Roundup: EBay’s Whitman to retire, Facebook-Nokia, Yahoo’s layoffs, more

Roundup: EBay’s Whitman to retire, Facebook-Nokia, Yahoo’s layoffs, more

1. EBay CEO Meg Whitman prepare to retire
2. Open Source revolution continues, with Intel
3. Microsoft purchases virtualization co., Calista
4. Cleverset, software recommendation co., sold
5. Yahoo has some small layoffs coming
6. Facebook-branded Nokia handsets?
7. LifeLock, anti-credit fraud co., gets $25M
8. Online ad co., Spotrunner, draws buzz
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Drug maker Affymax to issue shares, despite doubling losses

Affymax, a Palo Alto biotech company that makes synthetic peptide-based drugs to treat kidney diseases and cancer, is planning an initial public offering it hope could bring it as much as $84 million.

Its lead product, Hematide, is in Phase 2 trials in patients with… Continue Reading