Markets stumble over weak tech shares
News London stock markets showed just how fragile they still are Wednesday by reversing Tuesday's gains. Also weighing on markets was a decline on Wall Street, which began before London's close of trading Tuesday.
[May 3, 2000, 10:23]
Markets on the rise - for now
News London markets started the day higher, with the prospects good for a fifth straight day of gains after last week's six-month lows. But analysts warned that shares -- technology shares, in particular -- have yet to find a firm footing, and markets...
[April 26, 2000, 11:46]
News Burst: Markets get respite from gloom
News UK markets were up in mid-morning trading Friday, responding to positive financial results and reassuring outlooks from bellwethers Microsoft, Nokia and Sun Microsystems and positive movement from US markets.
[October 20, 2000, 10:45]
Emerging markets will be a match for Microsoft
Leader It is surely coincidence that on the same week in which Microsoft named the new president of its international operations with special responsibility for government and emerging markets, the government of a major emerging market - although it...
[June 22, 2005, 15:10]
Grid Computing: Accelerating the Search for Revenue and Profit for Financial Markets
White Papers The Grid approach offer financial markets firms the opportunity to start small and grow. Over time, all applications will run natively in Grid environments. Until the widespread availability of native Grid applications, Grid and Web services can be...
[November 25, 2004, 2:00]
Internal Labor Markets and Worker Quits
White Papers This paper utilizes establishment-level data to explore the impact of internal labor markets on worker quits. These results hold true even when controlling for the specific human capital skills of workers, suggesting that personnel factors other...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
Large Foreign Markets and Export-Led Growth in Developing Countries
White Papers These goods were not always demanded much in the domestic markets of the newly industrializing East Asian countries, because of lower aggregate income and smaller share of those goods in domestic demand.
[June 29, 2005, 3:00]
Sun targets new markets with UltraSparc T2
News To accommodate these various markets, Sun will also introduce different versions of the T2; some will have fewer cores, and some might consume less energy. Penetration into new markets will also rebound to Sun's software division, Schwartz said.
[August 7, 2007, 9:57]
Markets fall in love with Linux
News It's a foregone conclusion of most analysts and investors that both VA Linux and Andover.net will soar in the public markets. There's nothing like a 1,500-percent-plus stock-value jump to catch the attention of investors.
[December 7, 1999, 13:21]
Securing Wireless Applications in Vertical Markets
White Papers The benefits of deploying wireless technology in vertical markets are well documented, but security issues continue to be the main concern holding back widespread wireless adoption in these environments.
[January 5, 2006, 23:00]
Dell unveils low-cost PCs for emerging markets
News Dell unveiled several new computers on Wednesday made specifically for emerging PC markets, such as China and India. Dell said there will be more Vostro products for these markets released in the next few months.
[August 28, 2008, 11:54]
Sun's Data Management Software Helps EarthSat Enter New Markets
White Papers The challenge was to provide data infrastructure that supports entry into new markets and achieve massive scale and high performance at low cost of ownership with managing productivity of multiple users in highly dynamic and distributed...
[November 15, 2004, 23:00]
Open source: Developing markets and anti-Americanism
News Much of the costs associated with open source deployments in mature markets are due to the cost of replacing a system, updating related applications and retraining staff, while in emerging markets technology projects are more likely to be new...
[November 14, 2005, 11:00]
The Effect of Changes in Labor Markets on the Natural Rate of Unemployment
White Papers This paper summarizes and assesses recent research on the ways in which changes in the composition of the labor force and in the operation of labor markets may have affected the natural rate of unemployment.
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
Markets braced for Nokia gloom
News Handset sales, which were buoyant last year, are below earlier expectations, and there are serious concerns that many markets are reaching saturation point. With Nokia poised to announce its latest financial results this afternoon, experts have...
[July 19, 2001, 11:02]
The Microsoft .NET Platform Opens New Markets for CertifiedMail.com, Doubling Its Customer Base
White Papers This has allowed the company to broaden its customer base and expand into lucrative new markets, such as the healthcare industry. Microsoft .NET-connected software has helped CertifiedMail to create secure messaging solutions that embrace open...
[August 10, 2007, 10:46]
Microsoft's Surface expands to 12 new markets
News Microsoft is looking to keep the smile on its Surface computer, as it brings the touchscreen PC to the UK and 11 new overseas markets. The software giant on Monday announced that the Surface computer, which responds to touch and hand gestures, will...
[March 3, 2009, 9:46]
Female Wage Inequality in Latin American Labor Markets
White Papers Second, the question of whether or not structural reforms affect women across labor markets in a similar fashion has not yet been addressed. This paper will examine women's wage patterns before and after structural reforms were implemented in three...
[June 15, 2005, 3:00]
Developing markets to get low-power PCs
News VIA president Wenchi Chen, fresh from the World Economic Forum in Davos, expounded his vision on Monday for a range of computing devices that would be suited to developing markets. VIA Technologies, manufacturer of chipsets, low-power processors...
[February 1, 2005, 15:50]
Business Models for Internet-Based e-Procurement Systems and B2B Electronic Markets: An Exploratory Assessment
White Papers Early on, when interorganizational information systems (IOIS) like EDI systems were introduced, electronic markets emerged for business purchasing. However, it is only with the advent of Internet-based e-procurement systems and business-to-business...
[April 29, 2005, 3:00]



