UPDATE - Dell must defend suit alleging defective notebooks
2010-02-08 09:15:06
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Quote: UPDATE 2-Dell must defend suit alleging defective notebooks
* Plaintiffs alleged defects caused notebook breakdowns * Dell shares ease(New throughout, adds byline)Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court
reinstated on Friday a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing
Dell Inc (DELL.O) of selling defective notebook computers. A panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San
Francisco reversed a federal district court's 2008 dismissal of
the case against the thi...
Read articleFedEx's New Printing Site Takes on Dell, H-P
2010-02-08 09:15:03
Quote: The move puts the shipping specialist in competion with Hewlett-Packard's Creative Studio, Dell's ImageDirect, VistaPrint's online collateral services and custom printing tools from Moo. FedEx has been expanding its online products to target small businesses trying to cut costs in a weak economy. Digital services account for 25% of sales, or $2.1 billion during the fourth quarter, says FedEx spokeswoman Jenny Robertson. I recently tested the new site. Here's what I found: What you get: The new F...
Read articleLenovo quarterly profit rebounds on strong sales
2010-02-05 09:09:48
Quote: "We will continue to invest heavily in emerging markets and in consumer businesses -- especially mobile Internet -- to achieve sustainable growth."Lenovo said its quarterly sales in China rose to $2.3 billion, accounting for 47 percent of the worldwide total.The company said its China market share rose 2.8 percentage points to 33.5 percent despite competition from industry leaders Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., which are trying to expand sales to both prosperous cities and the poorer country...
Read articleApple, others asked about China Web policies
2010-02-04 03:57:18
Quote: (NASDAQ:ORCL).Other companies that were sent letters include Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA), Nokia Corp., Skype Technologies, Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Vodafone Group Plc., Websense Inc. (NYSE:WBSN) and Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:RIMM).Durbin for replies by Feb. 19 but has not set a date for the hearing.......
Read articleUS venture capitalists investing globally
2010-02-04 03:57:16
Quote: Their government and business leaders now have seats in the major global economic councils, along with other emerging economies in an increasingly globalized world."From the firm's point of view," Breyer said, "we have had to put into place a strategy over a decade where we try to anticipate some of this movement to the east -- particularly China and India, and put into place partnerships and people resources so that for the next two decades we could invest in the most vibrant entrepreneurs in t...
Read articleMcCaul pushes cybersecurity bill in Congress
2010-02-04 03:57:15
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Quote: The free-market public policy group said security companies benefit from competition, not government grants."The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act amounts to pork, and the private sector can and should fund the training of America's security experts," Crews said.The Business Software Alliance, which includes Adobe, Apple, Cisco Systems, Dell, IBM, Intel and SAP, said it supports the legislation."This need was clearly demonstrated by the recent cyber attacks on a number of U.S. companies," said group...
Read articleUPDATE - Bigger margins, China raise hopes worst over for Lenovo
2010-02-04 03:57:12
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Quote: Read articleLenovo quarterly profit rebounds on strong sales
2010-02-04 03:57:10
Quote: The company paid $200 million in November to buy back mobile phone assets that it sold earlier to focus on PCs."In the future, while we continue to expand our PC business, we also want to attack the mobile Internet category to drive growth and capitalize (on) our innovation efforts," Yang said.Quarterly sales in Lenovo's home China market soared 45 percent from a year earlier to $2.3 billion, accounting for 47 percent of the company's worldwide total.The company said its China market share rose ...
Read articleWhole Foods shoppers give $2.7M to Haiti, U.S. total $519M
2010-02-03 01:04:38
Quote: Whole Foods employs nearly 2,000 native Haitians.Additionally, the Austin-based natural grocers' Whole Planet Foundation doubled its original $500,000 commitment to Fonkoze, which is provides banking services to the country crippled by a massive earthquake last month.Whole Foods is one of many local organizations that have led fundraising efforts or contributed to Haiti relief, including the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas, Austin Ventures, Dell Inc., the City of Austin, Seton Fami...
Read article[$$] How to Tweet: Tips to Light Up Your Brand
2010-02-03 01:04:38
Quote: Dell solves this problem by maintaining a Web site—www.dell.com/twitter —that not only lists each of its accounts but also describes the purpose and content of each account, allowing consumers to find Dell accounts like @Digital_Nomads that otherwise wouldn't have appeared in a search of Twitter.
Help users confirm validity of their accounts.
Many companies, including Burger King and Exxon Mobil, have been "brand-jacked" on Twitter.
Only half of the 30 accounts Forrester Research r...
Read articleDell investment firm buys $100M photos
2010-02-03 01:04:36
Quote: Michael Dell’s private investment firm acquired a collection of vintage photographs valued at $100 million.New York-based MSD Capital LP officials did not disclose the amount it paid for the Magnum Archive Collection, which contains nearly 200,000 original press prints of images. The firm manages more than $10 billion of Dell’s personal capital.Dell is the founder and CEO of Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), but the firm, with Michael Dell as its only client, is not affiliat...
