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Dow jumps 207 points on falling oil prices, encouraging profit reports
Wall Street shot higher Thursday, with the Dow rising more than 200 points on a combination of tumbling energy prices and stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big corporations such as JPMorgan Chase, IBM Corp. and United Technologies Corp. Light, sweet crude fell $5.31 to settle at $129.29 a barrel; oil has dropped more than $15 in just the past three days.
Austin American-Statesman |
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Summary Box: Microsoft 4Q profit climbs
CASH COWS: Sales of Office, Windows helped push Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter revenue up 18 percent to $15.8 billion. BOTTOM LINE: Profit rose steadily to $4.3 billion but missed Wall Street's expectations by a penny per share as Web advertising business...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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IBM sees double-digit growth in second quarter
Hot mainframe sales and growing demand for computer and business services gave IBM Corp. a robust second quarter, with profits and revenues rising in double digits.
The Journal News |
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Robbery victim seeks YouTube justice
CHARLOTTE -- A robbery victim is going to an unlikely source for justice -- YouTube. Days after family jewelry, a laptop and other valuables were stolen, James Walters is now sharing video of the crime online in hopes a suspect will be busted in cyberspace.
News 14 Carolina |
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THE WRAP: Intel, IBM, Nokia beat forecasts
It was the week when tech leaders beat the economic gloom and the EU filed a new complaint against Intel. Intel’s profit spiked 25% to $1.6 billion thanks to record orders for notebook PC chips and higher than usual microprocessor shipments.
telecomasia.net |
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Summary Box: Microsoft 4Q profit climbs
CASH COWS: Sales of Office, Windows helped push Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter revenue up 18 percent to $15.8 billion. BOTTOM LINE: Profit rose steadily to $4.3 billion but missed Wall Street's expectations by a penny per share as Web advertising business weakened.
INO News |
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Microsoft 4Q profit jumps 42 percent
(AP:SEATTLE) Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 percent, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software, but the company offered a softer-than-expected outlook for the current quarter.
INO News |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 7th Sep 2006 19:59 UTC
LinuxDevices is reporting that a new WiFi-enabled portable A/V player from Archos (604-Wifi) runs an embedded Linux OS and sports the Opera web browser.
New Mobile Computing |
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Google 2Q letdown raises economic worries
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) Google Inc.'s earnings growth bogged down more than investors anticipated during the second quarter, raising worries that the ailing U.S. economy is starting to sap the Internet search leader.
INO News |
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Coupon printing cutting into coupon clipping habit
Internet provides easy-to-use vehicle to search for savings The Sunday newspaper remains the No. 1 place for acquiring household coupons, but Internet coupons are on the rise, according to Scarborough Research.
Los Angeles Times |
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Obama raises $52M in June, setting torrid new pace
WASHINGTON (AP) — Though he's raking in the cash so far, Barack Obama's decision to forgo public funds for the fall campaign means he must keep up his torrid pace — a tall order that will tax his time, test his Internet support and require the help of Democratic donors who once wished for his defeat.
The Post-Standard |
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Google 2Q letdown raises economic worries
Google Inc.'s earnings growth bogged down more than investors anticipated during the second quarter, raising worries that the ailing U.S. economy is starting to sap the Internet search leader.
The Washington Times |
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SAP opens co-innovation lab in Tokyo
The company said the co-innovation lab will focus on identifying opportunities to address pressing business needs, including enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) adoption, green IT and virtualization techniques to assist with enterprise software implementation.
Computer Business Review |
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Microsoft profit outlook below expectations
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp posted a quarterly profit and outlook below Wall Street expectations on Thursday, citing "tough" economic conditions, and its shares fell 6 percent.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Cbeyond and Microsoft offer IP-based phone system
Cbeyond, a provider of IP-based managed services, has launched the BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service pre-configured on the Microsoft Response Point IP-based phone system. The company climes that BeyondVoice with SIPconnect helps to simplify the installation of services for small businesses using Response Point Service Pack 1.
Computer Business Review |
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Howard Dean speaks at conference in Austin.
Democratic leader Howard Dean addressed thousands of political bloggers Thursday evening at the Austin Convention Center.
KVUE-TV Austin |
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Digital music replaces CDs as a favorite in China
BEIJING -- Many Chinese people have turned away from CDs and now choose digital music like cyber music and Personalized Ring Back Tone instead, a survey report revealed on Thursday.
China Daily |
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House Cautions MDAs on Online Recruitment
House of Representatives yesterday directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) to henceforth make available hard copies of their recruitment forms to prospective applicants in the states and local governments, noting that online applications tend to cut off job seekers living in areas without internet connectivity.
This Day |
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Summary Box: Microsoft 4Q profit climbs
CASH COWS: Sales of Office, Windows helped push Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter revenue up 18 percent to $15.8 billion. BOTTOM LINE: Profit rose steadily to $4.3 billion but missed Wall Street's expectations by a penny per share as Web advertising business weakened. CRYSTAL BALL: The software maker forecast double-digit sales growth in 2009, despite plans to spend hundreds of millions more ...
The State |
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Bear captured in East Mountains
Game and Fish officials caught a 300 pound black bear after savvy neighbors tracked it online. Since July, residents in the Tablazon neighborhood have been using a Yahoo neighborhood group to track bears in the area.
KOB-TV Albuquerque |
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Microsoft profit outlook below expectations
Microsoft Corp posted a quarterly profit and outlook below Wall Street expectations on Thursday, citing "tough" economic conditions, and its shares fell 6 percent.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Google shares drop 8 pc
Google shares tumbled 8 pc.
The Economic Times |
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Microsoft sees economy possibly improving in 2009
Microsoft Corp's chief financial officer said on Thursday that economic conditions may improve in the first half of 2009.
The Economic Times |
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Summary Box: Microsoft 4Q profit climbs
CASH COWS: Sales of Office, Windows helped push Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter revenue up 18 percent to $15.8 billion.
Tri-City Herald |
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IBM profit tops targets, forecast up
BOSTON (Reuters) - IBM reported a 22 percent rise in quarterly profit, blowing past Wall Street targets and raising its 2008 forecast, as emerging markets used its services, software and equipment to expand, and larger countries turned to technology to save money.
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