Stocks In News: Demand Media Inc (NYSE:DMD), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Spark Networks Inc (NYSEMKT:LOV)

On June 12, 2014, Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE:DMD) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, 84,630,271 shares were represented in person or by proxy, constituting approximately 93% of the Company’s outstanding shares as of April 21, 2014, the record date for the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the following six proposals were submitted to the stockholders and the Company’s inspector of elections certified the vote tabulations indicated below. For more information about the proposals, please refer to the Company’s proxy statement dated April 25, 2014. Demand Media Inc (NYSE:DMD) stock performance was 0.66% in last session and finished the day at $4.57. Traded volume was 90,366.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 551.46K shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.43. Demand Media Inc (NYSE:DMD) insider ownership is 0.90%.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has decided to comply with European Union regulations over the ‘right to be forgotten’ by introducing request forms for users who want removal of obsolete or personal information from Bing’s search results. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) dropped -0.26 percent to $41.67 Wednesday on volume of 18.45million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $41.53 to $41.99. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $344.21billion.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Apple (AAPL:US) Inc., two of the most-sued companies, have been pushing Congress and the courts to curb the practices of some licensing firms. Google yesterday said it created a program with Canon Inc. that could curb some future infringement claims. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s stock on July 09, 2014 reported a increase of 0.86% to the closing price of $583.36. Its fifty two weeks range is $422.16 -$615.42. The total market capitalization recorded $393.47billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.37million shares. In its share capital, GOOGL has 669.75million outstanding shares.

Spark Networks, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LOV), a leader in creating niche-focused brands that build and strengthen the communities they serve, announced today the appointment of Michael J. McConnell as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the appointment of Ian V. Jacobs to its Board of Directors. On Wednesday, shares of Spark Networks Inc (NYSEMKT:LOV)  advanced 0.20% to close the day at $5.10. Company return on investment (ROI) is -83.40% and its monthly performance is recorded as 4.29%. Spark Networks Inc (NYSEMKT:LOV) quarterly revenue growth is -4.85%.