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48 Zombie ETFs

You are right, Dave, that some small ETFs can be late bloomers, attracting significant assets after months or years of gathering dust.But it’s pretty rare.


AT&T: Net rules must allow 'paid prioritization'

Carrier says any Net neutrality plan restricting its ability to charge extra for higher-priority services would be harmful and contrary to Internet principles.


RatePoint CEO Named Mass High Tech 2010 All-Star of New England Innovation Economy

Mass High Tech, The Voice of New England Innovation, today announced that Neal Creighton, CEO and co-founder of RatePoint Inc. is among the recipients of its 2010 All-Stars Awards. The All-Stars Award...


Cisco/Skype marriage would face a major hurdle

Cisco's rumored bid for Skype would make a great deal of strategic sense for the networking giant, but the pairing faces one major obstacle that might prevent the deal from getting done.


Huawei Announces Four New Android Mobile Phones

Huawei Announces Four New Android Mobile Phones...


Hundreds Of Local Businesses Now Offering Optimum WiFi At Indoor Locations Across Long Island, Providing Free And Fast ...

Optimum WiFi Network Continues To Expand, Offering Connections In Locations Ranging From Western Nassau To Montauk...


Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite: Selling Out Uncle Sam - Government Contracting - A Free Market Farce

This is the fifth of a Shadow Elite series, investigating the game-changing effects of government contracting on the most vital government functions. As an...


Vimpelcom's Second-quarter Profit Drops 52%

Vimpelcom's Second-quarter Profit Drops 52%...


Big Canadian telecom player starts small in India

Aastra Technologies has plans to expand its market share after buyout of the enterprise unit of Sweden’s Ericsson in 2008...


MegaPath, Covad, Speakeasy Merger Closes

MegaPath, Covad and Speakeasy recently announced regulatory approval and the completion of their merger, creating a next generation Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC). The new company wil...


Kenya: Firms See Opportunity, Risk in Rapid Urbanisation

Producers of consumer goods were on Wednesday scouring the just released census results for new market opportunities or major shifts in demand for specific goods and services with the changing demogra...


Navy veteran stitches her way to success in Frederick

"What started out as a hobby became an obsession, which is now my business," says Leslie Simensen, owner of the EmbroidMe franchise in Frederick.


3G, triple-network convergence to dominate competition in China telecom market, says Digitimes Research

Fixed-line and mobile telecom carriers in China have been reshuffled into three main ones, China Mobile Communications, China United Telecommunications and China Telecom, with 3G mobile communication ...


StarHub to entice biz users with 'trusted infrastructure'

Singapore-based telco wants enterprise customers looking to tap on the next-generation national broadband network to recognize StarHub's fiber-optic offerings for what they are--resilient and reliable...


BSkyB, LDC Complete Easynet Global Services Sale

BSkyB, LDC Complete Easynet Global Services Sale...


Cyber security firm wins business award

A cyber-threat security consultancy firm has taken top honours in the National Telstra Business Awards.


Optus ready for Telstra's new direction

Smartphones helps Optus take a lead in the phone market.


My phone, my self. Rabid loyalty follows latest, greatest headsets

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The love affair began last winter. Annie Sorensen had needs. For business, mostly. But she came to learn that her personal side could stand some nurturing, too. read more...


Small Business Technology: 10 Tips to Green IT

Reducing the amount of energy your company consumes is a smart way to conserve both business and natural resources. Our 10 tips will show how you can save money while serving the greater good.


Cash-Rich Small Caps

A stock screen looks to repeat small-cap success.


Canada avoids broadband duopolies, keeps line-sharing alive

Canada is staying with the community of nations that require their big Internet service providers to share their networks with competitive broadband companies. The country's Radio-television and Telec...


BCE 'Disappointed' With Regulator's Rebate Decision

BCE 'Disappointed' With Regulator's Rebate Decision...


Enea AB: Equisys Invests in Enea Technology for Its Fax over IP Software Product

STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enea (STO:ENEA) today announced that Equisys has selected its Netbricks® IAF-Bricks technology. Part of the Enea Netbricks line of telecom protocols, IAF-Bricks combines a...


Canal Plus CEO: In Talks With France Telecom On Cinema Channel Tie-Up

Canal Plus CEO: In Talks With France Telecom On Cinema Channel Tie-Up...


U.S. Small Businesses to Increase Spending on Web-Conferencing

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Small businesses (SBs, or firms with less than 100 employees) in the U.S. are increasingly using web-conferencing solutions, like GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting and WebEx. Accordi...


CRTC rules in favour of smaller Internet providers

OTTAWA — Canada's telecommunications watchdog sided with small Internet providers Monday, ruling their costumers should no longer be denied access to higher-speed Internet.[...]...


Navy Federal Credit Union CIO Jerry Hermes: Global Presence, Small IT Footprint

As CIO of Navy Federal Credit Union, Jerry Hermes keeps watch over an IT infrastructure that's sprawled around the world. New monitoring and business service management tools help.


President Obama Still Doesn't Get It, Says Small Business Advocate

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national small business advocate agrees with President Barack Obama when he said a "magic bullet" doesn't exist for solving our current economic woes. ...


Business Highlights

Americans are spending a little more this summer, but hardly enough to rejuvenate the weakening economy. What is needed is a bigger boost in salaries and more jobs. Economists don't see either coming ...


Research and Markets: Chile Telecommunications Report Q4 2010

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3eeb24/chile_telecommunic) has announced the addition of the "Chile Telecommunications Report Q4 2010" report ...