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June 2014

The History of Alibaba

This article was written by Phineas Upham Jack Ma founded the Alibaba Group, a Chinese eCommerce retailer unlike anything we have in …

The Business of Evernote

Written by Phineas Upham Evernote is a program that seeks to capture all of our ideas in any form they may come …

Intel loses court challenge against $1.4 billion EU fine

By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Intel lost on Thursday its challenge against a record 1.06 billion euro ($1.44 billion) European Union fine handed down five years ago, as Europe's second highest court said regulators did not act too harshly. The European Commission in its 2009 decision said Intel tried to thwart rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) by giving rebates to PC makers Dell, Hewlett-Packard Co, NEC and Lenovo for buying most of their computer chips from Intel. The EU competition authority said Intel also paid German retail chain Media Saturn Holding to stock only computers with its chips. Judges at the Luxembourg-based General Court said on Thursday they backed the Commission's decision.

Hedge Funds Explained

This article was written by Phineas Upham A hedge fund is a portfolio that is aggressively managed, with the goal being growth …