Microsoft buying a chunk of Dell would be smart
CEO and founder Michael Dell's 16% stake is worth roughly $3.5 billion, so he would still control a bit more than his ally in Redmond, Wash., if CNBC's report is accurate. ...
View ArticleMicrosoft joining Dell buyout would be smart
CEO and founder Michael Dell's 16% stake is worth roughly $3.5 billion, so he would still control a bit more than his ally in Redmond, Wash., if CNBC's report is accurate. ...
View ArticleIBM earnings beat expectations
The Armonk, N.Y.-based firm reported net income, excluding special items, of $6.1 billion for the fourth quarter. Earnings per share were $5.39, while sales hit $29.3 billion. Analysts surveyed ...
View ArticleSplashing time at water world
"But aren't they dangerous?" This oft-repeated question has never been more in need of an urgent answer than today. I am shuffling knee-deep in chilly water, waving the tail of a dead ...
View ArticleMicrosoft to act against 13 resellers
Microsoft Corp planned to take "legal action" against 13 Shanghai-based computer resellers who sold users branded computers with pre-installed counterfeit Windows system, the US software ...
View ArticleDavos forum begins to address global challenges
/enpproperty--> DAVOS, Switzerland - The World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting 2013 opened here on Tuesday evening under the theme "resilient dynamism." Klaus Schwab, Founder and ...
View ArticleFund companies report fourth quarter profits
/enpproperty--> As many as 1,271 funds of 70 fund companies achieved a total profit of 104.5 billion yuan in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to their Q4 reports released on ...
View ArticleThe PC Is Dead Long Live The PC Intel Exits Motherboard Business
Intel is bidding a fond farewell to the traditional desktop PC as the chip maker diverts the majority of its resources into the burgeoning smartphone, tablet, and ultrabook markets. "We ...
View ArticleGoogle quarterly earnings beat estimates
Google on Tuesday reported strong earnings in the fourth quarter of 2012 which topped estimates by Wall Street analysts though its revenue was lower than expected.Earnings per share excluding items ...
View ArticleUN chief calls for innovation in tackling global challenges
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday called for an innovative action to deal with the numerous challenges facing the world and to meet shared goals such as sustainable development, ...
View ArticleStanford ex-finance chief gets 5 years for Ponzi scheme in US
A former finance chief for convicted Texas financier Allen Stanford was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for his role in Stanford's 7-billion-US-dollar Ponzi scheme.James M. Davis, 64, ...
View ArticleWal-Mart warns its suppliers
Shopping carts are seen outside a new Walmart Express store in Chicago. The retail giant has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to ...
View ArticleLarsen Cantwell don’t question FAA grounding of Boeing 787
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, the new top Democrat on the House aviation subcommittee, said he won’t second-guess the FAA’s decision to ground Boeing’s 787 fleet over unresolved battery ...
View ArticleMicrosoft earnings report due first since Windows 8 debut
Reports have trickled out that sales of Windows 8 and other Microsoft products may not have done so well over the all-important holiday season. We’ll have a better idea when the company reports ...
View ArticleDeal Professor Reports Reveal Financial Challenges but Few Solutions
JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Reserve that we are light years from understanding or preventing financial crises.The reminders come in the form of JPMorgan's management task force report on the ...
View ArticleHow Will Obama Address Economy Equality and Partisanship in Second Term
In his inaugural address, President Obama laid his plans for the next four years, including more attention to global warming and equal rights for gay Americans. Jeffrey Brown and guests discuss the ...
View ArticleRaising USAIDs stature in the world
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton has been a visible and vocal champion of development. She has called development an "indispensable foreign policy tool for advancing American interests and ...
View ArticleWorldwide companies arent thrilled about growth prospects
New survey results Tuesday show a steady drop in the number of CEOs worldwide who are "very confident" that their companies will grow this year. The number has fallen from 48 percent in ...
View ArticleTargeting corporate political donations
Having failed to kill political giving policies at two of Minnesota's biggest corporations last year, investors opposed to contributions of company general funds to candidates and super PACs ...
View ArticleOld City business owner plans to improve iconic neighborhood building
An Old City business owner has plans to improve one of the neighborhood's most iconic buildings. The former home of Patrick Sullivan's Saloon on the corner of Jackson and Central sits ...
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