Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, has a $100M problem: What charity to give it to. Seems he’s been in hot water for an accusation of insider trading, so he’s going to donate 100 big ones to charity as part of the settlement (wonder why Martha didn’t think of that?) Well, since he owns Oracle, that now owns Siebel, that owns ...

The NY Times reports Yahoo! has hired a war correspondent, so-to-speak, to do a new kind of war coverage. Kevin Sites will travel the world and report from hotspots. There’s a lot of them–36. But, if actualized, it’s the style with which he’ll do it that’s interesting. Sites’ Yahoo! boss says: "If we execute this the right way, it is ...

The tech giants picked up some significant trinkets over the weekend. Of most direct interest to ACS is the purchase of Siebel Systems by Oracle ($3.6 B). ACS uses the Siebel CRM system. So how long before we get to choose between switching to Oracle or live with an unsupported software system? Then Meg Whitman and eBay bought up Skype ...

An article in the LA Times suggests that the ripples from hurricane Katrina may hit NPOs as far away as California. The outpouring of generosity to Katrina survivors and the Red Cross is being diverted from other charitable causes. Already there are signs that the unprecedented generosity directed at victims of Hurricane Katrina is having an effect on nonprofit groups ...