No more silly sideshow? David Einhorn drops Apple lawsuit (after winning)

From Einhorn's perspective, the lawsuit is no longer necessary: he got what he wanted.

Greenlight Capital talking to investors today, says every Apple shareholder should get preferred shares ‘for free’

Purpose of the call? To tell investors why each Apple shareholder should get perpetual preferred stock, for free.

Here’s how AOL’s returning $1.1B to shareholders after patent sale to Microsoft

AOL revealed exactly how it would be paying back $1.1 billion to shareholders following Microsoft's patent purchase.

RIM hires a search firm to find more U.S. tech experience for its board

Canada-based BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has plenty of problems, and among them is a board that isn’t as technically savvy as its competitors. Today at its annual shareholder meeting, RIM chairwoman Barbara Stymiest confirmed that the company is indeed …

Third Point buys stake in 3 new tech companies: Apple, Google, Cisco

Dan Loeb’s Third Point is bulking up its stake in a few other technology companies besides Yahoo, according to an SEC filing. The firm, which edged Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson out of office earlier this week, are now gobbling …

With stock price tumbling, shareholder lawyers see Groupon as juicy target

UPDATE: Groupon’s share price is now down more than 15 percent for the day.

Groupon’s stock has been falling since it revealed on Friday that it was revising its first quarter earnings to reflect a larger than expected loss. With …

Verizon comes out strong against wireless net neutrality vote

Not surprisingly, Verizon continues to be vehemently opposed to wireless net neutrality — so much so that it’s urging investors to vote against a new resolution that presses the issue.

Following an SEC ruling last month that wireless carriers must …

Apple’s plans for its $90B in cash: “We’re not going to have a toga party”

Apple has the best kind of problem: A sizable $90 billion in cash burning a hole in its pocket.

At the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked why the company has not taken …

Beware the king: Zuckerberg’s voting power a risk to shareholders

As VentureBeat’s Jolie O’Dell pointed out yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg managed to strike a deal with some key investors and friends that gives him 57 percent of the shareholder voting power. For a public company, it’s an almost unheard …