US hard hitters to lead the markets July 12, 2009 This has all the makings of a highly volatile week for the markets, as second-quarter earnings numbers from the US really get into their stride. With the losing stretch for many stocks now reaching four straight weeks, these blue chip updates could prove pivotal in shaping market direction. The highlights to watch out for are [...]
Google is not the only challenger to Microsoft July 9, 2009 GOOGLE opened yet another front in its war on Microsoft earlier this week by announcing the launch of its new PC operating system. Chrome will compete directly with Microsoft’s sacred cash cow, Windows, which accounted for around 45 per cent of the software giant’s $22.5bn operating profit last year. Google’s decision to take on Microsoft [...]
Google plans to launch an operating system to rival Microsoft Windows July 8, 2009 GOOGLE yesterday revealed plans to attack Microsoft’s core business by taking on the software giant’s market-leading Windows operating system. The Californian internet firm announced the plans just nine months after launching internet browser Chrome, a product which also pitched its tents onMicrosoft’s turf by competing with Internet Explorer. Google said the operating system would initially [...]
Google plans to launch an operating system to rival Microsoft Windows July 8, 2009 GOOGLE yesterday revealed plans to attack Microsoft’s core business by taking on the software giant’s market-leading Windows operating system. The Californian internet firm announced the plans just nine months after launching internet browser Chrome, a product which also pitched its tents onMicrosoft’s turf by competing with Internet Explorer. Google said the operating system would initially [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 8, 2009 Collins StewartThe investment banking group has appointed Simon Whittley as an intermediary sales manager to its wealth management division. Whittley will be responsible for increasing referral business from law firms, accountants, independent financial advisers and trust companies. He previously worked at Credit Suisse Private Bank, Arbuthnot Latham Investment Management and Close Wealth Management. HSBCAndrew Keen has [...]
The internet brands that consumers trust the most July 7, 2009 THE Tories have said that they will embrace the age of “open source”, making government information open for “mash-ups” and even letting patients store their NHS data with commercial companies like Microsoft and Google, rather than with the NHS. This is part of their post-bureaucratic age (PBA) agenda, of which more below. So which companies [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 7, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES RECESSION INCREASES SUICIDE AND MURDERUnemployment and recession add to the death toll from suicide, murder and heart attacks but cut the number killed in road accidents, according to the most comprehensive analysis so far of the health effects of economic downturn. Researchers at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 2, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES M&B SEEKS TO FEND OFF INVESTOR REBELLIONMitchells & Butlers is prepared to head off a potential rebellion by offering its two largest shareholders board representation. Drummond Hall, M&B chairman, is understood to be in talks with Joe Lewis, the Bahamas-based billionaire, and Elpida, the investment vehicle for Irish horseracing tycoons JP McManus and [...]
Cisco could take on Microsoft June 30, 2009 Cisco Systems is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft’s popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the internet. Cisco Senior Vice President Doug Dennerline said his company may develop a service that would be specifically targeted at business users. Internet alternatives to Office – such as Google Docs – cropped up five years [...]
China accuses Google of smut June 25, 2009 The Chinese government yesterday stepped up claims that Google is spreading obscene content over the internet, hours after users in China were unable to access several Google sites. The disruptions came a day after the US urged Beijing to scrap controversial plans for filtering software on computers, but China said its actions were “lawful”.