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RSS investors in newsBT to axe 10,000 staff
News The profit warning spooked BT investors, sending its shares crashing to an all-time low, and also raised fears that the group would have to cut its full-year dividend due to the weakness in its "growth engine" Global... [13 Nov 2008]
Betfair spins into financial trading
News Once the Financial Services Authority gives the thumbs-up, Tradefair will be able to offer its users the ability to trade and bet on CFDs - equity derivatives that enable investors to speculate on share price movements... [10 Nov 2008]
Microsoft's Ballmer not threatened by Google Android
News I'm not sure that my investors would take that very well. But that's kind of what Google's telling their investors about Android," he said. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer today dismissed... [06 Nov 2008]
No compliance or cost blues for Turquoise comms
News The network, supplied by integrator Fabric Technologies, will by used by the trading platform to support its strategy of giving small order, high frequency traders the level of speed of transaction completion expected by institutional... [22 Oct 2008]
Apple: 'Third biggest mobile maker'
News This accounting treatment pushes most of the revenue associated with the sale of an iPhone out into the future, making it difficult for investors to determine just how much revenue and profit is being generated by the... [22 Oct 2008]
eBay not bidding on positive fourth quarter
News The company also told investors that it was planning a 10 per cent staff reduction. Online auction giant eBay lowered its fourth-quarter revenue expectations and reported third-quarter numbers that met analyst forecasts. [16 Oct 2008]
Yahoo!-Microsoft: New deal on the table?
News Analysts have noted that these crossings into new dollar ranges are psychological landmarks for investors. As Yahoo! stock reaches new lows, it appears a private equity fund that owns a small percentage of Yahoo! [10 Oct 2008]
Why green tech is more influential than ever
News According to Gartner analyst Simon Mingay, venture capitalist investment in green tech has increased significantly this year with businesses and investors beginning to recognise the role technology could play in the... [08 Oct 2008]
Credit crisis sees eBay slash 1,000 jobs
News Investors are concerned the US housing slump, higher fuel prices and a growing financial crisis are taking a greater toll on eBay's auctions. Sanford C Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay said investors... [07 Oct 2008]
SAP sales drop as credit crunch looms large
News The announcement on Monday drove SAP shares down 16 per cent, their biggest drop in nearly 12 years, and pulled down the whole technology sector as investors feared that other computer industry companies also faced a... [07 Oct 2008]
RIM: Profits soar in second quarter
News That news sent RIM's stock down around 20 per cent in after-hours trading as investors digested the news. RIM reported its second-quarter results Thursday, posting an 88 per cent jump in revenue and a 72 per cent jump in... [26 Sep 2008]
Ofcom hatches plan to woo telcos to fibre
News Ofcom will also provide clearer information to investors on how it will be flexible around existing rules - originally designed for copper implementation - regarding fibre rollout. The regulator is also aiming to raise... [23 Sep 2008]
Microsoft in $40bn stock buyback programme
News Investors, who tend to cheer stock buyback programmes because it makes existing shares in the market more valuable, pushed Microsoft's stock to $26.50 per share in pre-market trading, up 5.33 per cent. [23 Sep 2008]
Oracle reports strong Q1 profit growth
News Investors applauded Oracle's first-quarter performance, sending its stock up in after-hours trading to $19.2 per share. And new software licences, a figure investors use in gauging the health of the... [19 Sep 2008]
UK climbs IT competitiveness rankings
News The strongest R&D environments are in east Asia, led by Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, who are all heavy investors in R&D and prolific generators of patents, the report states. The US remains the most competitive IT... [17 Sep 2008]
