News on Paul Allen

Oden undergoes left knee surgery to end NBA season

2010-02-23T19:52:49Z

<div><p>Portland center Greg Oden underwent season-ending surgery on Sunday after breaking his left kneecap in the opening minutes of Portland's NBA victory over Houston the night before.&am...

Charter Communications emerges from bankruptcy

2010-02-23T22:52:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Charter Communications emerges from bankruptcy, Paul Allen retains largest voting stake</div><div><p>Charter Communications Inc., the nation's fourth largest cable operator, said Monday that it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.</p><p>Charter, controlled...

Microsoft co-founder Allen diagnosed with cancer

2010-02-24T04:31:20Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and has begun treatment, a spokesman for his investment company said on Monday.</p&am...

Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer

2010-02-24T04:30:48Z

<div><p>Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported.</p><p>Allen, 56, one of the wealthiest men in t...

Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma

2010-02-24T04:35:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, undergoing chemotherapy</div><div><p>Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.</p><p>In a memo sent ...

Microsoft Paul Allen

2009-11-16T19:19:53Z

This Friday, July 10, 2009 picture shows Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at the annual Allen & Co.'s media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho . Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In a memo sent to employees, the CEO of Allen's i...

Man jailed over Securitas robbery

2010-02-24T22:25:24Z

<div><p>A cage fighter began his 18 years jail sentence Tuesday after admitting involvement in the country's biggest ever cash robbery, a 53 million pound raid at a security depot.</p><p>Paul Allen, 31, who fled to Morocco and lived a life of gambling and drug-taking after the raid, pleaded guilty last week to three charges of conspiracy to kid...

Cage fighter gets 18 years for Securitas robbery

2010-02-24T22:41:38Z

<div><p>A cage fighter who was involved in a 53-million-pound robbery at a security depot in Kent, was on Monday sentenced to 18 years behind bars. </p><p>Last month, Paul Allen, 31, pleaded guilty to three charges of conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to possess firearms during the raid on a Britain's biggest cash robberies</div><div><p>A British man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a robbery nearly three years ago of 53 million pounds (about $85 million).</p><p>Paul Allen's sentence was handed down Monday...

Man pleads guilty over Britain's biggest robbery

2010-02-25T01:33:52Z

<div><p>A cage fighter is facing jail after admitting Monday involvement in Britain's biggest ever cash robbery, a 53 million pound raid at a security depot.</p><p>Paul Allen, 31, who fled to Morocco and lived a life of gambling and drug-taking after the raid, pleaded guilty to three c...

Friday morning

2010-02-25T04:08:10Z

AlphaNinja - US Stocks are up a bit this morning. Analyst upgrades of Sandisk (SNDK), Procter &amp; Gamble (PG) and Chevron (CVX) are giving a lift to shares.

Exxon and Bill Gates and Paul Allen loved to write software, and happened to be doing it at the dawn of a multibillion-dollar industry. But more often, entrepreneurs walk a high wire between pursuing passion and th...

Charter files for prearranged bankruptcy

2010-03-03T18:00:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Charter Communications files prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy</div><div><p>Charter Communications Inc. on Friday filed for a prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy to get relief from its creditors, as the nation's fourth-largest cable operator strives to keep its head above water and still compete with phone companies and satellite TV provid...

AP source: Apollo to take equity stake in Charter

2010-03-03T13:17:32Z

<div id="subtitle">AP source: Private-equity firm Apollo to trade debt for equity in Charter</div><div><p>Financially strapped cable company Charter Communications Inc. is in talks to give a large ownership stake to one of its biggest debt holders, Apollo Management, U2's Bono, left, and The Edge accept the Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award on behalf of Paul G. Allen at "The Blues & Jazz" Gala Concert at the Kodak Theatre i...

Charter Communications to file Chapter 11

2010-03-01T22:23:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Cable operator Charter Communications to file Chapter 11 to reorganize debt</div><div><p>Struggling Charter Communications Inc., the nation's fourth largest cable operator, said Thursday that it plans to file a prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy by April 1.</p><p>Charter, which is controlled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen arrives at the annual Allen and Co.'s media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who has seen his massive investment in ...

Microsoft founder's cable company in a debt bind

2010-03-02T15:35:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Debt woes at Charter Communications have erased $7 billion investment by Microsoft founder</div><div><p>How do you lose $7 billion?</p><p>That's a question for Microsoft Corp. co-founder Pa...

Yacht Update! Paul Allen Spends $384K a Week on His; Other Billionaires Selling Theirs Off

2010-03-02T23:59:53Z

<div><p>In October--right around the time that the financial crisis began to seem a whole lot more real--hedge fund billionaire Carl Icahn put his 177-foot yacht, the Starfire, up for sale for $37.5 million. Then, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who has been so affected by the economic downturn that he reportedly had to call off his New Year's Eve ...