stock in comment and analysis
Inspire creativity at the office - here's how
Comment Many believe that the fluctuating fortunes of the stock market show the Random Walk in action, and as a result the theory is associated with arrogance and chaos. The 21st century office needs to inspire creativity more... [28 Jul 2009]
Seeking memorable mobile apps
Comment No manufactured CDs to shrink wrap, stock or deliver - and immediate billing, either directly or through an electronic storefront provider. Mobile applications are numerous but often lacking in quality. [02 Jul 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment Paul Lawton, MD of B2B mobile comms company Opal, gives a fairly stock response: "The report has become a missed opportunity for UK business… The focus remains on social use and the domestic user, with the report... [19 Jun 2009]
How to make Google sit up and take notice
Comment Initially search engines focused largely on meta tags submitted about a page's contents but this was open to widespread abuse, particularly by porn sites masquerading as something as innocuous as pages about lawn mowers or... [17 Jun 2009]
Bangalore bashing: Recession gets nasty
Comment The recession is furthering this antipathy, says Mishra, whose firm licenses software to read the news and analyse its impact on stock markets in Europe and the United States. The latest symptom of the worldwide recession? [28 May 2009]
Naked CIO: The problems with social networking
Comment Even the perception of what can seem an extraneous comment could have far reaching impact on stock prices or company reputation. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter pose a host of difficulties for... [11 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.05.09
Round-Up Meanwhile, Apple stock's inexorable climb back to pre-recession levels continues. As Alfred Tennyson once wrote: 'the old order changeth yielding place to new', and for the average silver-haired IT manager this is a... [08 May 2009]
Minority Report: Mac Tablet - to be or not to be?
Comment Its stock price is starting to climb again after being in the doldrums (like just about every other stock price lately). The prognosticators are divided. Seb Janacek overhears the arguments for and... [07 Apr 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.03.09
Round-Up The idea is that supermarkets move produce from aisle to aisle to encourage you to buy different things to those you'd normally buy when you stumble across unfamiliar stock in familiar places. You may have noticed that... [27 Mar 2009]
Five alternative careers for IT pros
Comment As an equity analyst assigned to cover a segment of the computer industry, you'll assess companies' top management, business plans, marketing strategies, current and planned products and, of course, financial results - with the goal of... [03 Feb 2009]
Inbox: Let's plug the UK's notspots
Comment Time to take stock Redundancy is an ideal point in life to take stock. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. Filling... [30 Jan 2009]
No pink slips in Bangalore - yet
Comment The economic corollary to that theory in the recent global financial meltdown could well be that, in a flattening world all countries with McDonald's outlets will be equally hit by stock market bust-ups. [28 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up The clip appears to use stock footage of Downing Street interiors with a text commentary and a bit of Photoshop thrown in at the end. There's a row brewing in Whitehall and just for a change it has nothing to do with... [22 Aug 2008]
Take stock for tough times
Comment By adopting a more focused price reduction policy - aimed at pulling demand forward and clearing stock more quickly - real benefits can be achieved. Too much choice isn't always a good thing In a tough market, there is a... [24 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.07.08
Round-Up When will the iPhone be back in stock? Then came the news that the store had only nine iPhones in stock. Yet another call to the O2 store yielded the following update: the iPhone was expected back in... [18 Jul 2008]
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