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Online US retail sales exceed expectations (27 November 01:10) |
| US online retail sales have been growing at better-than-expected rates in the run-up to the holidays, according to Wall Street analysts and internet retailers |
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Philips launches €1.8bn bid for Genlyte (26 November 11:40) |
| Philips, the Dutch consumer goods and electronics group, launched a $2.7bn (€1.8bn) agreed bid for Genlyte, the US lighting fixtures maker, as part of an aggressive move to bolster its pos... |
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TI investors move to oust top executives (26 November 05:39) |
| Telecom Italia's controlling shareholders moved to sack the two top managers of the company, a change that ends months of uncertainty but has caused a deep split in corporate Italy |
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Dubai fund takes stake in Sony (26 November 04:53) |
| Dubai International Capital, a private equity company owned by the ruler of Dubai, said it had made a 'substantial investment' in Sony in its first investment in a Japanese company |
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Radio eyes gold at end of digital spectrum (26 November 07:30) |
| Commercial radio needs a revival: the share prices of the three largest players not already privately held or about to be so are all heading towards a flatline |
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D Telekom to sell iPhone without contract (22 November 12:28) |
| Deutsche Telekom was forced to start selling the iPhone in Germany without obliging customers to sign a mobile phone contract with T-Mobile, following a court injunction |
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T-Mobile to sell iPhone without contract (21 November 08:10) |
| Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit will allow customers in Germany to buy Apple's iPhone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract, after rival Vodafone obtained a court injunction |
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AT&T remains silent on Echostar bid (21 November 07:39) |
| The world's largest telecoms group is tight-lipped about a potential $26bn takeover of the US satellite operator, a rumor that sends the target company's shares soaring |
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Brussels fines Sony €47m on price-fixing (21 November 07:16) |
| The commission said Sony and two other Japanese videotape makers formed a cartel. It imposed the bulk of the fine on Sony for allegedly obstructing investigation |
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Alibaba launches advertising venture (21 November 06:57) |
| The Yahoo-invested Chinese internet group has launched an online advertising exchange designed to match advertisers with the nation's huge population of small and medium-sized websites a... |
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Ericsson slumps after new warning (21 November 01:31) |
| Ericsson lost another 11 per cent of market value after telling an investor's conference in New York that fourth-quarter earnings would come in at the lower end of expectations |
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Regulator to probe Samsung slush fund claims (20 November 10:41) |
| South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service said it would investigate claims that Woori Bank opened illegal accounts for Samsung Group slush funds |
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Anti-piracy moves 'hurt sales' (20 November 08:06) |
| UK retailers are urging the music industry to drop piracy protection for online downloads, saying incompatible proprietary technologies are 'stifling growth' |
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SAP shakes up leadership at US unit (20 November 07:36) |
| The chief executive of TomorrowNow, a US unit of SAP at the centre of a corporate spying scandal that has ensnared the German software group in a high profile lawsuit, has quit |
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Hopes rise for China 3G (20 November 07:12) |
| News that mobile licences might be granted at an early date, which could pave the way for third generation wireless services, lifted shares in fixed-line telecoms groups |
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HP buoyed by notebook boom (20 November 06:24) |
| Booming sales of notebook computers helped lift Hewlett-Packard revenues and earnings well ahead of expectations in the latest quarter |
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Amazon launches digital reader (20 November 06:21) |
| Amazon, the online retailer, has launched a $400 hand-held digital reader that it hopes will popularise the downloading of books, newspapers and print in the way that Apple has driven the gr... |
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D Telekom in exploratory talks with EDS (20 November 05:35) |
| Deutsche Telekom has held talks with US computer services company Electronic Data Systems to sound out the chances of a takeover by the German telecoms group |
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Vodafone sees China growth (19 November 04:01) |
| Vodafone is seeking to increase its presence in China through a government-led restructuring of the country's telecommunications industry |
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Yahoo turns up heat on European units (19 November 12:06) |
| Staff have been given until the first quarter next year to revitalise badly performing parts of Yahoo's European business or face closure or sale |
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Ellison warns BEA on possible future bid (15 November 07:43) |
| Any future Oracle takeover bid for BEA Systems will be for less than the $7bn it offered last month, Larry Ellison, Oracle's chief executive officer, warned |
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SK is preferred bidder for Hanarotelecom (14 November 10:42) |
| SK Telecom was selected as the preferred bidder for a controlling stake in broadband service provider Hanarotelecom |
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Softbank plans venture with Chinese group (14 November 10:25) |
| The telecommunications group is in talks with Alibaba, an e-commerce company, to set up a joint venture based in Japan |
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Yahoo settles China dissident case (14 November 05:40) |
| Yahoo reached an out-of-court settlement with the families of two Chinese journalists who were jailed in their home country after the internet company identified their online activities to t... |
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Brussels to investigate Google ad deal (14 November 03:52) |
| Google's ambitions in the online advertising business suffered a potential setback as the European Commission said it was opening an in-depth review of the internet company's proposed $3.1bn... |
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Politicians call for Samsung probe (14 November 02:56) |
