, meanwhile, posted forecast-beating earnings for the fourth quarter, though its full-year guidance fell short of expectations.
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Winter weather
The city that couldn t get out of its own way when confronted by 2.6 inches of snow worked Thursday to get rid of the evidence as Atlanta officials invited the thousands of drivers who abandoned their vehicles Tuesday to retrieve them -- and they offered to help.
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Texas Candidate s Misstatements Cloud Campaign
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis finds herself on the defensive amid criticism that she has exaggerated her story of being a single mom who rose from a trailer park to Harvard Law School.
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Factbox: Super Bowl facts and figures
Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News (Reuters) - Facts and figures about Sunday s 48th Super Bowl in East Rutherford, New Jersey: Date: February 2, 2014 Kickoff: 6:25 p.m. ET. Teams: Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks Site: 83,000 seat MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This is the first Super Bowl to be played outdoors in a cold weather environment. At stake: The winning team receives the National Football League s (NF |
Euskadi, en alerta de nuevo por olas y nieve
elcorreodigital.com - Sociedad Mientras la costa se encuentra aún convaleciente del último embate del mar y las comarcas del interior despejan la nieve acumulada ayer en las calzadas, una profunda borrasca atlántica amenaza con dinamitar la tranquilidad recobrada en las últimas horas.
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Keystone pipeline review looming, likely to show little climate risk
World News Headlines - Yahoo News By Lesley Wroughton and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is poised to issue an environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that will likely say the project will not appreciably increase carbon emissions, sources said late Thursday, forcing President Barack Obama closer to a tough decision. Rumors swept through Washington late Thursday that the long-dela |
Lifestyles of the Rich and Stranded
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¿Qué tienen en común Justin Bieber y José Fernando?
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Cuando la policía detuvo a José Fernando a finales del año pasado, todos los medios de comunicación españoles se hicieron eco de la noticia. El hijo de Rocío Jurado y José Ortega Cano entraba en prisión y poco a poco se conocían más detalles de la «noche loca» que le llevó a estar entre rejas. Si sus excesos nos parecían un caso aislado y sorprendente, un ídolo de masas le sigue de cerca. Con su s |
El Museo ABC rescata a Eulogio Varela, maestro del modernismo madrileño
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Artista polifacético ?diseñador, ilustrador, pintor, decorador...?, Eulogio Varela tocó muchos palos, y casi todos con el mismo acierto: su talón de Aquiles fue, quizás, la pintura. Fue, en palabras de Inmaculada Corcho, directora del Museo ABC, «un hombre del Renacimiento en la época del automóvil y la industrialización de las artes». Mientras media España se hundía en el pesimismo en un oscuro f |
Multas de 72 euros por llegar tarde al colegio
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La carpeta de los deberes no aparece, la falda del uniforme está sin planchar y la lluvia colapsa la carretera de camino a la escuela. Hay días en los que parece que el cúmulo de infortunios se encadena con el fin de hacernos llegar tarde. En la mayoría de los colegios europeos, si un alumno no es puntual y accede al aula una vez comenzada la lección se considera una falta leve que tratará de enme |
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