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US financial meltdown tests patience of tech startup investors

September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 2

The US financial sector meltdown is a mixed blessing for technology startups, making them seem solid bets in a shaky market but threatening long waits for investors accustomed to quick returns.


AT&T chairman says credit woes crimping operations

September 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- The tightening of the global credit markets is crimping the world's largest telecommunications company.


Rupert Murdoch, Tom Glocer support Microsoft-Yahoo merger

May 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Two media titans, Rupert Murdoch and Tom Glocer, the head of Thompson Reuters, said they support a partnership between computer giant Microsoft and Internet giant Yahoo, after a deal between the two companies fell apart in ...


WTO to rule on US dispute with EU on hi-tech products: sources

September 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

The World Trade Organisation agreed to rule on a challenge brought by the United States, Japan and Taiwan against the European Union over duties on high-technology products, WTO sources told AFP on Tuesday.


SanDisk in talks with Korean Samsung

September 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Computer memory group SanDisk said Friday it has had "discussions" with South Korean giant Samsung Electronics but declined to confirm that they were merger or takeover talks.


Microsoft to open research centre in SKorea: institute

September 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Microsoft will set up a research and development centre in South Korea in cooperation with the country's leading scientific research institute, officials said Monday.


AMD to spin off factories in bid to save money

October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- In a move to dramatically cut costs and better compete with Intel Corp., chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it will spin off its factories into a new joint venture with investors in the Persian Gulf ...


Gadget sales thrive during economic storm: CEA

October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

The Consumer Electronics Association said Tuesday that sales of gadgets are thriving as people hunker down in their homes to weather the brutal economic storm battering world markets.