Gary Secondino: BizMarkets, Sales, Products, ServicesHigh-tech industry shrank 10% in 2 years- March 19, 2003 The United States has shed about 560000 high-tech jobs since 2001, putting 10 percent of its technology employees out of work and potentially diminishing the industry's political clout, according to a report scheduled to be released today. Yes, and the point of this article is what It's all old news.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/19/BU197419.DTL&... Split on Iraq May Harm U.S.-Europe Trade Ties- March 19, 2003 Businesspeople in Europe are watching nervously for signs that the trans-Atlantic dispute will spill over into commerce. By Mark Landler with Eric Pfanner. New York Times: Businesshttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/19/business/worldbusiness/19EURO.html?ex=1048654800&en=... PROGRESS SOFTWARE POSTS 72% RISE IN INCOME- March 19, 2003 I hope my buddy Bill Trail is responsible for making part of this happen. New York Times: Businesshttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/14/technology/14TBRF1.html?ex=1048222800&en=65522d88376... DSL broadband boom hits- March 14, 2003 Asia Times Online - China added 1.985 million broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) subscribers during 2002, a massive 845 percent growth in the year, according to figures prepared by London-based analyst firm Point Topic for the international DSL Forum.UK sees strong DSL growth The Register DSL Leads Global Connections InternetNews.comhttp://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EC14Ad04.html HP to launch printing consultancy- March 10, 2003 InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard plans to launch a printing consultancy business to help companies cut costs.IBM Unveils Technology For Handling Surges In Computing Demand InternetWeek.com Google Technology Newshttp://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/10/HNhpconsult_1.html US Job Loss Deepens- March 8, 2003 Newsday - In a sweeping display of economic weakness, the nation lost a startling 308000 jobs last month, as fears of war intensified and companies closed their doors to job seekers.Jobless may be on dole longer as war looms United Press Internationalhttp://www.newsday.com/business/printedition/ny-bzecon083162616mar08,0,5744255.story?coll=... (Untitled)- March 8, 2003 Apple Bites Into Music Downloads. Though it won't confirm the rumors, Apple seems poised to launch an online music subscription service with major record labels in the coming weeks. Wired Newsand British telecom giant offers music downloads. CNET News.com - British telecommunications company BT Group on Thursday announced the launch of a subscription-based music download service, a crucial component to expanding its lead in Britain's residential broadband market.http://radio.weblogs.com/0001275/categories/myOrganization/2003/03/08.html#a738 Outlook: As stock markets test fresh lows, a new rationality dawns- March 8, 2003 Independent - I've been rereading Alan Greenspan's famous irrational exuberance speech, which was delivered a little over six years ago, in the hope of gaining some insight into the extraordinary stock market collapse of the past three years.Employment Situation (Feb, 2003) Forbeshttp://news.independent.co.uk/business/comment/story.jsp?story=384959 Price war brewing in Web conferencing- March 7, 2003 Verizon answers rival WebEx's Web conferencing discount with a price cut of its own, in a bid to spur business for the recently introduced service. CNET News.comhttp://rss.com.com/2100-1038-991615.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news Google's Banner Day- March 5, 2003 The search king moves into third-party advertising. The Motley Foolhttp://www.fool.com/news/take/2003/mft/mft03030405.htm |