BRANDING August 19, 2010 Q. I am starting a new company and need to think about branding. Is there a way I can do it while keeping costs to a minimum? A.The first thing to do is decide if you have the skills to do it yourself. The main components of a brand are visual: for example, the website, [...]
Shareholdersshow disdain for Dell chief August 18, 2010 DELL founder Michael Dell survived an investor savaging during his re-election to chief executive, with more than a quarter of voters withholding their support. Shareholders are furious at the firm’s fall from being the biggest computer manufacturer in the world to its current third place behind Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer. Dell’s stock is down more [...]
Asian firms probe Apple claims August 18, 2010 Two Asian firms whose wholly-owned units were accused of paying kickbacks for business from Apple said they were investigating the matter, while a third denied engaging in such practices. Paul Devine, an Apple global supply manager, pleaded not guilty to California court charges that he accepted kickbacks.
iPad nano in the works August 18, 2010 Online communities are buzzing with the news that Apple will be bringing out a new iPad by the end of the year. According to the Chinese paper Economic Daily News, which correctly predicted the specifications of the initial iPad, Tawainese companies have won contracts to produce a slimmed down iPad by the end of the [...]
Video streaming site Hulu sounds out $2bn flotation August 16, 2010 ONLINE video site Hulu could become the biggest internet IPO of the year after its owners began sounding out the market for a potential $2bn (£1.3bn) listing yesterday. The joint venture between Disney, News Corp, NBC Universal, who all own 27 per cent of the firm, and Providence Equity Partners, was launched to combat the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 15, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES PATERNOSTER IS PUT UP FOR SALE Paternoster, the specialist pensions business set up by former Prudential executive Mark Wood, has been put up for sale, with its original backers facing the potential loss of more than half their £500m equity investment. The majority of its backers are seeking an exit from a company [...]
Android overtakes iPhone sales August 12, 2010 Global sales of Apple’s iPhone have been overtaken by phones using Google’s Android system, according to research by Gartner. Android’s global share of the market now stands at 17.2 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent a year ago, with growth largely coming at the expense of Nokia and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. Apple’s [...]
BlackBerry rocked by India ban fears August 12, 2010 BLACKBERRY-MAKER Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday moved one step closer to a potentially disastrous ban in India. A meeting with authorities was “inconclusive” and the superpower has given the firm until the end of the month to address its concerns. India is worried that BlackBerry’s encrypted data can be used by terrorists such as those [...]
Ousted HP boss lowest rated CEO August 11, 2010 THE HP boss who was forced out after allegations by a former porn star had the lowest employee-rating of any major tech chief executive. Glassdoor, a website that allows employees to anonymously rate companies and their bosses, has Mark Hurd languishing at just 34 per cent approval, falling as low as 19 per cent last [...]
GUARDIAN DRAGS ITS HEELS OVER RENEWING HAY SPONSORSHIP DEAL August 11, 2010 WHAT with an enthusiastic push into online investment, a string of ill-advised private equity deals and a move to swanky new offices at Kings Cross, it appears more traditional stalwarts of the Guardian’s extra-curricular programme could be coming under threat. A little bird tells The Capitalist that the newspaper’s long-standing sponsorship of the Hay literary [...]