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Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

...a rocky period and, in 1985, the Italian firm Olivetti took a controlling share. Acorn went on to work alongside Apple on ARM, which was... Read more

19 November, 2010 by David Meyer

UK visa curbs could slam the door on booming Brazil

...Braxis, giving Europe's largest IT services company a 55 per cent controlling share in one of the rising stars of Latin America. It's... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

Oracle gains control of PeopleSoft

Enough PeopleSoft investors have tendered their shares to give Oracle a controlling stake - but it needs more to come forward in order to avoid the need for a shareholder vote Read more

29 December, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

Yar?Adua tows the line of his predecessor ?grants last mile mobile license

Despite the petitioning of NigComSat by well-meaning telecom pundits and economists over its seeking undue nudging from... Read more

19 December, 2007

Vodafone made to wait for US interest's IPO

...a factor likely to make Vodafone restless in its pursuit of a controlling share in the company Read more

15 January, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Sun set on Microsoft market, telco trials and tribulations, schools in crisis and a fishy tale

...delay raises speculation that Vodafone is planning an acquisition of the remaining controlling share in the company. It is the second time in four months... Read more

6 February, 2001 by Will Sturgeon

Date set for Italian 3G auction

...Telecom Italia Mobile, Omnitel (of which the UK's Vodafone has a controlling share), Wind (owned by France Telecom) and Enel and Blu (of which... Read more

12 October, 2000 by Lisa Burroughes

Morning Edition 21.09.00

...of a further 8.48 per cent. The move closer to a controlling share could not halt a fall in Vodafone's share price, though... Read more

21 September, 2000 by Will Sturgeon

Microsoft drops Telewest deal after EC pressure

Suzanna Kerridge, Paris correspondent Microsoft has abandoned its plans to own a controlling share in UK cable company Telewest following opposition to the deal from... Read more

10 July, 2000 by Suzanna Kerridge

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