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Article | 5/04/2011 Appeals court knocks down Verizon net neutrality challenge

An appeals court Monday dismissed Verizon's challenge of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's December net neutrality ruling, calling it prema...

Article | 26/03/2011 Wall Street Beat: IT earnings boost market confidence

Oracle, Red Hat and Micron earnings, along with good macroeconomic news, are pumping oxygen into tech stocks after the tragic March 11 earthquake in J...

Article | 21/03/2011 AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion

AT&T plans to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $39 billion, the companies announced Sunday.

Article | 19/03/2011 Wall Street Beat: Quake rocks tech stocks

The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 took a tragic toll on human life but also rocked markets this week, sending shares o...

Article | 12/03/2011 Wall Street Beat: IBM, Apple riding high

Passing the second anniversary of the Great Recession's market low this week, the technology sector remains a pillar for corporate revenue and investo...

Article | 5/03/2011 Wall Street Beat: Tablets, big data shape IT economics

News from Apple and Teradata along with various economic forecasts this week show that at seemingly opposite ends of the technology-product spectrum, ...

Article | 26/02/2011 Wall Street Beat: Enterprise trumps consumer IT sales

Repeating what has been a familiar pattern for the past six months, tech earnings and market forecasts this week show that while enterprise IT sales, ...

Article | 19/02/2011 Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings help buoy markets

Tech vendor results this week reinforced the perception that business spending would fuel IT sales this year, and helped indexes head for a third stra...

Article | 12/02/2011 Wall Street Beat: NYSE, Deutsche Börse highlight tech role

Blame it on technology. The news this week that Deutsche Börse is close to effectively buying the New York Stock Exchange, a centuries-old symbol of A...

Article | 5/02/2011 Wall Street Beat: Business software, e-commerce shine

With most tech bellwethers having reported financial results, the earnings season is coming to a close, but BMC, NetSuite, AOL and IAC results this w...

Article | 24/01/2011 Wall Street Beat: Earnings, personnel changes rock IT

The flood of financial reports, however, suggests that IT stands to be a major driver for the economy in the near term.

Article | 15/01/2011 Wall Street Beat: Software to drive IT growth

Intel and SAP results and various forecasts issued this week suggest that while 2010 was a recovery year for just about all sectors of IT, enterprise ...

Article | 8/01/2011 Wall Street Beat: IT spending forecast to rise in 2011

Despite ongoing worries about the strength of the U.S. recovery, sovereign debt in Europe and inflation in various parts of the world, global IT spend...

Article | 18/12/2010 Wall Street Beat: RIM, Oracle, spending buoy markets

Better news about the economy and online spending capped off by strong quarterly results and robust forecasts from Oracle and Research In Motion helpe...

Article | 19/12/2010 Bank of America cuts services for WikiLeaks

Bank of America has joined the growing list of financial and technology companies that have cut off services to WikiLeaks, a move that comes amid spec...