SCOX: Basic Chart for SCO Group, Inc. - Graph of stock price and volume; since SCO sued IBM, stock price has varied greatly, was rising, now falling. Yahoo Finance. - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SCOX
SCO Execs Cash in on Suit Spotlight - Senior SCO executives have been dumping personal holdings in firm since June, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings show. Since SCO launched legal action against IBM, its share price has sky-rocketed. [ZDNet CNET News.com] - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5057033.html
SCO Group Hit by Double Whammy - Shares of firm fell sharply after it lost court motion asking IBM for source code, court also ruled SCO must provide code relevant to case to IBM in 30 days; SCO postponed earnings report. [TheStreet.com] - http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/ronnaabramson/10130633.html
SCO's Investors Grab the Helm off Legals - SCO announced new agreement, gives investors control of firm's legal efforts; issued in SEC filing, SCO must seek prior approval from investors before taking action resulting in legal firms getting 20% contingency fee. [PC Pro] - http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=51219
The SCO Ship Is Listing - Big investors revise terms of capital-injecting contracts; can now veto the 20% that David Boies, et al get if SCO wins or is bought out; Wall Street reevaluates potential. [Linux Online] - http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/sco20031212.html
The Mouse That Roared - New regulations made it harder for small-cap companies to get noticed; this is not the case for SCO. The big question is will SCO investors survive this dispute? [Motley Fool.com] - http://www.fool.com/news/mft/2003/mft03120905.htm
Form S-3 Registration Statement - New S-3 filed as part of BayStar deal, allows for converting BayStar preferred stock to regular stock, so SCO had to register another 3.85 million shares for sale. [US Security and Exchange Commission, SEC] - http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102542/000104746903037685/a2123014zs-3.htm
IBM's Days in Court - Tiny SCO Group opts to take its Linux business to court. While meant to serve justice, lawsuits can be effective business tools; making publicity, distracting and getting cash in settlement from competitors. [Motley Fool.com] - http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2003/mft03111402.htm
SCO Gets $50 Million Investment - SCO, firm embroiled in legal actions with Linux and Unix, announces $50 million investment by BayStar Capital, a reversal of plans it stated in May; will use funds for software development, legal and licensing costs. [CNET News.com] - http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5092702.html
SCO Insider Trades - List of all such stock trades since 2002 that author could find, sorted by publishing date, compiled from SEC public records, about $1,375,654 in sales since March 2003. [Groklaw] - http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/08/12.html
Royal Bank of Canada Invests in SCO - BayStar Capital made $50 million investment in SCO, $30 million of which is from Royal Bank of Canada, according to Thursday regulatory filing with US Securities and Exchange Commission. [CNET News.com] - http://news.com.com/2110-7344-5093997.html
SCO Wins $50 Million Investment - Received large cash boost in private investment deal led by investment fund BayStar Capital, structured as private placement of non-voting Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, at fixed conversion price $16.93/share. [eWeek] - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1354562,00.asp
SCO Building up a War Chest - Ability to build cash war chest too compelling to pass up, so SCO agreed to $50 million investment deal, announced yesterday, with investment fund BayStar Capital. CEO Darl McBride pleased with transaction. [eWeek] - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1356635,00.asp
Is Microsoft Behind SCO's $50 Million Cash Infusion? - Soon after SCO announcement that BayStar Capital invested $50 million in firm, questions are raised as to Microsoft role in such. BayStar leads, creates, participates in many deals using money from other firms (Microsoft). [eWeek] - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1356730,00.asp
Editor's Note: A Few Questions for SCO From a Hypothetical Investor - SCO got $50 million in private investment this week; good for them, maybe not so good for investors. Potential investors in SCOX stock should ask SCO some fairly harsh questions. Forum comments. [Linux Today] - http://linuxtoday.com/it_management/2003101701726OPBZ
SCO Insider Trading Watch - SCO executives keep slowly cashing in their stock to benefit from its current, inflated price; total 93,000 shares sold since suit filing, net $782,000 earnings. Table with links. Forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] - http://lwn.net/Articles/40063/
Who is Selling SCO Stock? - Two outside stockholders, John R. Wall, Morgan Keegan & Co., decided to dump 1 million shares they held. SCO executed full registration process, at its expense, to facilitate this, yet proceeds go to sellers. Forum comments. [LWN: Linux Weekly News] - http://lwn.net/Articles/35523/
SCO Roars as Shares Soar - In heavy trading, SCO shares rose about 30 percent as firm defends what it sees as unauthorized illegal use of its Unix code by customers, Linux users, vendors, open source community. [eWeek] - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1119213,00.asp
Visions of Ka-ching Dance in Their Heads - Analysis of why investors are raising SCO stock price, based on two documents from Renaissance Ventures, LLC, venture capital firm. Links and quotes source documents. Many forum comments. Print-friendly version too. [Groklaw] - http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20030923211836991
Renaissance Research Group: The SCO Group, Inc. - Report titled: Handicapping the SCO-vs.-IBM Lawsuit. Seeks to reinforce conclusions of strong buy recommendation. Suggests in part why SCO stock has risen during the lawsuit period. [Renaissance Research Group] - http://www.renventures.com/aboutus/pubs/sco2.pdf