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Huawei plays long game to win trust and business in US
The success of Huawei Technologies in becoming a global supplier of telecoms equipment was laid out for all to see at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last...
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Rising Richemont bucks trend
Richemont , the Swiss luxury goods company, climbed against a falling market on rumours that it might buy internet designer clothing retailer Net-a-Porter. It...
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Times are changing, says Swatch chief, as he predicts sales rebound
Swatch Group, the Swiss watchmaker, expects a strong rebound this year after 18 months of crisis in the sector. However, Nick Hayek, chief executive of the group that...
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Motorola paves way for network sale
Motorola is paving the way for a possible sale of its mobile network infrastructure business, but is also interested in forming a joint venture with a rival. The US...
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Huawei plays long game in US
The success of Huawei Technologies in becoming a global supplier of telecoms equipment was laid out for all to see at the Mobile World Congress – but the group has yet to make serious inroads in the US
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Telenor urges Pakistan telecoms shake-up
Pakistan's telecoms market will have to consolidate before the government can consider a planned push into third generation technology, according to the head of the country's only European operator
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IT companies call for tax relief
The UK government should cut taxes to boost growth and create 250,000 new jobs, say some of the country's leading technology groups, citing the sector's central role in the national economy
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Straight-talker takes to the skies
Step on to any Continental Airlines flight today and you will be welcomed by Jeff Smisek, the new chief executive, beaming down from one of the multitude of liquid...
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US watchdog prepares for broadband shake-up
US regulators are due to unveil plans aimed at improving the country's mediocre performance in the global broadband race. But they are already learning the hard way that change will not be easy
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Cost spirals for US victims of cyberfraud
Online fraud cases in the US cost victims more than twice as much in 2009 as they did the previous year, underscoring fears that internet crime is growing out of control
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Scramble to become the next big thing
Attendees at this year's SXSW conference might find a worrying number of 'me-too' companies seeking to ride on the coat-tails of today's hottest trends – social media and the mobile internet
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Google '99% certain' to shut China engine
The US company has drawn up plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now '99.9% certain' to go ahead as talks over censorship with the authorities have reached impasse
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Bonus of $22m for Apple's Cook
Apple said it had awarded Tim Cook, chief operating officer, $22m in cash and restricted stock as a bonus for his performance in the six months that he ran the company...
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Games prey on your mind
Video games are increasingly sophisticated and subtle. Designing machines to be pleasurable or useful is one thing – designing them to be addictive is quite another, writes Christopher Caldwell
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Gloom lifts as IPOs raise £306m
Fashion label Supergroup and education group Promethean to float at mid-range of their mooted price ranges as sentiment towards new issues recovers
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Xbox regains lead in console battle
Microsoft's Xbox 360 console outsold Nintendo's Wii in the US last month for the first time in more than two years
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Twitter faces a battle for tweets
A Japanese website called Ameba Now is one of the first signs of micro-blogging website Twitter's vulnerability to competition. The rival has reached 1m visitors in the three months since its launch
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More than just a home network
Some personal technology devices are deceptively simple and yet solve real issues facing ordinary consumers quickly and easily. Iomega's iConnect Wireless Data Station...
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Surprise suitor for Raymarine
Raymarine jumped 27.3 per cent to 4.18p after the debt- laden marine electronics company said it had received a 3.6p-a-share offer. The news surprised the market...
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Swatch upbeat about rest of year
Swatch Group said its confidence about a rebound from last year's steep fall in Swiss watch industry sales had been vindicated, amid significant improvements in its...
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