Automotive news will be in the driver’s seat Tuesday as GM recalls 1.3 million vehicles and as Wall Street awaits the latest auto sales figures in the wake of Toyota’s recall problems. M&A activity will also be in focus as Dow Chemical agrees to sell its Styron unit and CF Industries launches a counter bid for rival Terra Industries. Continue reading Stocks in the News: Staples, Qualcomm, Toyota Stocks in the News: Staples, Qualcomm, Toyota originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:50:00. Filed Under: Company News , Investing Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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At first it seemed like bad timing. Oracle ( ORCL ) CEO Larry Ellison found his company going virtually head-to-head with Apple ( AAPL ) CEO Steve Jobs in dueling webcasts announcing major tech news on Jan. 27. It was no contest: Apple’s iPad launch party easily overshadowed Oracle’s get-together to highlight the completion of its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems — so much so, that it appeared as if Oracle had made a rare publicity blunder. But maybe not. Continue reading In Integrating Sun, Oracle Bets Big on a New Sales Strategy In Integrating Sun, Oracle Bets Big on a New Sales Strategy originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:15:00. Filed Under: Company News , Technology , Investing Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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After marching more than 115 points higher on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial average fell more than 122 points in Wednesday’s market sell-off, prompting some analysts to suggest investors may over-reacting to financial news. Continue reading Market’s Teeter-Tottering Suggests Investors Are Overreacting to News Market’s Teeter-Tottering Suggests Investors Are Overreacting to News originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:50:00. Filed Under: Economy , Investing , Bank of America Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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In another sign that the sector is leading the charge for the U.S. economic recovery, technology bellwether IBM ( IBM ) posted strong earnings results Tuesday, handily beating analyst expectations. Big Blue reported earnings per share of $3.59, beating the $3.47 per share Wall Street analysts had been expecting. Continue reading IBM Beats Wall Street Expectations With Stellar Report, Strong Guidance IBM Beats Wall Street Expectations With Stellar Report, Strong Guidance originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:05:00. Filed Under: Earnings , IBM Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Back in 2006, I had a chance to meet up with Satish Dharmaraj, a tech veteran who had a new start-up: Zimbra . It’s software was impressive: Using the new dynamic web-based technologies which would become known as AJAX, as well as cloud computing, Zimbra essentially turned your browser into a full-blown corporate email system. You could drag-and-drop items; tag messages; share group calendars and documents; and even use mash-ups with applications such as Google ( GOOG ) Maps. More important, it was much cheaper than Microsoft’s ( MSFT ) Exchange offering. Continue reading VMware’s Deal to Buy Zimbra: Cloudy With a Chance of Growth VMware’s Deal to Buy Zimbra: Cloudy With a Chance of Growth originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:39:00. Filed Under: Company News , Technology , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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U.S. productivity grew 8.1% in the third quarter, the Labor Department told us last week. In the short term, that’s great news for company profitability, but bad news for workers. In the medium term, though, higher productivity is good for both companies and workers, because if demand starts to grow, companies will still need to hire more workers to meet that demand. But where does increased productivity come from? The third post of this three-part series focuses on software the helps IT consultants make clients more efficient. Continue reading Sources of Productivity: Software for Making IT Pay Off Sources of Productivity: Software for Making IT Pay Off originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:00:00. Filed Under: IBM Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Filed under: People The champion of London’s homeless, Mark Guard, is becoming nearly as famous as his celebrity neighbors, including Maggie Thatcher, Joan Collins, Sean Connery and Nigella Lawson. Guard, the self-appointed leader of a group of squatters, is grabbing headlines again after taking up residence in yet another mansion in Belgravia, London’s most upscale district. This

Filed under: Technology , Economy , IBM U.S. productivity grew 8.1% in the third quarter, the Labor Department told us last week. In the short term, that’s great news for company profitability, but bad news for workers. In the medium term, though, higher productivity is good for both companies and workers, because if demand starts to grow, companies will still need to hire more workers to meet that demand. But where does increased productivity come from? Information technology spending has dropped off significantly since the dot-com bust. And since the recent recession began in December 2007, companies have been looking for ways to cut IT spending further while maintaining or increasing performance. Continue reading Sources of Productivity: Getting more bang from fewer IT bucks Sources of Productivity: Getting more bang from fewer IT bucks originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Investing Slumping financial shares pulled the stock market mostly lower Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s prediction that interest rates will remain low failed to galvanize investors. Stocks initially rose Monday afternoon after Bernanke said that forces like unemployment and tight credit would hold the economy to “moderate” improvements. He also reaffirmed the Fed’s position that interest rates are likely to remain low for an extended period. But the glow from Bernanke’s comments faded by the early afternoon, sending stocks generally lower as investors went back to being cautious about the economy. Dan Deming, a trader with Stutland Equities, said there were simply too few buyers to propel the market much higher. “It just feels like it’s drifting,” he said. “The market feels tired.” Continue reading Stocks end mixed after Fed’s talk about low interest rates leaves Wall Street cold Stocks end mixed after Fed’s talk about low interest rates leaves Wall Street cold originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Technology , IBM The brain is an amazing thing. “It consumes less power than a light bulb and occupies less space than a two-liter bottle of soda,” writes Dharmendra S. Modha , manager of cognitive computing at IBM ( IBM ), in his blog . Yet it performs functions no computer can — many of them quite basic. Think of those blurry, squiggly jumbles of letters and numbers that web sites use to make sure they’re dealing with a human being. Your brain can sense, perceive, reason, and coordinate different functions in a constantly changing environment; it can handle ambiguity and abstraction. There’s not an app for that — yet. But computer scientists at IBM have a longterm goal of achieving cognitive computing, a mindlike artificial intelligence, allowing computers to handle far more complex systems, such as finding patterns throughout the Web, the way humans can pick out a face from a crowd. Continue reading IBM’s quest for cognitive computers hits a milestone: Simulating a cat’s brain IBM’s quest for cognitive computers hits a milestone: Simulating a cat’s brain originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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