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- Business talk pervades NBA’s all-star weekend - Richmond Times-Dispatch
- UPDATE 3-Motorola to split business into two in 2011 - Reuters
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- eXtéresAUTO Wins ‘HIGHEST RATED’ DrivingSales Vendor Ratings ... - Businesswire.com
| Business talk pervades NBA’s all-star weekend - Richmond Times-Dispatch Posted: 12 Feb 2010 08:57 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. DALLAS -- Amare Stoudemire heard the latest trade rumor had him going to Dallas. When he looked out his window, he surely must've preferred the one that would send him to Miami. The business of all-star Friday was business, with plenty of talk about trades, free agency and the NBA's labor situation that hung over Dallas like the gray clouds that dumped a foot of snow on the city the day before. Some of the players were still missing yesterday morning, with Steve Nash, Jason Kidd and Brandon Roy all delayed by the largest one-day snowfall total in city history. It's expected to clear before the game tomorrow, when more than 90,000 fans are expected at Cowboys Stadium and there's even talk of cracking 100,000. "I was thinking about it until this weather. Hopefully we can at least get (40,000) now," Miami guard Dwyane Wade said. "Hopefully everybody can get in, hopefully it calms down either tonight or the next day and we can get everyone come out and enjoy this experience. Unfortunately the weather hit this way. We're looking for this to be an unbelievable event, the first of its kind." Wade said he hadn't talked yet to Stoudemire, who for the second straight year arrived at the all-star break as perhaps the biggest name in trade speculation. The Heat are one of the teams rumored to be interested in the Phoenix forward, who will start at center for the Western Conference and then wait to see if he still plays for a West team once the league's Thursday afternoon trade deadline has passed. "It hasn't been explained to me why every year I'm the subject of trade talks. At the same time, it's a business," Stoudemire said. "They've never really explained to me why they want to trade me. At the same time, I can't control what I can't control. I stay out of it, and try to keep my focus on the court." Even without a trade, Wade and Stoudemire could end up as teammates in the summer. They can become part of a star-studded free-agent class that also could be topped by LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and teams such as the Heat hope they can land at least two of them. Would a player of James' stature give up maximum money to join someone else? "I think LeBron would be all right," Wade said. "When you get guys that would be going into their eighth year in the league and haven't won, and now you're really itching to win, and I've won and I'm still itching to win even more now, so I think at the end of the day it's more about winning than it is about getting the extra bucks at the end of the day. LeBron can make it up." Nobody knows what kind of contracts the superstars, or anybody else, will be receiving whenever the next collective bargaining agreement is approved. The current one expires on July 1, 2011, and with players and management far apart early in the negotiations, the fear of a potential work stoppage continues to grow. The executive director of the NBA players' association says the league has torn up its proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement after a "contentious" 90-minute session. But Billy Hunter says that doesn't mean the league is closer to a lockout after the 2010-11 season. He says the union will submit its own proposal, but offered no timetable for when that would happen. "We've got to make sure everyone knows how serious it is and I think more so now than ever guys are more informed about what's going on and what's taking place," New Orleans guard Chris Paul, the only all-star on the bargaining committee, said. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| UPDATE 3-Motorola to split business into two in 2011 - Reuters Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:33 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. * One company to focus on cellphone, set-top box biz * Other will focus on enterprise, wireless networking * Analysts say the decision removes uncertainty * Shares rise 2.3 pct (Adds background on revenue, company and analyst comments, byline) By Ritsuko Ando NEW YORK, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Motorola Inc (MOT.N) said it aims to split into two companies in the first quarter of 2011, one to focus on cellphones and television set-top boxes, and the other on enterprise networking. Motorola said on Thursday that splitting into two independent and publicly traded companies would help improve its position in the different markets. Motorola shares rose 2.3 percent to $6.80 in extended trade after the news, which followed months of speculation over what steps management would take to revive its business. The company's money-losing mobile devices unit has been struggling to compete with new smartphones, and has not had a blockbuster since the Razr, although its Droid phone generated some buzz since launching late last year. Its set-top box business had also suffered due to a weak economy, while its wireless network equipment business had been hit by a consolidation among telecom operators. "It's hard to work with a company when you don't know where they'll be a year from now. So this removes uncertainty," Broadpoint Gleacher analyst Mark McKechnie said of Thursday's announcement. "I do think the smaller divisions can offer some operational efficiency and focus." Motorola's latest financial results show its mobile phone business had revenue of $7 billion for 2009. The enterprise wireless business had revenue of $2 billion while home and network sales brought in another $2 billion. "We believe that as independent companies each business will be best positioned to successfully pursue the respective strategies and opportunities for growth," said Greg Brown, who was co-chief executive officer of Motorola and will now become CEO of the enterprise mobility and networking business. Sanjay Jha, the company's other CEO, will head the mobile devices and home business, it said. Motorola said the move will