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[2005-04-25] Gates Goes 64-BIT At WinHEC
Bill Gates promises a lot of cool stuff at this year's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle. He shows what Microsoft will be doing and where they are going in the coming years.
[2005-04-22] Fresh Fears in Oil Amid Saudi Attacks
Terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia scared the price of oil futures up 43 cents to 54.63 in early trading for light sweet crude in New York. London felt the same fears as Brent crude climbed 55 cents to $54.56 a barrel.
[2005-04-22] Oil Prices Skyrocket to $55.70 in Midday Trading
Light sweet crude jumped a 1.50 today to $55.70 a barrel in midday trading and Brent crude jumped $1.32 to $55.33.
[2005-04-22] Oil Price Leap Beyond $55
Oil prices leapt beyond the $55 mark today debate over reasons continue. With demand expected to reach 85 million barrels a day world wide, speculation on where oil prices will hit a ceiling remains high.
[2005-04-21] Crude Oil Drops Despite Decline in U.S. Stocks
Eyebrows raised as crude prices drop despite the U.S. announcement yesterday of declines in crude oils and gasoline stocks. With the June's contract starting, midday trading down 65 cents to $53.38 and Brent crude was down 50 cents in London trading.
[2005-04-20] $52 a Barrel and Still Climbing
Oil prices shot above $52.51 a barrel on Wednesday morning as investors await U.S. reports on gasoline stocks for the summer driving season.
[2005-04-20] Inflation… Going Up
Inflation continues to skyrocket as the consumer price index climbs .6% and combined with February's numbers, pushing it up a full point for the yearly rate to 4.3%. During all of last year, the index only went up 3.3%.
[2005-04-20] Chinese Boom in Housing May Get Lower
China's National Bureau of Statistics reported continued growth for China's real estate market although lower income households will have a more difficult time finding affordable housing. As prices rise, available low-income-housing lowers.
[2005-04-20] Symantec Beta Will Blast Spyware
Symantec announced this week of the Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition. This new product is the next logical step in Symantec's overall computer security service. The beta version is currently available as a free download from Symantec's website https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/.
[2005-04-20] Oil Prices Float to the Top… Again
Bad news for consumers hit the oil markets today when light sweet crude soared up to $53 a barrel as the U.S. announced dwindling crude and gasoline supplies for the first time in nearly three months and just before the summer travel season.
[2005-04-20] Dual Core POWER
The U.S. chip manufacturer released prices for the new AMD Opteron Dual Core processors. The entry-level Opteron 865 will run for $1,514 and is about the same price for their top single core processor.
[2005-04-20] WS-Security Standard Is Ready to Roll.
Fourteen organizations joined together for the first time to demonstrate interoperability of the WS-Security OASIS Standard at the Gartner Application Integration and Web Services Summit in Los Angeles today.
[2005-04-20] Oil and Gas Inventories Tanked
With U.S. stockpiles declining and oil prices rising, prices at the pump seem to be in further trouble. Light sweet crude prices closed at $52.50 after dropping below $50 a share earlier in the week. Brent crude also closed higher, up 80 cents for the day.
[2005-04-19] Producer Prices Get Too Much Energy
Producer prices climbed to the mountainous 0.7% during the month of March but underlying price pressures were fairly low key according to a government report on Tuesday morning.
[2005-04-19] OPEC Ups Production as Oil Prices Sit
OPEC announced a kick up in oil production yesterday as oil prices hover around $51 a barrel. The 500,000 bpd increase marks the second increase in two months when OPEC minister met last month and increased production 500,000.
[2005-04-19] Bextra Bombs Pfizer during the 1Q
Pfizer released their first quarter earnings and those earnings plummeted 87% largely due to the Food and Drug Administration booting Bextra from the market place because of concerns with drug connected to heart attacks and skin problems. The world's largest drug manufacturer claimed this and other charges played the main role in its significant earnings drop.
[2005-04-19] Lucent Wirelessly Wallops 2Q Earnings
Lucent Technologies Inc. announced earnings quadrupled during the second quarter over the same earnings period a year ago primarily due a high demand for wireless network products. Lucent will also combine its mobility and wireline business. This announcement led to a nearly 5% increase in stock prices.
[2005-04-19] Midday Swing Bats Oil Prices Back Up
Light sweet crude climbed back over the $51 mark on Tuesday signaling what some experts say may be a seasonal low. The market has dropped $8 since it hit its high a couple of weeks ago and it dropped to $49.66 at one point yesterday before finishing $50.37 and shot up to $51.65 in today's trading.
[2005-04-19] Quigley Moves Out From Under
Alcatel announced on Tuesday Mike Quigley will move into the President and COO slot of the company after the resignation of Philippe Germond.
[2005-04-18] Build Your Business Through Brilliant Branding
Branding is more than product recognition or a simple logo. It is the overall intellectual and emotional impression people have when they think of your company and its product. It is a strong and consistent message about the value of your business.
[2005-04-18] Chinese Protestors Rattle The Japanese Consulate
Protestors assaulted the Japanese consulate as Chinese-Japanese relations reach the lowest point since World War II.
[2005-04-18] Relief May Be In Sight for Rising Fuel Costs
World leaders continue to harass OPEC to cuts costs and increase production on crude oil as the price of crude dropped to just above $50 a barrel.
[2005-04-18] Blockbuster Battles Stockbuster
Dallas based Blockbuster Inc. circled its wagons against corporate raider Carl C. Icahn on Monday announcing they will follow the road they've started by continuing investment in the online rental business and firing shots over Icahn's demands of higher dividends.
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