Michael Liedtke

Michael Liedtke

June 27, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Netflix Co-Founder Helps Direct Startups Amid Tech Turmoil

"I don't build companies; I build CEOs and founders," says serial entrepreneur Marc Randolph.

By Michael Liedtke

4 minute read

June 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Trial of Former Theranos Exec Sunny Balwani Nears End

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the former Theranos official, is charged with teaming up with his secret lover, CEO Elizabeth Holmes, to carry out a massive fraud.

By Michael Liedtke

3 minute read

April 27, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Google Parent Suffers 1Q Growth Slowdown, Profit Decline

Google's digital services and gadgets were in hot demand during a pandemic that forced most people to spend far more time at home, often by themselves, amid government lockdowns and other restrictions.

By Michael Liedtke

4 minute read

February 28, 2022 | Daily Business Review

AOL Founder on How Pandemic Is Changing Spread of Tech Jobs

Steve Case believes the remote working phenomenon spawned by the pandemic will further diversify the technology landscape and help narrow the economic divides contributing to social strife in the U.S.

By Michael Liedtke

4 minute read

November 30, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Elizabeth Holmes Accuses Ex-lover, Business Partner of Abuse

Elizabeth Holmes briefly became a paper billionaire while promising that Theranos could provide more convenient and cheaper tests scanning for hundreds of potential health problems using just a few drops of blood.

By Michael Liedtke

5 minute read

November 07, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Bring Parents to Work Bridges Generational Gap

Seta Whitford-Stark was dumbfounded last year when she found out her daughter Amy quit her job at an employee-recruiting agency to work for LinkedIn, an Internet company that Seta had never heard of. Amy tried to explain what the online professional networking service did, but Seta couldn't quite grasp the concept or why the 29-year-old would want to work there.

By Michael Liedtke

4 minute read

December 16, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Microsoft GC Wary Of Government Surveillance

Microsoft's general counsel warns U.S. government surveillance constitutes an "advanced persistent threat" on the level of malware.

By Michael Liedtke and Marcy Gordon

6 minute read

December 11, 2013 | Legaltech News

U.S. Government Snooping an 'Advanced Persistent Threat'?

Technology providers are becoming more aggressive in their attempts to counter perceptions that they voluntarily give the government access to users' email and other sensitive information.

By Michael Liedtke, Marcy Gordon

6 minute read

February 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Microsoft makes unexpected $44.6B offer for Internet icon Yahoo

SAN FRANCISCO AP - Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.The surprise offer of $31 per share, made late Thursday and announced Friday, comes with Sunnyvale-based Yahoo in a vulnerable position.

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE

4 minute read

May 16, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE

3 minute read