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Tiscali's 'sell-off' Plans And The Media
Blog Tiscali chief plots sell-off"; "Tiscali expected to sell UK broadband operations"; "Tiscali to sell up 'within two years'"; and "Tiscali expects sales of ISPs". Sometimes you see a story, reported in a respected publication, but where the semi...
[January 24, 2008, 16:01]
BT Denies Network Sell-off Rumours
News The fixed-line network is a core asset, and there is no way that we would sell it," the spokeswoman insisted. A report in last weekend's edition of The Observer claimed that incoming chief executive Ben Verwaayen was considering splitting BT by...
[January 7, 2002, 12:23]
£2bn BBC Technology Sell-off To Go Ahead
News In the medium term it is equivalent to selling the BBC's nervous system to someone who can then sell it back and charge what they like. The Bectu spokesman said further strike action is extremely unlikely but added: "Even if the deal gets approval...
[September 21, 2004, 7:30]
Tiscali's 'sell-off' Plans And The Media
Blog Comment So I would not hold your breath on the Tiscali sell-off - to their credit they have won a number of customer service awards in the broadband arena. Sounds like a CEO setting out his stall to sell-up. Pipex make an interesting comparative story...
[January 25, 2008, 8:11]
CA's Ingres Sell-off Met With Scepticism
News Computer Associates on Monday announced that it had sold off the majority of its share in the Ingres open source database to a private equity firm. The buyer of Ingres, Garnett & Helfrich Capital, has acquired a majority share in the database unit...
[November 9, 2005, 9:10]
Police To Sell Off Missing Goods Online
News Police forces around the UK plan to put stolen goods on a Web site where they can be reclaimed by a rightful owner or auctioned off to the highest bidder. Just months after a controversial site was launched allowing thieves to sell back stolen...
[November 21, 2000, 16:12]
CA's Ingres Sell-off Met With Scepticism
Talkback Paul Beach and that "spokesman from open source database vendor MySQL" are rattled that Ingres is finally getting all the attention it deserves. Hobbyist DBMSs like MySQl and POSTEGRES are finally going to have to duke it out for real with Ingres...
[November 9, 2005, 10:30]
CA's Ingres Sell-off Met With Scepticism
Talkback I work for CA, soon I'll work for Ingres Corp. It's hardly surprising that other open source DBMS folks are 'sceptical'. Whatever they may say publically, Ingres is a real threat. About that figure of 5,000 - saying '5,000 users' is misleading.
[November 9, 2005, 10:17]
CA's Ingres Sell-off Met With Scepticism
Talkback I'd think about drafting the death notice of MySQL if I were you. Ingres is going for its head and Oracle's going for its back. It won't be pretty.
[November 9, 2005, 11:00]
UK Customer Info Threatened By ETour Sell-off
News The struggling online tour site has been forced to sell its database of 2.2 million newsletter subscribers, along with the bulk of its assets to AskJeeves, despite a guarantee within its terms and conditions that it would not pass on its customers...
[May 25, 2001, 10:48]
Ericsson Factory Sell-off Could Save Jobs
News Swedish telecoms equipment group Ericsson is in advanced talks to sell its two UK mobile phone factories in a move that could save more than 1,000 jobs, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The FT said it was understood that Stephen Byers...
[May 23, 2001, 10:12]
Prudential Cracks Egg Sell-off
News UK insurance firm Prudential has agreed to sell Egg, its online bank. Prudential announced on Monday morning that it has accepted an offer of £575m for Egg from Citigroup, the US financial services giant.
[January 29, 2007, 12:35]
Psion's Symbian Sell-off Hangs On German Approval
News Psion's attempt to sell its stake in Symbian to Nokia is waiting on the approval of Germany's competition authorities. The UK tech firm said on Thursday that it has already received a thumbs-up from the regulators in Finland and Austria.
[May 6, 2004, 17:10]
Oftel Warns BT Over Property Sell Off
News Telecommunications watchdog Oftel said Thursday it would seek assurance from BT that selling off its property to pay debts will not affect phone and Internet services in the UK. To pay for this investment, BT plans to raise £2bn by selling off 7...
[January 5, 2001, 9:21]
Unions Protest Against BT's Wireless Sell-off
News Both the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and some BT staff are unhappy with the idea of selling off mmO2, formerly known as BT Wireless. It believes that BT is making a big mistake in cutting off its mobile operations from its fixed network...
[October 23, 2001, 13:10]
Strike Threat To BT Wireless Sell-off
News BT announced plans to split off its mobile division earlier this year, in a move widely seen as an attempt to reassure investors. By selling off some assets it has brought this figure down, and the CWU believes this means it should reconsider the...
[August 31, 2001, 13:39]
Fears For Motorola's Scottish Chip Plants
News There are concerns that two Scotland factories could close if Motorola decides to sell off or close its semiconductors division. According to the Scotsman.com, analysts are expecting Motorola to sell off its semiconductor division within two or...
[August 23, 2001, 17:21]
Tech Stock Woes Rocking Europe
News Industry leaders say the sell-off in tech stocks has forced many of them to overhaul their tactical -- and even strategic -- planning in response to heightened pressure on many startups to turn a profit sooner, rather than later.
[October 12, 2000, 14:12]
Intel To Sell Communications Unit
News Intel plans to sell off the assets of its Trillium Digital Systems division, a unit that makes software for communications markets including IP telephony, wireless and broadband, the chip giant said this week.
[January 15, 2003, 11:33]
Microsoft Denies Rumours Of Corel Stock Sale
News Microsoft said today it does not intend to sell off its stake in struggling software firm Corel, despite the filing by Corel of a registration for 24 million Series A shares to be converted to common shares which can then be registered for sale by...
[February 23, 2001, 15:20]
