*Hirai says Sony's board will consider Third Point's proposal carefully. TOKYO, June 20- Sony Corp shareholders pressed its chief executive on Thursday for a response to a proposal by hedge fund Third Point to spin off its profitable entertainment business, aiming to invigorate its struggling electronics business.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19- Yahoo Inc on Wednesday downplayed concerns that its plans to recycle inactive user IDs could leave users exposed to hackers, saying only 7 percent of those IDs are tied to actual Yahoo email accounts.
TOKYO, June 20- A proposal by Sony Corp's top investor to partially spin off the Japanese company's lucrative entertainment business will be the elephant in the room at an annual shareholders meeting on Thursday.
eBay fell$. 34 or. 6 percent, to $52.23. Google rose$. 06 or percent, to $900.68. Groupon Inc. rose$. 05 or. 7 percent, to $7.73.
eBay rose$. 19 or. 4 percent, to $52.75. Google rose $1.13 or. 1 percent, to $901.75. Groupon Inc. rose$. 07 or. 9 percent, to $7.75.
BRUSSELS, June 19- European Union lawmakers want to forbid the United States from accessing European citizens' data without the approval of a judge or equivalent authority, a response to the revelations about the Prism spy programme.
eBay fell$. 01 or percent, to $52.55. Google fell $1.66 or. 2 percent, to $898.97. Groupon Inc. rose$. 04 or. 5 percent, to $7.72.
TOKYO, June 19- Sony Corp's top investor Daniel Loeb will miss its shareholder meeting on Thursday and those attending will not be considering his proposal to partially spin off the lucrative entertainment business, sources familiar with the matter said.
eBay rose$. 50 or 1.0 percent, to $52.56. Google rose $14.37 or 1.6 percent, to $900.62. Groupon Inc. fell$. 01 or. 1 percent, to $7.68.
eBay rose$. 51 or 1.0 percent, to $52.58. Google rose $11.82 or 1.3 percent, to $898.07. Groupon Inc. rose$. 03 or. 3 percent, to $7.72.
eBay rose$. 66 or 1.3 percent, to $52.73. Google rose $7.12 or. 8 percent, to $893.37. Groupon Inc. fell$. 03 or. 4 percent, to $7.66.
eBay rose$. 78 or 1.5 percent, to $52.07. Google rose $11.21 or 1.3 percent, to $886.25. Groupon Inc. rose$. 04 or. 5 percent, to $7.69.
eBay rose $1.19 or 2.3 percent, to $52.48. Groupon Inc. rose$. 08 or 1.0 percent, to $7.73. Zynga Inc. rose$. 08 or 2.7 percent, to $2.90.
eBay rose$. 85 or 1.7 percent, to $52.14. Google rose $4.74 or. 5 percent, to $879.78. Groupon Inc. fell$. 02 or. 3 percent, to $7.63.
*Europe wants to build cloud sector to rival U.S. players. PARIS/ LONDON, June 17- France has its "Sovereign Cloud" project while across the Rhine data firms have created the label "Cloud Services: Made in Germany", all trying to reassure big companies that their information is stored away from the prying eyes of U.S. spies.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14- Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory for the companies as they struggle with the fallout from disclosures about a secret government data-collection program.
eBay fell$. 19 or. 4 percent, to $51.29. Google fell $1.96 or. 2 percent, to $875.04. Groupon Inc. rose$. 79 or 11.5 percent, to $7.65.
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg says web traffic on his search engine, billed as an alternative to Google that doesn't store your private information, surged 33 percent after the NSA news broke. Weinberg discusses the model of his search engine, and how the company makes money.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 6:31 AM ETJohn Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, and Barbara Marcin, Gabelli Dividend Income Fund, discuss whether investors should reconsider allocating their portfolios as the Fed wraps up its two-day policy meeting.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 8:53 AM ETKen Langone, Invemed Associates chairman and president, called Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke a "lame duck."