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Motorola shares soar on possible breakup
Feb 1 2008 11:16PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Motorola Inc.'s investors were placated for at least a day _ and sent its battered stock soaring 10.3 percent Friday _ after the company signaled it may get out of its trademark cell-phone business.
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Motorola shares soar on possible breakup
Feb 1 2008 11:16PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Motorola Inc.'s investors were placated for at least a day _ and sent its battered stock soaring 10.3 percent Friday _ after the company signaled it may get out of its trademark cell-phone business.
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Microsoft makes $42B bid for Yahoo
Feb 1 2008 8:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
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Microsoft makes $42B bid for Yahoo
Feb 1 2008 8:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
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Microsoft makes $42B bid for Yahoo
Feb 1 2008 8:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
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Microsoft-Yahoo combo could reshape Web
Feb 1 2008 8:20PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A combination of Microsoft and Yahoo could reshape the Internet landscape for millions of Web users: Would the two companies join their online portals? Could they rethink the desktop computer to integrate Web content more directly?
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Microsoft-Yahoo combo could reshape Web
Feb 1 2008 8:20PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A combination of Microsoft and Yahoo could reshape the Internet landscape for millions of Web users: Would the two companies join their online portals? Could they rethink the desktop computer to integrate Web content more directly?
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Top 10 tech, media deals since 1995
Feb 1 2008 5:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s bid for beleaguered Internet icon Yahoo Inc. is a staggering sum that, if a deal goes through, will rank as one of the largest U.S. technology transactions.
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US, EU unlikely to stop Microsoft deal
Feb 1 2008 5:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. and European antitrust regulators aren't likely to prevent Microsoft from buying Yahoo, analysts said Friday, though scrutiny of the deal could drag on for months.
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A Yahoo buyout could cut 2 AOL bidders
Feb 1 2008 3:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Time Warner Inc. has been trying to figure out what to do with its struggling AOL unit for a few years now. A potential combination of Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. could put even more pressure on the media conglomerate to take action.
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Amazon's hot new item: its data center
Feb 1 2008 3:28PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Critics thought it was over the top when Amazon.com Inc. expanded from books into music in 1998. When the Web retailer let competitors start selling things alongside its own inventory in 2000, they said Amazon had gone nuts.
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Amazon's hot new item: its data center
Feb 1 2008 3:28PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Critics thought it was over the top when Amazon.com Inc. expanded from books into music in 1998. When the Web retailer let competitors start selling things alongside its own inventory in 2000, they said Amazon had gone nuts.
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Amazon's hot new item: its data center
Feb 1 2008 3:28PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Critics thought it was over the top when Amazon.com Inc. expanded from books into music in 1998. When the Web retailer let competitors start selling things alongside its own inventory in 2000, they said Amazon had gone nuts.
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Emerging markets sqeeze Ericsson profits
Feb 1 2008 1:36PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB reported a sharp drop in fourth-quarter net profits and said Friday it would lay off around 1,000 employees in Sweden because of costs cuts.
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India works to resume Internet services
Feb 1 2008 1:23PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Internet access in India improved Friday as international service providers shifted their Internet traffic to cables under the Pacific Ocean to bypass two undersea cables damaged earlier this week.
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Chip prices drive Hynix 4Q loss
Feb 1 2008 10:27AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. posted its worst quarterly performance in four years Friday due to falling chip prices in an oversaturated market.
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Chip prices drive Hynix 4Q loss
Feb 1 2008 10:27AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. posted its worst quarterly performance in four years Friday due to falling chip prices in an oversaturated market.
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Google's 4Q earnings miss raises worries
Feb 1 2008 9:33AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss.
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Google's 4Q earnings miss raises worries
Feb 1 2008 9:33AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss.
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Google's 4Q earnings miss raises worries
Feb 1 2008 9:33AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss.
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Google's 4Q earnings miss raises worries
Feb 1 2008 9:33AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss.
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Finger-thin cables tie Internet together
Feb 1 2008 3:32AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor.
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