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Retirement plans on hold in face of recession, survey finds

Other Sciences / Economics

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost one-third of small- and medium-sized business owners will need to put plans for their retirement on hold because of the downturn in the UK economy, an online survey by The University of Nottingham ...





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Business software market likely to stay flat this year

Technology / Business

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research firm Gartner Inc. said Monday the market for software sold to businesses is likely to grow only 0.3 percent this year compared to 2008, a downward revision from the firm's previous forecast of 6.6 percent growth.


Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.


Google chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt

'Acquisitions are back on': Google CEO

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US Internet giant Google is ready to begin buying up other companies again as the world economy begins to recover, chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.


GE to sell security unit to United Technologies

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US conglomerate General Electric on Thursday announced it would sell its security unit to United Technologies Corp. for 1.82 billion dollars.


Study Shows Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies

Study Shows Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlanta is poised to become the nation’s poster child for how to kill off a burgeoning industry. A new study by professors at Georgia Tech reveals that the city’s reputation as a high technology ...


Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is planning to invest in the island's largest producer of solar cells

Taiwan chip giant TSMC to enter solar energy

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is planning its first foray into solar energy with an investment in the island's largest producer of solar cells, a spokesman said Thursday.


Xbox exec Shane Kim to retire after 19 years

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shane Kim, the Microsoft Corp. executive who oversaw the growth of its video game business from the original Xbox and through such hits as "Halo" and "Gears of War," is retiring after 19 years with the software maker.


Cisco outlines strategy for Smart Grid infrastructure

Technology / Telecom

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Continuing its expansion into lucrative business niches, Cisco Systems on Monday will announce its entrance into the smart grid infrastructure market, which the company estimates will grow to $20 billion a year within the ...


Samsung Electronics has announced a 4.29 billion dollar plan to make their business  environmentally-friendly

Samsung's 4.2 bln dlrs 'green' initiative

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Monday announced a 4.29 billion dollar plan to develop eco-friendly products and cut emissions from its manufacturing plants by 2013.


Swine flu could wreak more havoc on US economy, says economist (w/ Video)

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business.



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