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Tuesday 17 April 2001

Stockwatch Daily: Intel leads decline

Tech stocks took a sharp downturn this morning, as European bourses opened after lay off announcements and earnings warnings from Cisco, Ericsson, Intel and Philips.

Microsoft and IBM squabble over standards

Microsoft, IBM and Ariba, the three companies spearheading an initiative to ensure B2B exhanges run on an open standard, have come to an impasse over which body the protocol they've come up with should be submitted to.

Fighting Fraud: The manifesto

silicon.com kicked off the Fighting Fraud campaign on 18 April. This is why we're doing it, and what we aim to achieve:

Mobile operators telling porkies, says Gartner

The UK's mobile phone operators have been over-stating their subscriber numbers by as much as a third.

NCR cashes in on data warehousing

Cashpoint company NCR has announced strong operating performance for the first quarter, ending 31 March. The company reported profits of $22m, excluding acquisitions and bad debts, on net income of $117m.

New face, old problems for Yahoo!

Yahoo! has named former movie business veteran Terry Semel as Tim Koogle's replacement as company CEO.

Mary no Meeker after dot-com slump

Wall Street analyst Mary Meeker, known as 'the queen of the net' for her vigorous support of dot-com stocks, has issued a report reaffirming her faith in the new economy.

Europe's Agenda Setters for 2001 revealed

AOL Time Warner chairman Steve Case has taken the top honours in silicon.com's annual Agenda Setter poll.

Last rites for MarchFirst

Internet consultancy MarchFirst has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, leaving the future of the UK businesses in doubt.

Blue bellwether blows Nasdaq out of bed

Cisco's profit warning and swingeing job cuts hit confidence on the Nasdaq, but a traumatised market only mustered a one per cent fall.

AOL passes subscriber milestone

America Online (AOL) has announced its worldwide membership has topped 29 million users ahead of announcing its first quarter results tomorrow.

Model Management: Tighter belts, dented morale

Corporate perks aren't what they once were - not even compared to a year ago. In their latest column for silicon.com, the team at business management portal FTdynamo.com consider just what message this puts out to employees and the wider business world.

Travel site takes early flight into profitability

Expedia expects to report an operating profit for the first time this month, over a year ahead of schedule.

Tiscali in for BT subsidiary

Italian ISP Tiscali plans to purchase German BT Wireless subsidiary Planet-Interkom for E77.1m (£47.35m) in cash and shares.

Foot and mouth drives online surge

The UK outbreak of foot and mouth disease has increased levels of internet traffic, driving users online in search of information and advice on the crisis gripping the countryside.

Ericsson staff prepared for the worst

Ericsson is expected to announce an estimated 6,000 further job losses as it presents first-quarter results on Friday.

Morgan Stanley packs a punch into Intel

Shares in Intel fell yesterday after a Morgan Stanley analyst said Intel's recent decision to slash the price of its Pentium 4 chip will weaken 2001 gross margin forecasts.

Philips shaves forecast and workforce

Dutch electronics group Philips announced today that first quarter sales have fallen by 1.4 per cent and losses will increase in the second quarter.

German business not warming to the Euro

Just one per cent of German companies have converted their bookkeeping to Euros and time is fast running out - with a deadline of 1 January 2002.


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