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shareholders
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The shareholders tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about how major corporate acquisitions and security incidents impact company shareholders. Topics include Microsoft's purchase of Skype and Avast's acquisition of AVG, with analysis of financial implications for shareholders. Security breaches at companies like Target, Home Depot, and Sony are also discussed in terms of their effects on shareholders, partners, and customers. These threads explore the business and financial angles of tech industry events, focusing on how decisions by companies like Microsoft and Avast affect shareholder value and corporate strategy.
Avast Security have added AVG to it's portfolio paying $1.3 Billion for the privilege. Whether this means one product will be phased out is still unclear:
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Security breaches and incidents have escalated in frequency and sophistication; as a result, security is moving to the top of corporate agendas. Breaches such as at Target, Home Depot, and Sony have shown how a single incident can hurt a company, its shareholders, partners, and customers.
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Skype buy was a Microsoft tax dodge
Ballmer gets a win win scenario says analyst
A financial analyst has said that Microsoft's $8.5 billion buy of Skype is a tax dodge and the US taxpayer will end up paying for half the bill.
Larry Elkin, of Palisades Hudson, said that Microsoft's...