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January 19, 2010
Healthcare stocks lead Wall Street higher
...healthcare sector but more importantly the uncertainty about healthcare costs and new taxes stands as an impediment to any corporation that may be looking at expanding their business.” Technology stocks also rose, in anticipation of positive quarterly results from IBM after the closing bell. Shares... By Samantha Pearson in New York
May 13, 2009
Perspectives: Exotic beauties that are remembered with affection
...upwardly compatible operating system. Business customers could be confident of...Marconi, which eventually became International Computers Ltd (ICL). Leo stood...year-old Digital Equipment Corporation was launching the PDP-8...laboratory. Much of its success in business was its ability to run Visicalc...the IBM PC. Then in 1981, Xerox Corporation launched the 8010 Information System...pointed the way to today’s machines. It prompted Apple to develop... By Alan Cane
February 8, 2007
Sales and IT contracts boost profits at EDS
...22.60 in July. EDS, whose competitors include International Business Machines and Computer Sciences Corporation, reported a net income of $217m in the fourth quarter...a common measure of the overall profitability of a business – was 6.8 per cent, compared with 4.4 per cent... By Kevin Allison in New York
November 17, 2005
Fitting tribute to a pioneering thinker
...example of an excellent mind for business,” says one respondent. “The man...dominant market position in its core business, a robust attitude towards competitors...1980s, hardware companies such as International Business Machines (IBM) and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) enjoyed the glamour and... By SImon London
December 13, 2005
Simon London: Dust off those dancing shoes
...Just ask senior executives at International Business Machines, Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Wal...it became clear that the Harvard Business School Wunderkind did not have all...such as Xerox, Digital Equipment Corporation and Texas Instruments – which looked...for developing new technologies, business models and organisational skills... By Simon London
December 14, 2006
Private vs public
...Johnson 190,488 listed 22 American International Group, Inc 184,580 listed 23...SA 163,748 listed 30 Chevron Corporation 160,665 listed 31 China Mobile...Vodafone Group plc 142,101 listed 37 International Business Machines Corp 141,055 listed 38 Pertamina...listed 47 China Construction Bank Corporation 122,406 listed 48 BHP Billiton... By Rob Minto in London
November 14, 2006
Citigroup-led team set to win battle for Guangdong
...banks to 25 per cent. It will also be revealed that International Business Machines, the US computer giant, has agreed to join Citigroup...Life, the mainland's biggest insurer, State Grid Corporation, the utility, and Citic Trust, the Beijing-backed...firm consortium made of partners with strong and long business ties. It is not simply a question of adding up big... By Sundeep Tucker and Justine Lau in Hong Kong
November 13, 2006
Citigroup’s team leads Guangdong bidding
...banks to 25 per cent. It will also be revealed that International Business Machines, the US computer giant, has agreed to join Citigroup...Life, the mainland’s biggest insurer, State Grid Corporation, the utility, and Citic Trust, the Beijing-backed...firm consortium made of partners with strong and long business ties. It is not simply a question of adding up big... By Sundeep Tucker and Justine Lau in Hong Kong
January 27, 2009
Changing places and faces: Jobs takes a break till the summer
...chief executive of Borland Software Corporation to become chief operating officer...include being general manager for Business Objects and acting as a vice-president...president. He has responsibility for business development and corporate strategy...immediate and positive impact on our business.” Mr Pai, 43, has worked for...was also a general manager at WebMD Corporation, and also worked at at Silicon Graphics... By Dan Ilett
June 29, 2005
CNOOC considers private equity in Unocal bid
China National Offshore Oil Corporation is considering bringing in private equity firms as...exercise by China's Lenovo Group after its takeover of International Business Machines' personal computer unit earlier this year. It would aim to boost the Chinese company's international management expertise. “That's something everyone... By Joe Leahy in Jakarta