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Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
eBay-Craigslist court clash could reprice classifieds
News More than a Craigslist board seat is at stake in Delaware: eBay's classified ad services could prosper if Craigslist were to start charging for all ads.
Tags: E-commerce, Business development/management, Regulations, online classifieds, eBay Inc., advertisement, CEO, Bloomberg L.P., Canada, ComScore Networks Inc.
IBM roars into business consulting
News Its new 4,000-strong Business Analytics & Optimization Services will mine IBM's research and software divisions for innovations.
Tags: Consulting, IBM Corp., SAS Institute, data mining, Frank Kern, Data-mining Software, business analytics, Sales, software, analytics
Oracle's Sun deal: Oracle may need to loosen its grip
News Oracle may be forced by the European Union to give up some control of open source MySQL database software owned by Sun Microsystems, so as not to stifle competition.
Tags: Business development/management, Database, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Acquisition, software, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Business development/management, European Union
Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce
News Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Adobe Systems Inc., Omniture Inc., Web analytics company, restructuring, software, job, Workforce, Sales
Judge rules for Apple in Psystar case
News Summary judgment states that Psystar's creation of Mac clones that run Mac OS X violate "Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works".
Tags: Personal Computers, Business development/management, Apple Inc., William Alsup, Operating System, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Judge, Adobe PDF
Sony gets a TV repairman
News Hiroshi Yoshioka, Sony's head of consumer products and devices, hopes to close gap with competitors in TV market by revamping supply chain, cost cutting and adding features to its products.
Tags: Best strategies, Cost control, Hiroshi Yoshioka, TV, Amazon.com Inc., DisplaySearch, 3D, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., analyst, LG Electronics Inc.
Technology sector to rev up IPO recovery
News IT firms and emerging markets including China, India and Brazil, will lead recovery of public listing activities, finds new survey on global investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Survey, India, U.S., Technology Sector, Business Strategies & Functions, IPO, Investor, Business development/management
Private-sale shopping sites are hot
News Saddled with unsold merchandise amid the recession, makers of luxury goods are selling their wares through members-only shopping sites.
Tags: Business plans, Business development/management, E-business, Shopping Site, GSI Commerce Inc., home furnishing, Site, Business, Business plans, Vente-Privee.com
Getty and Flickr deepen photo-licensing ties
News Flickr photographers now can more actively try to sell photos through Getty's 60,000-image collection. Meanwhile, Toyota shows that there's a market.
Tags: Business development/management, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Getty Images, Toyota Motor Corp., digital photography, partnership, Web sites, Business development/management, Stock
Asean CIOs list biz intelligence top priority
News Some 87 percent of CIOs in region see business intelligence and analytics as top priority, finds IBM study.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business, Business development/management, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Survey, Asean, Asia, Business applications
Contact center by phone still popular in Asia
News Calling contact center still preferred method for Asian customers seeking tech help, even with emergence of new media tools, says market specialist.
Tags: Customer support, Customer resource management (CRM), Business development/management, Contact Center, Nagi Kasinadhuni, Datacraft/Dimension Data, Toni Ruotanen, Phone, Asia, Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft follows Apple into the retail business
News The company said Thursday that it will open its own line of retail stores and has hired a Wal-Mart veteran to lead the effort.
Tags: Sales strategy, Forecasting, Business Strategies & Functions, Best strategies, Apple Inc., DreamWorks SKG, Microsoft Corp., COO, Porter Five Forces, dot-com
HP further cuts EDS salaries
News Hewlett-Packard tells employees of EDS, which it acquired last year, that their salaries will temporarily be cut by 10 percent more than was announced last month.
Tags: Business development/management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Puerto Rico, employee benefit, Salary, Worker, CEO, U.S., Business development/management
Banyan Tree invests $1M in talent management
News Singapore hotels and resorts operator employs SAP in bid to better nurture and manage talent pool of over 10,000 staff, according to company executives.
Tags: Business development/management, Personnel management, Recruiting, Banyan Systems, Database, SAP AG, Talent Management, Human Resources Inc., Training, Bangkok
