Eric Schmidt

Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) shares are crashing on Friday morning, down 4 percent following new commentary from Cowen. According to a note from analyst Eric Schmidt, Biogen will present Aducanumab 12-month data at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference later this month, on July...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) announced this afternoon that CEO Dick Costolo has resigned. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will serve as the interim CEO when Costolo steps down on July 1. The news quickly ignited shares of Twitter, which are up more than five percent in after hours trading. "Something...

The American Association of Neurology is hosting its annual meeting this week in Washington, DC. Through the end of this week, major biotechnology companies will be making presentations highlighting drug breakthroughs and updates. Analysts at Cowen & Co., led by Ritu Baral, highlighted what...

South Korean students once hoped to get a job at SAMSUNG ELECT LTD(F) (OTC: SSNLF) or another conglomerate after graduating. Today they dream of something a little different. Bloomberg reported that technology startups soared in 2011, rising 83 percent in South Korea. This growth spurt occurred...

Most people use United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) and FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) to ship items overnight, but few options are available for faster or same-day shipping. In some cases a courier might actually cost more than the value of the item being shipped. This poses a significant...

CEOs say the darndest things. Mike Jeffries, the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), has repeatedly insulted consumers by saying that he only wants certain kinds of people (the "good-looking" ones) to shop at his store. Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) founder and former CEO Chip Wilson got in...

U.S. stocks rose as investors digested jobless claims data which fell to a three month low ahead of Friday's monthly employment report. The S&P 500 was lifted to a new all time high of 1,8881.94 while the Dow recorded modest gains. The Nasdaq finished in the red The Fed's Bill Dudley...

According to a recent SEC filing by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the Mountain View-based giant is going out of its way to make sure Chairman Eric Schmidt is happy. On Valentine's Day, Schmidt will not only receive a $6 million cash bonus, but also $100 million in stock options. The cash bonus is “in...

In what could be the year's slowest week in technology news, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made waves after it announced that it sold more than one million Xbox One units. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) scored a few headlines after it was revealed that the company's CEO fought against any plans to open its...

In a detailed post on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google+ social network, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt offered step-by-step directions for his many friends who he said were switching from their Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones to one of several “more intuitive” Android smartphones. In the post,...

A lawsuit brought on by employees of several major Silicon Valley corporations received a potentially costly (for defendants) upgrade to class action status Thursday. The original suit alleged conspiracy among Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (...

At the Gartner (NYSE: IT) ITxpo Symposium Monday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt said Android was a more secure OS than that of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. The resulting laughter was palpable. Schmidt apparently was serious. This despite the fact that 79 percent of...