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Microsoft deals Yahoo! an ultimatum
News We're going to report our earnings in a couple weeks. Microsoft has issued an ultimatum to Yahoo! giving the internet search pioneer three weeks to enter formal merger negotiations and conclude a deal. [07 Apr 2008]
RIM doubles quarter profits
News Financial analysts were expecting revenue of $2bn and earnings per share of 76 cents. BlackBerry maker RIM has reported good fourth-quarter profits yesterday after the close of the stock market. The company took in $1.9bn in revenue, more than... [03 Apr 2008]
METALIS Cuts Losses, Increases Profits With Price, Stock and Credit Controls
White Paper Leveraging Oracle E-Business Suite applications, METALIS is building competitive advantages with better price, reserves and credit controls, which is helping the company reduces losses and boost earnings, and yielding solid investment returns. [08 Feb 2008]
Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!
News Microsoft has generated revenue growth of 15%, earnings growth of 26%, and a return on equity of 35% on average for the last three years. Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo! valuing the company 62 per cent higher than its... [01 Feb 2008]
Which cities top the wealth league?
News Sixty-two per cent of London's workers are knowledge workers, according to the research, and average weekly earnings in London exceed £493 compared to a national average of £373. Here skills are relatively low and earnings are below average. [07 Jan 2008]
The Business Impact of Outsourcing
White Paper This includes 11.8% higher growth in earnings, 9.9% lower expenses and 8.6% higher return on assets, when compared to sector medians. A new study from IBM shows that companies engaged in IT outsourcing experienced significant gains, compared to... [12 Dec 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet But, if the lost device is encrypted - the company is not legally obliged to tell its customers, saving it face and potentially lost earnings. Isn't that something to do with the Enigma machine and secret service shenanigans? [28 Nov 2007]
Online Investing Hacks: Use Rational Values to Buy and Sell Wisely
White Paper When viewed over a five-year period, the short-term ups and downs of a stock's price generally vary on either side of a value that's tied to the earnings of the underlying company. It's really tough for an investor to remain upbeat and hold... [17 Oct 2007]
Greasemonkey Hacks: Syndicate Encrypted Content
White Paper Now this data could be one's credit card balance, Google AdSense earnings, or internal bug reports for the day job. Someone has a problem. One wants to syndicate data himself, but doesn't want someone to see it. [10 Oct 2007]
Future Business Functions on the Fast Lane
White Paper Volvo Group's earnings total more than SEK 114 billion in 1998. Volvo is one of the world's largest producers of trucks, buses and construction equipment and holds a leading position in the fields of marine and industrial engines and aircraft... [28 Sep 2007]
Women deserting tech industry
News In terms of pay, women saw an average pay rise of 2.9 per cent compared to a 3.1 per cent increase for men, the first time in 11 years that men's earnings have risen more than women's. The number of women resigning from IT jobs has risen over the... [04 Sep 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: CIOs getting less cash?
News This year's survey shows fewer CIOs are netting the biggest salaries, suggesting a slight earnings dip for IT chiefs: 36 per cent now get more than £70,001 per year, compared to nearly half (48 per cent) last year. [14 Aug 2007]
Sun plans job cuts
News But in the company's latest quarter, which ended in June, Sun matched Wall Street expectations on the revenue front and handily beat earnings expectations. Sun will cut its workforce in the second half of the year as part of a restructuring plan... [08 Aug 2007]
Techies 'more unhappy than hairdressers'
News Techies have lower levels of job satisfaction than hairdressers, librarians and lorry drivers despite higher earnings than many other professions. IT workers came 66th out of 81 professions ranked for job satisfaction in research carried out by the... [06 Aug 2007]
Business impact of outsourcing - a fact-based analysis
White Paper The study concludes that companies engaged in information technology (IT) outsourcing outperformed their peers on a long-term basis in key business metrics, specifically selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses, return on assets (ROA... [30 Jul 2007]
