Tech firms pitch new options plan
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A band of tech companies will present an alternative method for valuing stock options that would provide lower expenses to the companies than legislation currently under review, according to a report published Tuesday.
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A patent application turned up by the Associated Press reveals that IBM has proposed an electronic trading system that would enable a new kind of derivatives market for intellectual property. In this market, traders would buy and sell "floating" rights to chunks of a company's IP portfolio, thus becoming not only the recipient of royalties from that portfolio, but the designated defender of those IP rights in court, for a limited period of time.
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Nasdaq will start an options exchange to capitalize on a growing market whose competitors and structure are rapidly changing.
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Looking for industry-changing innovations? A host of companies at this week's Demofall 2006 conference think they have what companies will need, touting everything from an anti-botnet appliance, to PC-sharing technology to codeless application development.
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Venture capitalists have a pressing new question for high-tech entrepreneurs who come looking for money: What's your India plan?
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Companies are teaming up to bring their technology to your living room.
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The company is fumbling in its attempts to move to a new business model.
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Explore powerful options available to mid-sized companies
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NEW YORKâHewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft Corp. are taking to the road with a new initiative to bring technology to small and midsize businesses in remote parts of the country.
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At two tech-focused gatherings yesterday, industry companies, lobbying groups and politicians mulled over the IT industry's legislative agenda, including concerns about a move to force companies to expense stock options.
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Many technology investors are taking investment tips from their children, summer interns and receptionists.
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Some companies are positioning themselves to make big profits in tomorrow's small tech.
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The next generation of software players prep for public offerings.
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Applied Digital Solutions is about to test Wall Streetâs interest in technology to implant radio chips in humans with an I.P.O. in its nascent business, the VeriChip Corporation.
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A flurry of year-end dealmaking hit the tech sector as companies maneuvered to get out of low-margin businesses, fill holes in their product lines and take financial advantage of the recent run-up in share prices.
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TechWeb - SNCP's business plan, according to SCO, includes launching new product lines and seeing the company through its legal problems.
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Private equity firms are knocking on  the doors of Time Warner Inc.  and IAC/InterActive  , making their case for various deals with the two  conglomerates.