Vivendi, Europe's largest entertainment group by sales, recorded a 10.3 per cent increase in underlying profits in the first nine months...Vivendi was still aiming for UMG to return to a profit margin of 10 per cent in the fourth quarter.Meanwhile, growth in Maroc Telecom...

It is as though the last 10 years never happened. Since publishing its well-received third-quarter results last Thursday, Amazon.com has gained more than 30 per cent. That takes it to an all-time high. And that is amazing. No company symbolised the...

Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, saw its shares jump more than 10 per cent in after-hours trading on Thursday, as it announced quarterly sales that outperformed both its bricks-and-mortar competitors...

...announced last Thursday that its website would pre-sell 10 new books to be published next month for $10 with free shipping, leading Amazon to immediately...cent off, to bring its price down to $8.99. The 10 books include Going Rogue, the autobiography of...

The latest consumer technology and recession-busting online bargains have encouraged shoppers to open their wallets again,

...a strain on the system. In its early days of operation, about 10 years ago, Ebay suffered frequent computer failures, but it has...long time," said Mr Holland. "It will affect people more than 10 years ago, because there are so many people now who depend on...

Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company's being paid to "de-index" its

...internet) and "Media Go" (allows you to share files between Sony devices).The aggression with which the new Sony team has cut costs - 10 out of 57 factories are going and the claim is of Y330bn in fixed cost savings this year - has won much goodwill, however.At issue...

Traditional management is over. The internet has killed command and control. Now that everyone can analyse and ridicule

So the consumer is not dead after all. In a week that has already seen Apple skip blithely past expectations, unburdened by