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RSS investorsYahoo! profits dip - yet claims 'strong' Q2
News Investors punished Google last week for its financial results because its profit, though not its revenue, was lower than analysts expected. Yahoo! s earnings for its second quarter came in one cent lower than expectations, with net income declining... [23 Jul 2008]
Optical Network Evolution - What Will the Future Bring, and Is This Step Profitable
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to provide current and potential investors in the Optical Internet an accurate estimation of what the next upgrade in the Optical Internet will be, and when it would be wise to invest in the necessary capital equipment. [18 Jul 2008]
The Superstar CFO: Optimizing an increasingly complex role
White Paper The demands of both internal and external stakeholders -- including CEOs and boards, activist investors, regulators, customers, business managers, and functional managers -- continue to expand, and seemingly everyone expects more from companies... [17 Jul 2008]
Trust and Competitive Advantage: An Integrated Approach to Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
White Paper Burned by Enronesque accounting scandals, investors and governments are imposing rigorous reporting requirements to keep companies on the straight and narrow. These reactions are a symptom of a fundamental force in the economy: a crisis of trust... [17 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry ready to burst into new pastures
News After 12 years of rampant expansion, some analysts and investors have grown concerned that RIM will not be able to sustain it, particularly as the US economic picture darkens. BlackBerry maker RIM is charging ahead with international expansion... [16 Jul 2008]
HP iPAQ Pocket PCs Help Bring the World to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Trading Floors
White Paper From its origins as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board in 1898, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has evolved into the largest futures exchange in the United States, offering products that range from frozen pork bellies to sophisticated... [09 Jul 2008]
Distributed Control of an XY Board Via Ethernet
White Paper However, the investors still hesitate on its field level operation for time critical applications, due to the non-deterministic delays in the closed world of a switched network. With the recent IPv6, Power over Ethernet (PoE) and robust hardware... [08 Jul 2008]
StatoilHydro Web Site Reaches Out to 4 Million External Stakeholders on Day One
White Paper They required a Web site to promote the new brand to key stakeholders, including customers and investors. Based in Norway, two central players in the global oil industry - Statoil and Norsk Hydro oil and gas division - planned to merge businesses. [05 Jul 2008]
Financial Solution Helps Wealthy Investors to Minimize Taxes, IRS Headaches
White Paper Recent IRS decisions make it increasingly important for wealthy taxpayers and tax professionals to personally maintain investment accounting rather than rely on brokerage firm reporting. The lack of effective tools makes this a difficult and time... [01 Jul 2008]
Financial Solution Helps Wealthy Investors to Minimize Taxes, IRS Headaches
White Paper Recent IRS decisions make it increasingly important for wealthy taxpayers and tax professionals to personally maintain investment accounting rather than rely on brokerage firm reporting. The lack of effective tools makes this a difficult and time... [01 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Investors and consumers are demanding reductions in carbon footprints and employees are asking for more time with their family and less spent in transit. Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. [30 Jun 2008]
RIM quarter profits up
News More importantly, RIM offered an outlook for its second quarter that appeared to be a letdown for investors. RIM posted a profit outlook yesterday that fell short of analyst expectations, sending its shares eight per cent lower - even as the maker... [26 Jun 2008]
Bank invests in low latency monitoring
News Credit Suisse head of networks, James Walker, told silicon.com the adoption of algorithmic trading and Direct Market Access (a service that allows private investors to place, buy and sell orders directly on a stock exchange's order books) are... [23 Jun 2008]
LinkedIn hits billion-dollar valuation
News Business-networking site LinkedIn announced on Tuesday evening it had netted $53m in a Series D funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures and with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Ventures. [18 Jun 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks break down
News Microsoft shares rose more than four per cent as investors showed relief that the company would not be paying too high a price for a deal they considered risky - even though its biggest rivals on the web aimed to work together. [13 Jun 2008]
