News tagged with global economic meltdown
Journalism evolving, not dying: science author
Mar 14, 2009 |
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Newspapers are dying but journalism is evolving, an acclaimed science writer told a gathering of the techno-hip at South By South West Interactive Festival on Friday.
Flawed deposit insurance programs need reform, banking expert says
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Government insurance programs that safeguard bank deposits should be reformed to ease taxpayers' undue stake in propping up the nation's banking system, according to research by a University of Illinois finance professor.
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Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other ...
Taiwan's HTC says profit down 30 percent
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Taiwan's smartphone maker HTC Corp posted a year-on-year 30 percent fall in first quarter net profit as the global economic meltdown hit sales, the company said Monday.
Madoff scandal's impact on the life sciences
Mar 17, 2009 |
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While the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme led to the collapse of the Picower Foundation, a major benefactor for life science research, many bioindustry observers view the fallout from the scandal as a minor consequence in the ...
Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial ...
Financial Crisis Reduces Economic Freedom in China and the West
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The current financial crisis may reduce economic freedom as governments are likely increase intervention in a bid to protect their own economies - according to a study in Pacific Focus published by Wiley- ...
Effective global regulation
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Government ownership of banks – something unthinkable until very recently for the 'Anglo-Saxon' model of capitalism –- became a reality early in 2008. This was a policy response to an unprecedented global financial crisis, ...
Lenovo buying back mobile phone business
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(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.
PC maker Lenovo reports loss amid weak demand
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday and said it faces pressure from weak global demand and intense competition.
Microsoft CEO's compensation down 6 percent in '09
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The value of the compensation package granted to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer fell about 6 percent in fiscal 2009, a year in which weak computer sales cut into the software maker's profits.
Credit crunch threatens new medicines
Oct 27, 2008 |
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The global financial crisis could seriously delay the discovery and production of many new life-saving medicines, warns a major international conference today (Monday).
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