economic climate

Home improvement retailer The Home Depot Inc. delivered an unenthusiastic reading on the nation's economic climate Tuesday, as sales continued to decline amid ongoing weakness in the housing, construction and retail sectors.

The man suspected of killing three employees at a start-up Friday was terminated, not laid off. But given the economic climate, the incident still has folks worried.

A report released today by research firm voke, Inc. makes a point that probably shouldn’t need to be made these days - but, given the economic climate, it’s probably not a bad idea to say it anyway.

Resist the IT downturn slash.

Guest post: Frédéric Filloux explains why death reports of paid-for models on the Internet have been greatly exaggerated, and how Facebook might need subscription fees to survive in the current economic climate.

At the Web 2.0 Summit, the Intel president and CEO showed off a number of new internal prototypes and said that regardless of economic climate, a relentless pursuit of innovation is critical to the tech industry.

Online video-sharing site blames the uncertain economic climate for the cuts, but insists its revenue is still growing.

Reflecting consumer pessimism toward the current economic climate, online retailers experienced a decline in visits for the eighth straight week, according to a report by analyst Hitwise.

Online salary and career information site Glassdoor.com receives its second funding round amid a tough economic climate.

Amid troubled economic climate, public companies like SAP and Netflix are retooling Wall Street's expectations before they even report results of their third quarter.

Pity the poor IT department. Seriously. I feel for the IT departments out there, especially in this economic climate.

It’s hard to think of another department within a company that’s been dealt more changes over the years than IT.

It’s no longer just a Windows PC and an e-mail account for every employee.