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Asian markets rebound strongly

CNN Money  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 2:47am

Most Asian markets rebounded strongly in afternoon trading Friday, with financials such as Mizuho Financial Group and HSBC Holdings leading the bounce after a string of recent declines.



 

IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 4:13am

IT departments are planning to increase offshore outsourcing in 2009, after two years of declines. Nevertheless, a new survey shows offshoring remains a very small portion of IT budgets, and U.S.

IT leaders say they’re still grappling with an IT labor shortage.



 

Spam declines after hosting company shut-down

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 11/12/2008 - 6:40pm

Experts say McColo-hosted sites may have been responsible for as much as 75 percent of the spam on the Internet.



 

Sun expands its open storage line, hopes for accelerated growth

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 11/10/2008 - 8:07am

Sun is growing its open-storage business, but will it be enough to stave off declines elsewhere?



 

Fall in eurozone retail sales

BBC Finance  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 4:12am

Retail spending across the eurozone declines in September, official figures show.



 

Falls force Russian markets close

BBC Finance  Wed, 10/08/2008 - 3:59am

Sharp declines in share prices prompt the closure of Russia's two key stock markets



 

Virgin turns down $1 million for galactic porn movie

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 10/07/2008 - 12:05pm

Virgin Galactic declines an offer from a porn producer to shoot zero gravity sex.



 

Stocks dip on banks, oil

CNN Money  Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:35am

Stocks trimmed losses Thursday morning as financial shares recovered slightly from opening declines. However, any comeback was limited as oil prices jumped nearly $4 a barrel and the dollar weakened.



 

Home prices down 7.6%

CNN Money  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 11:36am

Real estate prices continued to post steep year-over-year declines during the three months ended June 30, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).