| Three political parties representing a majority in South Korea's parliament plan to submit legislation to appoint an independent counsel to investigate bribery allegations against Samsun... |
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Brussels to probe Google's DoubleClick deal (14 November 01:19) |
| Google's proposed takeover of DoubleClick, the online advertising group
, suffered a setback when the European Commission said it was opening an in-depth review of the $3.1bn deal |
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China Mobile warns on challenge (14 November 12:06) |
| The head of China Mobile warned that mobile phone operators must change to face the challenge of new wireless service models pushed by handset makers and internet companies |
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Bebo opens up to media groups (13 November 09:02) |
| The social networking website said it would allow media companies such as the BBC and CBS to make their video content available to its community of 40m users |
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Adobe CEO leaves software company (13 November 06:14) |
| Bruce Chizen said that he would step down as chief executive of Adobe, citing personal reasons for leaving the software company |
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IBM agrees $5bn cash deal for Cognos (13 November 01:30) |
| IBM said it would would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos for US$5bn in cash, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry |
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IBM in $5bn cash deal for Cognos (13 November 01:30) |
| IBM said it would would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos for US$5bn in cash, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry |
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IBM agrees $5bn Cognos buy (12 November 09:48) |
| IBM said it would would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos for US$5bn in cash, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry |
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Intel launches 45nm microprocessors (12 November 04:24) |
| In its biggest product launch of the year, Intel will launch 13 new microprocessors, taking the PC industry to the next level of miniaturisation |
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Publicis chief warns on internet ad revenues (12 November 03:33) |
| Maurice Lévy says many new media companies are chasing too few advertising dollars as fresh questions are raised on the fast-rising valuations of prominent online groups |
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Microsoft joins merging worlds (12 November 01:17) |
| The differences between online and offline computing are dissolving as software companies begin to merge the look and features of desktop programs and web applications |
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Sprint Nextel's WiMax partnership axed (10 November 03:56) |
| Sprint Nextel's ambitious plans to roll out a nationwide wireless broadband network based on an emerging 4G technology called WiMax were in doubt after the struggling US mobile carrier cance... |
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Fans descend on iPhone launch (10 November 03:16) |
| Hordes of iPhone fans descended on Apple's flagship Regent Street store in London yon Friday hoping to be the first to get their hands on the much-hyped mobile device |
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Fans descend on UK iPhone launch (10 November 03:16) |
| Hordes of iPhone fans descended on Apple's flagship Regent Street store in London, hoping to be the first to get their hands on the much-hyped mobile device |
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Antitrust authorities raid CRT manufacturers (09 November 11:48) |
| Officials in Japan and South Korea are probing the cathode ray tube businesses of Matsushita and Samsung, who are suspected of price-fixing and violating EC rules on cartels |
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Matsushita and Samsung under investigation (09 November 11:48) |
| Competition authorities are investigating a group of Asian electronics makers, including Japan's Matsushita and South Korea's Samsung, on suspicion of price fixing in the shrinking market fo... |
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Providence might abandon Clear Channel deal (09 November 05:45) |
| Providence Equity Partners may abandon plans for a $1.2bn deal to buy 56 US television stations from Clear Channel Communications, in the latest example of a private equity takeover facing c... |
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Vonage in AT&T patent suit settlement (09 November 05:26) |
| Shares in Vonage Holdings jumped more than 13 per cent after the New Jersey-based broadband internet phone pioneer said it had reached an agreement in principle to pay $39m to AT&T and settl... |
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Qualcomm hit by Nokia fallout (09 November 05:22) |
| Qualcomm, the biggest mobile phone chipmaker, reported record sales and profits for its 2007 fiscal year but its forecasts disappointed Wall Street as it excluded possible revenues from Noki... |
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Slowdown fears hit tech stocks (09 November 03:07) |
| Fears that a cyclical slowdown may be starting to eat into corporate spending on technology sent a shiver through Wall Street, denting a sector that had been largely immune to the recent jit... |
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Hollywood studio buys UK games developer (08 November 02:32) |
| Warner Bros has signalled its intention of expanding more aggressively into the video games industry with the acquisition of TT Games, the UK publisher of the LEGO Star Wars series, which ha... |
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Time Warner's Bewkes hints at strategy shift (08 November 01:06) |
| Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner's chief executive-in-waiting, fuelled speculation that the media group would change shape by suggesting acquisitions, spin-offs and asset sales would be considered |
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Time Warner hit by AOL struggles (07 November 07:39) |
| Time Warner said its net earnings in its third quarter fell by more than half as AOL's strategy to focus on online advertising at the expense of subscriptions hit revenues, and after gains f... |
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Tom Tom raises bid for Tele Atlas (07 November 03:17) |
| The Dutch digital mapping company raised its offer for rival Tele Atlas and bought 28 per cent of the target's shares to see off a rival challenge from Garmin of the US |
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Yahoo CEO repents over China dissident (07 November 05:31) |
| Jerry Yang, Yahoo's chief executive, apologised to relatives of two jailed Chinese dissidents in the face of claims from US lawmakers that the internet company had been a 'willing participan... |
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