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Google pitches digital ads amid the slowdown

11 hours 38 min ago
The search group will urge clients in a London conference not to turn their backs on digital advertising and will explain how they could use the internet to 'speed up in a slowdown'

Semiconductor sales poised to slump next year

12 hours 4 min ago
Sales of semiconductors - the drivers of the digital age - are set to slump next year for the first time since the bust of 2001. The Semiconductor Industry Association...

Electronics bargains for US consumers spell trouble for the industry

12 hours 4 min ago
Reluctant US shoppers look certain to be tempted by big bargains this holiday season with 32-inch LCD televisions going for $400, small laptop computers for $300 and...

Business fights for tougher rules on emissions

12 hours 4 min ago
Five leading US consumer companies have launched a campaign to press for ambitious regulation designed to combat global warming, as a policy battle looms in Washington...

Activists' ruthless streak shakes French boardrooms

12 hours 4 min ago
This has been something of a week for activist shareholders in France. On Sunday, Philippe Germond, the chief executive of computer services group Atos Origin, was...

Business fights for tougher rules on emissions

12 hours 4 min ago
Five leading US consumer companies have launched a campaign to press for ambitious regulation designed to combat global warming, as a policy battle looms in Washington...

Electronics bargains spell trouble for tech industry

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 20:38
Buyers of digital gadgets have learnt they can always expect to get more for less

Sun Microsystems

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 20:29
The maker of computer servers has announced a sizeable restructuring plan, but it is hard to see this as more than a first step in the right direction

The perils of having a passionate helmsman

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 20:10
What Jerry Yang thought was right for Yahoo turned out not to be, and his enthusiasm for the enterprise he built, which he thought could flourish independently, was misguided. Sometimes a company requires a dispassionate leader, writes John Gapper

Chip sales set to slump for first time since 2001

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 20:08
SIA umbrella body forecasts a 5.6 per cent fall in annual sales for its members in 2009

Yahoo shake-up could delay talks with AOL

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 04:11
Negotiations to combine with Time Warner's AOL are likely to be delayed by the shake-up that has led to Jerry Yang's departure from the chief executive role at Yahoo

Yang backs out of limelight

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 00:19
A slow start and the lack of any radical strategy to turn things round eventually led to the end for Yahoo's chief executive

Yahoo boosted by renewed deal hopes

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 20:37
Hopes that Yahoo's plan to replace Jerry Yang as chief executive would clear the way for a deal with Microsoft lifted the struggling internet company's shares

Yahoo chief Yang to step down

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 20:10
Shares in Yahoo rose after the troubled internet company announced that Jerry Yang, co-founder, would step down from his position as chief executive officer as soon as a replacement has been appointed.

Headhunter starts search for new Yahoo chief

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 19:50
John Thompson, one of the tech industries top headhunters, is likely to find it difficult to find the right chemistry when trying to replace Jerry Yang, the outgoing chief executive of Yahoo

Wall St nerves calmed by HP

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 18:53
Shares in the technology industry's main bellwether jump 14.5 per cent as it pre-announces earnings and issues an outlook for next year that help ease US market jitters

India's IT executives fear worst slowdown

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 17:18
Companies are sensitive to the global economy because they handle everything from the computer systems of offshore clients to their accounts and even the back office processes of their businesses

Mark Cuban accused of insider trading

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 02:00
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, was accused of insider trading by US securities regulators

Silicon start-ups finished

Mon, 17/11/2008 - 23:19
After years of easy money in Silicon Valley, minnows have been told by venture capitalists they may not be able to raise the cash they need to survive next year. Others will only secure new funds on harsh terms

Atos Origin

Mon, 17/11/2008 - 20:41
The French IT services company has summoned national turnround artiste Thierry Breton, the former French finance minister, to unlock value. His task looks formidable

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