Topic - economy

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Communications, Finance

Nokia Lowers Horizon

No.1 phone maker predicts a decline in handset shipments. It's only the second time in 15 years that handset sales are expected to drop.
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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Global Economy Takes Bite Out of Apple

Analysts point to global economic woes and its pinch on price-conscious consumers as negative points for the higher-priced Macs. Apple stock gets bruised.
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General news, Finance

TechSpin: Tarnish on the Greenspan Halo

The former Fed Chairman takes some body blows as the pundits look for someone to blame for the market meltdown.
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Finance

California Economy Weak, But No Recession

Barring a substantial worsening in housing or another source of weakness suddenly appearing, California's sluggish economy "will not spiral into a full-blown recession," a UCLA Anderson Forecast report says.
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Finance

Now Hiring: Silicon Valley

Jobs rise in the technology-centric area for the first time in half a decade.
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Finance

IT Spending Growth to Slow

A research firm has lowered its forecast for IT spending growth as optimism hits 2005 low point.
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General news

Q&A: Clark Winter

Investment strategist Clark Winter waxes global economy, the dim dollar, and China’s ambition.
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General news, Finance

Sino-Japan Spat’s Impact

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to poor trade relations, Gartner reports.
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Computers, Finance

The State of High Tech

Global projections for 2005 show consolidation is key, Europe and the U.S. are in a near dead-heat for growth rates, and offshoring and the dollar are decisive wild cards. But for the more-distant future, fortune-telling is tricky.
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Archives

Economy rises despite doomsayers

If stocks are recovering from their five-year low, it's worth asking: Why is the American economy so fundamentally healthy?
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Archives

What new economy?

The West Coast port strike puts the information age in perspective.
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Archives

Web service economy

Hyped by big companies like Microsoft and IBM, Web services have spawned a surplus of startups. Let the winnowing begin.
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Archives, Magazine

Technology and the Global Economy.

Technology and the Global Economy.
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Archives, Magazine

Service Economy

Hyped by big companies like Microsoft and IBM, Web services have spawned a surplus of startups. Let the winnowing begin.
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Archives

Market Currents: Shedding tears for earnings and the economy

Hopes that market conditions would soon improve were dashed by cautious remarks from Alan Greenspan. Sadly, it doesn't look like there's anything on the horizon to spark a major market rally.
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Archives

Shop Talk: Greasing the Palm economy

For the handheld market to really explode, corporate IT departments need to start supporting PDAs.
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Archives

The Red Eye: What new economy?

New economic reports discuss the bursting of the Internet bubble, changes to the business cycle, and the after-effects of the long boom.
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Archives

IPO week in review: old economy is new again

With the Nasdaq in disarray until Friday's rally, tech IPOs lost luster. Meanwhile, some old-economy companies are starting to steal the headlines.
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Archives

Shop Talk: Revenge of the old economy

Shop Talk: Dot-coms were once the fashion. Now the old guys are looking hip.
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Archives

Fishwrap: Survivor's lessons for the New Economy

Fishwrap: The TV show Survivor could serve as a warning in the age of the New Economy: don't underestimate the old guys.
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