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Tech sector set for upturn, say company heads
News The change likely reflects massive unemployment in the tech sector, which has created an employer's market. Despite massive unemployment, sluggish sales and bottom-feeding stock prices, executives at technology start-ups are overwhelmingly...
[May 21, 2002, 11:21]
Tech sector hit hard with job cuts
News The high-tech manufacturing industry, once the country's largest manufacturing sector, shaved 415,000 jobs and has been replaced by food product and transportation equipment manufacturers as the leading employers.
[March 19, 2003, 7:36]
Chancellor offers some hope to beleaguered tech sector
News As most schools are keen to purchase more computers and software, and are known to be trying hard to improve their Internet connections and school networks, the tech sector is well placed to benefit from this additional funding to schools.
[March 7, 2001, 17:33]
Bright IBM forecast gives tech sector a boost
News While much of the tech sector is bemoaning a sluggish economy, IBM sees blue skies ahead. It is very nice to see some positive news, not just for IBM but for — to a degree — the tech space overall, given the downdraft we have seen in recent weeks...
[October 9, 2008, 8:42]
Tiny ray of hope for UK's high-tech sector
News UK workers have not been immune to the slowdown in the technology sector, and Scotland has been particularly badly hit. Tiny told ZDNet that around 160 new jobs will be created because of the move, in an area where other high-tech firms have...
[August 14, 2001, 13:35]
Tax breaks expected for high-tech sector
News The high-tech sector is set to benefit from a tax break with the release of the government's pre-budget report (PBR) on Tuesday. HM Treasury issued a consultative document about the treatment of IP in the technology sector two years ago.
[November 26, 2001, 17:19]
China in WTO will shake up tech sector
News There continues to be a fair amount of corruption," said one high-tech executive whose company has extensive trade links with China. Just as important, WTO membership will change how high-tech products come to market.
[September 19, 2001, 8:30]
Intellect implores tech sector to go green by 2020
News The IT and consumer electronics sector needs to act now by keeping tabs on its CO2 emissions, pushing customers towards greener behaviour and accelerating the implementation of low-carbon technology and practices, according to the report by...
[February 13, 2008, 9:07]
US recession may hit Indian tech sector hard
News But, in the short term, between 12 and 18 months, there will be a demand contraction due to management changes and a paralysis in decision-making in the US corporate sector. The strongest and most immediate impact will be on the IT-ITES sector.
[April 10, 2008, 9:00]
Booming Indian tech sector expects further growth
News As a proportion of national GDP the Indian technology sector will hit 5.5 percent in 2008, up from just 1.2 percent in 1998. The influence of the sector on other parts of Indian life is also felt through contributions to community initiatives...
[February 14, 2008, 8:31]
Thriving tech sector needs 140,000 recruits a year
News The good news is the UK's IT and telecoms sector is thriving. Meanwhile, the number of women in the sector is falling — down to just one in five workers. E-skills UK predicts just 19 percent of the sector's new recruits will come direct from...
[January 30, 2008, 7:54]
Compaq to report surprise profit
News Compaq Computer handed the tech sector some unexpected good news on Monday, saying it would turn a profit for its fourth quarter. See techTrader for the latest financial news in the high-tech sector. Compaq's announcement may also help confirm Wall...
[January 7, 2002, 16:24]
Tech workers confirm UK skills gap still a problem
News Research by tech jobs site The IT Job Board has found the majority (56 percent) of UK tech workers that responded to its survey are convinced there is a skills shortage in the UK tech sector. Sector skills body e-skills UK said around 140,000...
[December 24, 2008, 8:59]
Calling IT pros: The jobs are out there
News Despite the flagging economy and reports of mass layoffs in the high-tech sector, there are still thousands of unfilled IT positions as European tech innovation continues to be held back by a widening skills gap.
[August 21, 2002, 10:03]
VC funding tops $9bn in 3Q
News Venture capitalists continue to throw an astounding amount of cash at the tech sector as funding reached a record $9.04bn in the third quarter, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey, released Monday.
[November 16, 1999, 10:30]
Intel creates spin-off solar-cell company
News Intel made a big leap into the burgeoning clean-tech sector on Monday by creating SpectraWatt, a spin-off company that will manufacture solar cells. This is an important investment for Intel Capital in the growing clean-tech sector, and we look...
[June 17, 2008, 8:30]
Consumers thrive as B2B trembles
News While the overall tech sector moans of reduced earnings and low-to-no growth forecasts for the foreseeable future, some of the biggest names in areas such as movies, travel, games and individual auctions keep raising their expectations.
[August 13, 2001, 13:33]
Government aid brings tech jobs to Yorkshire
News The UK's struggling hi-tech job sector received a boost on Wednesday with the news that financial incentives offered by the Government have persuaded a US software company to open offices in Yorkshire.
[September 5, 2001, 16:53]
Tech firms blame Europe for slow growth
News Just as information technology executives were getting comfortable with lower but more stable US sales, they've begun to bemoan the tech sector's latest goblin: slowing growth in Europe and the rest of the world.
[July 12, 2001, 15:41]
News Roundup: April brings showers of job losses
News Although the markets have reacted positively to financial results from the likes of Apple, Intel and AOL Time Warner, April has been a month of big job cuts across the tech sector. The telecoms sector has also been suffering.
[April 19, 2001, 13:02]