take effect through a tax-free stock dividend of shares in the new company. Its enterprise and network equipment business will be the entity responsible for Motorola's current public debt and will be capitalized to achieve an investment grade rating, it said. Both companies will use the Motorola brand. Additional details including the capital structure of the companies will be announced later, it said. Jha said that the combination of businesses dealing with mobile phones, cable set-top boxes and other home entertainment devices was ideal to meet consumers' demands for "converged" or seamless access to television, phone and Internet. Motorola had previously said it would split its handset unit from its other divisions, but executives also looked at other alternatives. Motorola had tried to sell its networking division but a source familiar with the matter recently said the process had slowed down. Tavis McCourt of Morgan Keegan said he was not sure whether the combination of the handset and cable set-top box businesses would yield synergies, but still saw the plan as positive. "I'm glad they're doing it. It's nice they're putting timing behind it. It's a sign they're very confident in their handset business this year," he said. The company reiterated that it planned to make the mobile device business profitable in 2010. (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando and Sinead Carew; Editing by Gary Hill and Richard Chang) Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Acquisition boosts JDS Uniphase shares; Agilent business fills gap, analyst says - Los Angeles Times Posted: 12 Feb 2010 11:10 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| eXtéresAUTO Wins ‘HIGHEST RATED’ DrivingSales Vendor Ratings ... - Businesswire.com Posted: 12 Feb 2010 02:52 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Company Ranks #1 in Dealer Satisfaction for SEO ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The winners of the 2009 DrivingSales Vendor Ratings Awards were unveiled today, and eXtéresAUTO received the 'Highest Rated' ranking in dealer satisfaction for SEO. The awards program bestows one top ranking across nine major vendor categories – from websites, to third-party leads, to CRM - as determined by the thousands of dealers who are part of the DrivingSales community. eXtéresAUTO not only ranked #1 in SEO, they were the only 'Top Rated' vendor that combined a 4.9/5-star rating with an overall dealer recommendation rate of 98%.
"We're especially honored to win this #1-rated SEO award from DrivingSales, because their program uniquely measures the honest, real-world opinions of thousands of dealers who actually use these products and services," noted eXtéresAUTO CEO, Richard Winch. The awards will be presented at the 2010 NADA Convention in Orlando. The 'Highest' and 'Top-Rated' vendors will be featured in the inaugural issue of the DrivingSales Dealership Innovation Guide. The Guide, which also features cutting-edge, proven best practices, also spotlights eXtéresAUTO dealer Dick Hannah Honda's success with the company's SEO and Online Reputation Management solutions. "We are proud to present this award to eXtéresAUTO which has achieved a standard of excellence that is clearly resonating with dealers," said DrivingSales CEO and Founder Jared Hamilton. "This year's award-winners have won recognition in one of the most challenging years on record for our industry. We salute them for their ongoing commitment to provide value to their dealer clients." The eXtéresAUTO SEO Difference: The company's proprietary SEO technology works on an automated basis to constantly monitor complex algorithm changes at Google, Yahoo! and Bing, to ensure dealer clients' websites 'come up first' - 24/7 – when potential customers are typing in over 1,200 relevant brand and local market search phrases. And unlike any other dealer SEO vendor, eXtéresAUTO guarantees territory exclusivity: working with only one of each brand in any 10-city market, to assure clients dominate the search engines' first pages. Dealerships using the company's advanced SEO now achieve, on average, 83% first-page search engine placement rates - up from 14% before eXtéresAUTO. SEO is a critical component of the company's comprehensive 'Search Asset Management' approach, which also integrates advanced Online Reputation Management, Piracy Solutions, Website Analytics – and more. The DrivingSales award was not the only honor the company took home at the NADA Convention: eXtéresAUTO was also named one of the 'Top Ten Companies to Watch in 2010' by AutoSuccess magazine. To access the complete DrivingSales Awards (i.e., how each vendor stacks up in terms of 'star' ratings and overall 'dealer recommendation' percentages, etc.), visit: www.drivingsales.com/innovation To access dealer testimonials about eXtéresAUTO's performance, visit: http://www.drivingsales.com/ratings/products/extres-exclusive-seo About eXtéresAUTO: eXtéresAUTO is the leading 'Search Asset Management' provider for the automotive industry. Its proprietary SAM™ technology integrates advanced SEO, Online Reputation Management, Piracy Solutions, Website Analytics – and more. AutoSuccess named eXtéresAUTO one of the 'Top Ten Companies to Watch in 2010,' and the company's SEO ranked #1 in dealer satisfaction in the 2009 DrivingSales Vendor Ratings Awards. Founded in 2006 by Richard Winch and Graham Winch, leaders in online marketing strategies and technologies, the company is headquartered in Riverside, CA. About DrivingSales Vendor Ratings and Awards: DrivingSales Vendor Ratings are the industry's first and only neutral, comprehensive vendor rating forum, featuring real-time peer reviews and honest competitor comparisons – searchable by category, company or rating – and are one of the most popular features of DrivingSales.com, which is the auto industry's leading social media platform and largest online community. Vendor Ratings Awards are awarded to the vendors who receive the top rankings in their category. For the awards, dealers are asked to rate their vendors on a 1-5 star scale, including whether they would recommend the vendor product to colleagues, and why they would or would not recommend the product. All survey-takers are verified to ensure that they are actual dealership employees.
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