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Tech stocks dive as US bailout fails
News Among the hardest-hit individual stocks was Apple, which was also hit with a pair of analyst downgrades. Also hard-hit were the stocks of chipmaker AMD, which was down nearly 17 percent, while Google dropped more than 11 percent to close at $381.
[September 30, 2008, 10:40]
Tech stocks are favourites for short sellers
News Investors continued to bet on sinking tech stocks -- especially Exodus Communications, Level 3 Communications and Dell Computer -- in the midst of an ever more waterlogged economy, based on data released by the Nasdaq National Market.
[July 27, 2001, 16:44]
Market mayhem: Tech stocks on a rollercoaster
News Analysts: Europe tech stocks could fall more -- Euro tech stocks will probably fall another 20 to 30 percent this week before markets settle down, London Internet analysts said Monday. Nasdaq enters bear territory, Euro tech stocks fall -- UK techs...
[April 7, 2000, 14:28]
Tech stocks take another battering
News Internet stocks absorbed another drubbing Thursday as Yahoo! Profit warnings, profit taking and nagging concerns about interest rates were mainly responsible for the tech sector's decline. Things got a little bit too rosy and there's a bit of a...
[January 7, 2000, 11:15]
Tech stocks back in favour
News You are seeing a lot of the tech stocks that were annihilated coming back. Technology stocks continued their recent hot streak on Wednesday as the Nasdaq composite motored up 153 points to 4,864.58. Semiconductor stocks were especially popular on...
[March 23, 2000, 10:32]
Tech stocks make a comeback
News Investors apparently were pleased with several new developments, including the central banks agreeing to pump more funds into US financial institutions and the US treasury agreeing to buy some bank stocks, as noted in a posting on CBSNews.com.
[October 14, 2008, 8:50]
Tech Stocks Tumble - No consensus on cause
News But others are asking whether Internet stocks are worth the paper they are written on. But Monday's meltdown has resurrected the row over Net stocks with analysts disagreeing on whether this is merely fall-out from the troubled PC market or a...
[April 20, 1999, 12:05]
UK tech stocks back in black
News High-tech stocks jumped in the UK and around Europe early Monday, following on sharp gains from the US' biggest technology market Friday. Steven Vaughan-Nichols says he doesn't know much about tech stocks but he thinks it must be time to start...
[October 16, 2000, 12:25]
AOL deal good news for Euro tech, media stocks
News London-listed Internet and media shares surged Monday as the market came to terms with the news of AOL's all-share buyout of media giant Time Warner -- the biggest deal ever, and a resounding validation for the real value of Internet-related stocks.
[January 11, 2000, 11:26]
UK tech stocks take a hammering
News I think the FTSE will pay a bit more attention to the Dow, but the tech stocks are going to suffer," one dealer said. Bellwether UK tech stocks were suffering across the board Tuesday. Other tech stocks under the spotlight included Sema Group...
[April 4, 2000, 14:26]
FTSE boosted by tech and telecom stocks
News High-tech stocks Sage Group (quote: SGE) and Misys (quote: MSY) both closed up more than 12 percent. The FTSE 100 index closed up 145 points at 6,185 on Thursday as UK technology and telecom stocks benefited from Wednesday's cut in US interest rates.
[January 4, 2001, 17:36]
World market plunge sends tech stocks reeling
News Tech stocks were especially hard hit, with Compaq Computer Corp.dropping $8.25 per share to $60.50 and Dell Computer Corp.plummeting $12.19 per share to $81.75. Traders said concern over weakening economies in Asia led to the drop in stocks across...
[October 28, 1997, 12:42]
News Roundup: How are tech stocks faring?
News The shakedown in tech and "new economy" stocks continued in the third quarter, as profitability became the new buzzword among investors. Stay tuned as the industry giants release their quarter financial results in the coming weeks.
[October 11, 2000, 10:00]
Tech stocks fall for second consecutive day
News And the tech-heavy Nasdaq performed just as poorly, falling 108.08 points to end the session at 1,754.88. In the tech sector, Microsoft closed down 5.98 percent to $23.42 a share; Cisco Systems was down 7.14 percent to $19 a share; Apple was down...
[October 8, 2008, 10:00]
eBay lowers forecast as tech stocks slide
News The markets, however, suffered another bloodbath and eBay was in no way the only tech stock that was punished. The CNET Tech Index closed down 7.9 percent at 1,131.56. Online auction giant eBay lowered its fourth-quarter revenue expectations and...
[October 16, 2008, 9:33]
US tech companies help water down stocks
News Compensating employees with stocks and options, a practice made popular by technology firms during the Internet's heyday in the late 1990s, has helped lead to a drop in stock value and a rise in investor worries, according to the Investor...
[February 8, 2001, 16:04]
Tech stocks hit all-time high
News Even the erratic semiconductor equipment stocks made strides Wednesday as Applied Materials Inc. Analysts credited the rally to benign statements by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan as he wrapped up his congressional testimony without incident.
[February 26, 1998, 10:51]
US Report: Tech stocks hammered in massive selloff
News In fact, all of the 30 stocks regularly followed by Ziff-Davis finished in the red. Internet stocks took the deepest cuts Thursday as Yahoo! Among widely held PC stocks, Dell plunged 4 3/16 to 61 9/16; Compaq shed 1 5/8 to 30; Apple lost 2 7/16 to...
[October 2, 1998, 9:20]
US Report: Gates loses lots o' dosh as tech stocks plummet
News That means he's lost $4.5m (£2.74m) per minute since midnight, according the Bill Gates Net Worth Page. But don't shed too many tears. Gates' worth has actually climbed nearly 40 percent in the past year, and he's still is worth more than all the...
[September 1, 1998, 9:23]
A Year Ago: Gates loses dosh as tech stocks plummet
News Microsoft's Bill Gates was the biggest loser in last week's record stock slide. He saw his worth fall more than $5bn (£3bn) Monday to about $52bn (£32bn), based upon SEC filings of his stock ownership.
[September 1, 1999, 7:00]
