In the decade since the tech-heavy Nasdaq reached its all-time high during the Internet bubble, the index has recouped just half of its losses. Even so, the tech sector is booming once again, and it’s a good time to ask: where is tech headed in the next ten years? Continue reading Ten Years After the Dot Com Bust, Tech Is Booming Again Ten Years After the Dot Com Bust, Tech Is Booming Again originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00. Filed Under: Technology , Hewlett-Packard , Intel , Apple , Amazon.com Inc. , Facebook , Cisco Systems Inc. , eBay , Twitter Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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The following is a round-up of news likely to affect stock prices today: Ciena ( CIEN ) shares skidded over 8% in premarket trading after reporting bigger first quarter loss of 12 cents a share than the 6 cents analysts had estimated. Revenue for the quarter also missed view. While the company said it sees strong order flow in the quarter, guideline for the current quarter was conservative. Wal-Mart… Continue reading Stocks in the News: Walmart, Pier 1, Ciena Stocks in the News: Walmart, Pier 1, Ciena originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00. Filed Under: Company News , Investing , JP Morgan Chase , Goldman Sachs , Coca-Cola Company , Boeing , Wal-Mart Stores , Citigroup , Walt Disney , PetSmart Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Some of the Thursday’s best investor stories on the Internet, including what T. Boone Pickens is buying, five reasons to purchase a Toyota, and a breakdown of Facebook’s revenue. Continue reading Daily Blogwatch: Five Reasons to Buy a Toyota and Why the Stimulus Package is Working Daily Blogwatch: Five Reasons to Buy a Toyota and Why the Stimulus Package is Working originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:30:00. Filed Under: Columns , Investing Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Two new books raise some deep questions about the American concept of mental health: One is a searing investigation of how we export, not just our drugs, but our idea of mental illness. The other is the upcoming revision of the psychiatric diagnostic manual, which proposed some very necessary changes to the standards of treatment. Continue reading Drugged and Dosed: Do Americans Take Too Many Mind-Altering Meds? Drugged and Dosed: Do Americans Take Too Many Mind-Altering Meds? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00. Filed Under: Healthcare , GlaxoSmithKline Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Some of the best stories for investors from the Internet, including why Soros is buying gold, investment ideas for the PIIGS, and a new pair trade. Continue reading Daily Blogwatch: The Day Just Got Shorter, Investment Opportunities in the PIIGS, and a New Pair Trade Daily Blogwatch: The Day Just Got Shorter, Investment Opportunities in the PIIGS, and a New Pair Trade originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:30:00. Filed Under: Columns , Investing , Research In Motion , Yahoo Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Microsoft wins right to shut down a vast network of computers that spread spam and viruses across the Internet. Continue reading Microsoft Wins Right to Kill Vast Spam Network Microsoft Wins Right to Kill Vast Spam Network originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00. Filed Under: Technology , Microsoft Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Antitrust regulators in the U.S. and Europe have approved Microsoft’s search advertising partnership with Yahoo, giving the two companies a much needed boost in their quest to chip away at market leader Google’s lead. The regulatory victories are a major boost for Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who made the search partnership a key component in her still-young tenure leading the one-time Internet pioneer. Continue reading U.S. Approves Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal U.S. Approves Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:30:00. Filed Under: Google , Microsoft , Yahoo Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Earlier this week, AstraZeneca’s widely used cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in people with normal cholesterol to prevent heart attacks and strokes. The approval could lead to a much bigger market for Crestor, but has also led to a number of critics questioning the decision. Continue reading Wider Approval for Crestor Brings Out Cynics Wider Approval for Crestor Brings Out Cynics originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:50:00. Filed Under: Company News , Healthcare , Astrazeneca Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Google’s plan to build a ultra-fast fiber-optic network for as many as 500,000 U.S. customers is an ambitious shot across the bow of incumbent Internet service providers. To be rolled out as a test in several cities, the plan aims to nudge both the feds and ISPs to ramp up U.S. broadband speeds. Continue reading Google’s Ultra-Fast Broadband Plan Puts U.S. ISPs on Notice Google’s Ultra-Fast Broadband Plan Puts U.S. ISPs on Notice originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:50:00. Filed Under: Company News , Technology , Economy , Google , Verizon Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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With social-networking devices transforming the way that individuals relate to each other, many fear that technology-based “generation gaps” are likely to widen not only between parents and children, but even between siblings separated by only a few years. In a worst-case scenario, some argue, this would lead to cyber-Balkanization, a sort of Internet Tower of Babel, in which meaningful communication would be limited to smaller and smaller groups as notions of relationships and even fundamental worldviews would vastly shift in an incredibly short period of time. Continue reading Can Digital-Age Teens Still Talk to Analog Parents? Can Digital-Age Teens Still Talk to Analog Parents? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:00:00. Filed Under: Technology , People Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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