by | Sep 24, 2010 | Towing
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) wants to buy semiconductor companies and the makers of industry-specific software, CEO Larry Ellison said.
Oracle has bought more than 65 companies in the last five years. Adding chipmakers would help the company develop its presence in the market for computer hardware.
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“You’re going to see us buying chip companies,” Ellison said at a meeting in San Francisco,…
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Oracle Wants to Buy Semiconductor, Software Companies originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:48:00.
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by | Sep 22, 2010 | Towing
Microsoft (MSFT) announced Tuesday that it was hiking its quarterly dividend to 16 cents a share from 13 cents a share — a 23% increase.
The new dividend represents an annual dividend yield of 2.5%, TheStreet reported. Microsoft had not raised its dividend in two years.
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“This higher dividend, combined with our ongoing share repurchase program, reflects our commitment to returning…
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Microsoft Ups Dividend, Plans to Sell Debt originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:50:00.
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by | Sep 16, 2010 | Towing
The smartphone of the future will be able to react to your moods, Intel Corp’s (INTC) chief technology officer Justin Rattner predicts.
The phone of the future could use microphones, cameras and heart monitors to measure their user’s moods and offer …
by | Sep 15, 2010 | Towing
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will unveil its new version of Internet Explorer as it tries to stem losses in the browser’s market share.
Microsoft will unveil the test version of Internet Explorer 9 in San Francisco, Bloomberg News reported. The new version will load pages faster and support HTML 5 technology.
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Internet Explorer has been steadily losing market share to browsers such as…
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Microsoft to Unveil New Version of Internet Explorer originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:46:00.
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by | Sep 13, 2010 | Towing
Polycom is a big player in a small but growing tech market: corporate videoconferencing systems. It develops and makes video-, voice-, data- and Web-conferencing equipment systems. But what adds spice to the stock is its potent…