Read articleMobility Personified, Collaboration Made Simple; Dell Debuts New Ultra-Portable Laptop and Updated Mobile Workstation
2010-02-03 01:04:35
Quote: Latitude13DellPrecision M6500 dual-core mobile workstation feature enhancedmobility and collaboration.The NewsDell Latitude 13 and Dell Precision M6500 — the “Beauty and Beast†ofBusiness Computing core additions to Dell’s lineup of commercial PCs,the Latitude 13 ultra-portable and Dell Precision M6500 dual core mobileworkstation meet the needs of an increasingly mobile and collaborativeworkforce, enabling customers to work anywhere at any time with anyone,breaking down...
Read articleDell Announces Alliance with INTEGRITY Global Security
2010-02-03 01:04:34
Quote: Dellsaid today that it will provide government customers with enhancedsecurity for desktop computing systems through a new global alliance.INTEGRITYGlobal Securityseparationkernel for general-purpose secure computing to government agencies.Currently, many federal agencies with data of various security levelsmust use multiple, physically separated systems as the only reliableoption to keep information safe, resulting in complex infrastructuresand extremely inefficient computing. Instead, with the...
Read articlePalm Shares Surge On Upgrade
2010-02-03 01:04:34
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Quote: The analyst, who gave Palm a buy rating, added that the company's App catalog is larger than Nokia's and Microsoft'sMSFT Quote).Palm saw its stock rise 41 cents, or 3.89%, to $10.95, far outpacing the modest advance in tech stocks that pushed the Nasdaq up 0.35%.It looks to be a busy year in the smartphone market, with the launch of Google'sGOOG Quote)Nexus One and Dell'sDELL Quote)Android entry.Set against a backdrop of increasing competition, Deutsche Bank's Goldberg feels that Palm could be a...
Read article[$$] Radical Shifts Take Hold in U.S. Manufacturing
2010-02-03 01:04:29
Quote: plants.
DellApple Inc. also can be an advantage.
"This is a kind of manufacturing that will make sense to do in the U.S. for a long time to come," said Tim Peddecord, chief executive of privately held memory-module producer Avant Technology, which recently opened a new 50,000-square-foot plant in Pflugerville, Texas. The new plant will boost the company's capacity to 800,000 modules a month from 500,000.
Mr. Peddecord said his company is bulking up after ashakeout that drove many rivals out of b...
Read articleEmulex Surges, Ramps Up Expansion
2010-02-03 01:04:29
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, James Rogers ,Technology
Quote: (TheStreet) -- The list of companies using Emulex's(ELX Quote) server and storage technology -- including IBM(IBM Quote), DELL(DELL Quote), Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote) and Cisco(CSCO Quote) -- just keeps growing.conference call organized by analyst firm Canaccord Adams."Not to be facetious, but we're running out of fingers and toes for our design wins," he quipped. "[In] the first half of this year, the majority of those 15 will come to market."TheStreet. "The key message is that top-tier OEMs ar...
Read articleUPDATE - Asustek forecast-beating Q4 points to tech rebound
2010-02-02 02:30:55
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Quote: It pioneered the now wildly successful low-cost netbook PC
in 2007, but has been gradually losing market share as bigger
rivals such as HP (HPQ.N) and Dell (DELL.O) enter the netbook
sphere. Its shares are down about 3 percent this year, beating an 8
percent decline on the benchmark TAIEX share index .(Reporting by Kelvin Soh; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)......
Read articleMillionaire High School Dropouts
2010-02-01 03:22:25
Keywords: Entrepreneurs, High school, Education, Jay-Z, George Foreman
Quote: In 2008 he signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with Live NationLYVnewspeople) that gave him control over his records, tours and endorsement deals with companies like DellDELLnewspeople) and Budweiser.
Carl Lindner
This billionaire dropped out of high school to deliver milk for his family's dairy. In 1940 used a $1,200 loan to open an ice cream shop with his sister and two brothers. In 1959 he left the business and started investing in savings and loans, and eventually insurance concerns, which ...
Read articleSoothing Consumers On Social Media Sites
2010-02-01 03:22:25
Quote: Other forums for disgruntled -- and sometimes satisfied -- consumers include Facebook, personal blogs and industry-specific Web sites.One of the big dangers of criticism on social media sites is that players large and small may lose control of their message and suffer damage to their reputation.ACNNews).BBYNewsCMCSANewsDELLNews)."Social media is growing in importance and a lot of key influencers are out there talking about brands, talking about products and customer experiences," Hughes said. Su...
Read articleUPDATE - AU Q4 net lags estimates as lawsuit weighs
2010-01-29 01:20:52
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Quote: AU, a supplier to top brands Dell (DELL.O), Sony (6758.T) and
Samsung (005930.KS), was expected to earn T$353 million in the
fourth quarter, according to a consensus forecast by Thomson
Reuters I/B/E/S. Seasonal weakness in the fourth quarter was widely expected
by analysts, who expect tech demand to grow significantly in
China this year and after a new crop of slimmer, power-saving LCD
TVs fly off the store shelves. TV panel shipments were likely to remain flat in the first
quarter from the pre...
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