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Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs ahead of IPO

...17,000 people as it reorganises its business ahead of a possible stock market flotation. The layoffs, announced on Wednesday, will take place by the... Read more

24 November, 2011

Avaya plans $1bn IPO

...Avaya has filed for a stock market flotation in the US. The company has proposed a total share... Read more

10 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Amazon takes on Ocado and Tesco in grocery market

...as the grocery delivery firm Ocado, which is gearing up for a stock market flotation. "For the launch, fresh or chilled food will be available... Read more

7 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Virgin Mobile prepares for IPO

Branson and company are set to hit the stock exchange, with staff receiving a shares-based windfall Read more

8 July, 2004 by Jo Best

Former ICL chief to lead broadband advisory group

Keith Todd, who resigned from ICL in 2000 after its stock market flotation was cancelled, is the new chairman of the Broadband Stakeholder... Read more

11 February, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Online estate agent plans stock market float

...could encourage other survivors of the dot-com crash to consider a stock market flotation. Online casino software developer Playtech announced on Friday that it... Read more

17 February, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

MmO2: We've stopped the BT rot

...market. BT sold off its Cellnet mobile operations in 2001 via a stock market flotation as the incumbent telco wrestled with massive debts. The subsequent... Read more

17 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Psion dips into the red

...need an extra injection of cash, but insisted that plans for a stock market flotation, delayed by the slump in the technology sector, would still... Read more

29 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Linux is dead, long live Linux

...any company having anything to do with Linux could expect a huge stock market flotation, but that euphoria has faded along with many other high... Read more

25 May, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Linuxcare CEO leaves, IPO delayed

...Friday announced the departure of its CEO and the delay of its stock market flotation. The company declined to give reasons for the departure of... Read more

10 April, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Startup Spotlight: UK Plus

Will UK Plus thrive as the portal business changes around it? Read more

2 March, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

Startup Spotlight: Waysearch.com

This e-commerce search engine is 19-year-old Ben Way's second business. But despite his youth he says experience counts for everything Read more

12 January, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

Startup Spotlight: boo.com

boo.com combines trendy sportswear with a cutting-edge interface - but critics say it isn't all it's cracked up to be Read more

8 December, 1999 by Wendy McAuliffe

Guy Kewney's Diary

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31 January, 1998 by Guy Kewney

ICL reorganises services divisions

...ICL has made no secret of the fact it would like a stock market flotation in about three years. It believes that trimming the number... Read more

21 January, 1997 by Marc Ambasna Jones

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Burn-IT

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pjc158

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archerthom

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unlockworldwide

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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itsajob

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Paul Smyth

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UnderINK

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

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apexwm

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