The year 2012 will go down in history as the year when people voted with their wallets and decided that tablets are good enough for work. The success of tablets has driven people to bring their own devices to work. Supporting these ...
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Yahoo's new CEO, Marissa Mayer, is expected to unveil her plan to turn around the ailing Internet company on Tuesday. Industry analysts say it's time for Mayer, who joined Yahoo in July, to lay out a vision for the company's future that ...
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Panasonic said Monday it has developed a new system for artificial photosynthesis that can remove carbon dioxide from the air almost as well as plants do, as part of the company's push to join an industry-wide trend toward greener tech. ...
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A sale of Supervalu to private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management could lead to a break-up of the US retailer, sources have told Reuters. Buyout firm Cerberus is reported to be preparing a takeover bid for Supervalu, with an eye ...
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The death knell has rung for pizza manufacturer Paramount Foods,which will close its site in North Wales with the loss of a further 278 jobs. Paramount Foods is to close its site in North Wales with the loss of 279 jobs Staff will work ...
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TORONTO --- Even though Sears Canada narrowed its net loss by almost half despite falling sales in the third quarter, its CEO said it's taking too long to implement his turnaround plan for the multi-channel retailer. Revenues for the 13 ...
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Hewlett-Packard is taking an $8.8 billion charge as a result of what it called serious accounting improprieties that occurred at U.K. software company Autonomy before it acquired the firm in 2011. Taking the charge into account, HP ...
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Sony said Thursday that the executive in charge of its online products,and linking them up to its broad hardware holdings,will leave the company at the end of the year. The Tokyo-based electronics giant said Tim Schaaff,who it poached ...
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Japan's Sharp,a major supplier of LCD displays to Apple and other manufacturers,has warned that it may not survive if it can't turn around its business,an admission that caught few off guard. The Osaka-based manufacture said there ...
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Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman took to the stage at Gartner's Symposium/ITexpo here Wednesday looking to convince customers that HP is on solid footing. She emphasized the tech pioneer's commitment to research and development, security ...
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Supervalu Inc has booked a jump in second-quarter losses, driven by charges related to the supermarket group's turnaround plan. The company said its second-quarter net loss totalled US$111m in the three months, up from $60m in the ...
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Lenovo has become the world's top supplier of PCs, according to the latest market data from Gartner. Lenovo took the top spot for worldwide PC shipments for the first time in its history, with its global share increasing to 15.7%, putting ...
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Even though an upbeat U.S.government jobs report caused shares of some companies to jump Friday,tech vendor stocks faltered on the back of mixed quarterly reports. Tech vendor financial reports this week painted a portrait of the state of ...
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Hewlett-Packard(HP)CEO Meg Whitman has unveiled a five-year turnaround plan for the troubled enterprise IT company,admitting the turnaround would take longer than expected. Speaking at an analyst briefing,she said:"We have to focus on ...
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Hewlett-Packard has outlined a turnaround plan that includes slashing the number of PC models it sells by 25 percent over the next two years. At its financial analyst day in San Francisco on Wednesday,HP also painted a weak financial ...
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