News tagged with business network

SAP to buy Ariba for $4.5B, extending cloud push

(AP) -- Business software maker SAP AG on Tuesday said it will buy Ariba Inc., which makes Web-based software that connects suppliers and buyers online, for about $4.51 billion.

Technology / Business

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New IBM software accelerates decision making in the era of big data

IBM today announced new software to provide clients with a sophisticated way to tame the data deluge and speed up business processes, making it easier for decision makers to gain insights from data. Based ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Yelp shares surge 63 percent in stock market debut

(AP) -- Yelp's stock opened to five-star reviews from investors on Friday, soaring 63 percent even though the company has yet to prove it can make money from its online recommendations.

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Yelp shares surge in stock market debut

(AP) -- Yelp's stock opened to five-star reviews from investors on Friday, soaring 60 percent in the first hour of trading after pricing at $15 on Thursday night.

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Barriers fall between TV, Internet

You say TV, I say Internet. Toe-mate-o, toe-mah-to.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...

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Japan electronic giants eye chip merger: reports

Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, according to reports, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social-networking rivals offer workaround for Google social search

Google's social-networking rivals have apparently teamed up to offer users a tool that allows them to avoid the integration of Google's core search business and Google+.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM sees students' Facebook time as more than waste of time

College students need not feel guilty about spending hours each day on Facebook or other social networks. Turns out it might help them get a job.

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US bill seeks to improve cyber information-sharing

A bill intended to increase sharing of information about cybersecurity threats between government and the private sector was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The modeling of multiple relationships in social networks

A study conducted by Columbia Business School's Prof. Asim Ansari, William T. Dillard Professor of Marketing, Marketing, and Oded Koenigsberg, Barbara and Meyer Feldberg Associate Professor of Business, Marketing, alongside ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research examines a growing immigrant population's self employment in the US

For a growing immigrant community in the United States, setting up shop means blending tools of the trade from home with discoveries made in the new country, and there's a strategy that's threading through an array of small ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Moody's downgrades LG's outlook to negative

Credit ratings agency Moody's on Thursday downgraded its outlook on South Korea's LG Electronics to negative, saying its position in the mobile phone business has weakened considerably.

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created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Android suited up for C-level security

(PhysOrg.com) -- Android is enterprise-ready, with this week's announcement of a new security platform for Android, from Motorola Mobility's subsidiary, 3LM (stands for Three Laws Mobility). This is a potential ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Cisco cuts long-term sales growth forecast

(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. lowered its long-term sales forecast on Tuesday, acknowledging that its days of heady growth won't return in the foreseeable future.

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