News tagged with business strategies
Sony, Panasonic eye next generation TV tie up
Japan's cash-bleeding electronics giants Sony and Panasonic are looking to join forces to produce next generation televisions in a bid to claw back market from South Korean rivals, according to a report.
May 15, 2012 |
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Sony turnaround plan 'ordinary': analysts
Sony has little chance of winning back its reputation as an innovator or vaulting ahead of stronger rivals with the "ordinary" turnaround plan its new chief unveiled last week, analysts said.
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Sony to cut 10,000 jobs, turn around TV business
(AP) -- Faced with mounting losses, Sony Corp. said Thursday it will slash 10,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its global workforce, and try to turn around its money-losing TV business over the next two years.
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Newspapers erect pay walls in hunt for new revenue
(AP) -- Newspapers are returning to a business strategy that served them well in the heyday of street-corner newsboys shouting the front-page news. They're enticing people with a little free online content before asking ...
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Alibaba.com shares surge on privatization bid
(AP) -- Shares of Alibaba.com rocketed on Wednesday after the Chinese e-commerce site said its parent company made a $2.5 billion privatization bid as part of a shift in business strategy that also includes plans to buy ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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China e-commerce firm Alibaba in privatization bid
(AP) -- Alibaba.com's parent company wants to take the Chinese e-commerce company private for $2.5 billion, the firms said Tuesday, part of a shift in business strategy that also includes plans to buy back a stake from Yahoo ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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News Corp. quarterly net profit up 65%
News Corp. said Wednesday that its net profit rose 65 percent in the second quarter of its fiscal year to $1.06 billion.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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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.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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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.
Jan 20, 2012 |
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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 ...
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Nov 14, 2011 |
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What drives IT performance?
Going online was once a considerable achievement for a business. Now it's a given and what makes for success is how well a business exploits its online capabilities, according to a recent study.
Oct 26, 2011 |
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World's biggest publishers' fair eyes safe future for books
The world's biggest book fair, which opened Tuesday, wants to put paid to fears for the survival of the book in its traditional, bound form in the face of its digital rival's growing popularity.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Book fair to tackle challenges of digital age storytelling
Authors once just had to deal with a publisher but are now being forced to embrace the digital age and negotiate the rights to their works for TV, films and ebooks.
Oct 09, 2011 |
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HP shuffles top executives in shake-up
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is streamlining its executive ranks to improve its focus on customers rather than administration and put more operations directly under CEO Leo Apotheker's control.
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Business software maker CA to cut 1,000 jobs
(AP) -- Business software company CA Inc. said Tuesday that it's cutting 1,000 jobs - or about 8 percent of its work force - and consolidating offices as part of a restructuring plan to reduce costs and become more efficient.
Apr 06, 2010 |
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