News tagged with eastman kodak

Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames

Kodak says it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in order to focus on its more profitable businesses.

Technology / Business

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Japan's Fujifilm seeks tie-up with Olympus

Japanese film and camera maker Fujifilm has offered scandal-hit Olympus a capital and business tie-up, it said Monday as it announced a slump in third-quarter profits.

Technology / Business

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kodak gets 2013 deadline to reorganize

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. has obtained a bankruptcy judge's approval to borrow an initial $650 million from Citigroup Inc. to keep operations running while it peddles a trove of digital-imaging patents.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts see tough road for Kodak to reinvent self

(AP) -- Even in bankruptcy, Kodak boasts some enviable strengths: a golden brand, technology firepower that includes a rich collection of photo patents, and more than $4 billion in annual sales of digital ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Photo industry mourns Kodak

Photographers, professionals and amateurs alike, are mourning the end of an era after Eastman Kodak, which produced the cameras and film many started hobbies and careers with, filed for bankruptcy.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11

Is Kodak's moment past? The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortune: cutthroat competition from Japanese firms ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Kodak restructures amid bankruptcy battle

US photography giant Eastman Kodak, fighting to keep bankruptcy at bay, announced Tuesday a major restructuring to speed up its transformation into a digital company.

Technology / Business

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Report: Kodak may file for bankruptcy

An uncomfortable suspicion that an icon of American business may have no future pushed investors to dump stock in Eastman Kodak Co. Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Kodak loses third board member in 2 weeks

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. says another member of its board of directors has resigned - the third director to exit the struggling company in the past two weeks.

Technology / Business

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Kodak patent ruling delayed amid cash worries

A U.S. arbiter for trade disputes is delaying a ruling on Eastman Kodak Co.'s high-stakes patent-infringement claim against smartphone makers Apple Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd.

Technology / Business

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kodak hopes to sell online photo-sharing unit: report

Iconic US camera maker Eastman Kodak is seeking to sell its online photo sharing website as the company teeters on the verge of bankruptcy, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can Kodak rescue itself via a patent bonanza?

Picture this: Kodak - the company that invented the first digital camera in 1975, and developed the photo technology inside most cellphones and digital devices - is in the midst of the worst crisis in its ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 10

Kodak to license laser projection patents to Imax

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Sunday that it will license thousands of patents to Imax in a deal that will supply the troubled photography company with millions of dollars.

Technology / Business

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kodak tries to quash bankruptcy fears; shares jump

(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. shares soared more than 57 percent Monday after the photo company tried to quash investor fears of a bankruptcy, which had caused shares to lose more than half their value on Friday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Kodak shares plunge as bankruptcy fears escalate

Investors dumped Eastman Kodak's stock Friday amid fears that the photography pioneer is headed toward bankruptcy.

Technology / Business

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2