176 posts and columns on Europe

Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

in News on May 9 at 7:01 pm PT

Leaner and meaner isn’t always enough. After a company-wide restructuring, growing profits is proving tougher than Cisco CEO John Chambers expected. You know, it don’t come easy.
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Voices

EU Expected to Approve Sony’s EMI Music Deal

in Media on April 18 at 4:00 pm PT

European antitrust regulators are expected Thursday to approve a plan by a Sony Corp.-led investor group to buy EMI Group Ltd.’s huge music-publishing division for $2.2 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.

Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

in News on April 17 at 1:15 pm PT

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.
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Where in the World Is HP’s Prith Banerjee Going? Answer: Zurich.

in News on April 5 at 5:03 am PT

Banerjee is off to be CTO of the Swiss Industrial giant ABB.
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Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

in News on April 3 at 3:16 pm PT

A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.
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News Byte

Twitter Expands European Business

in Media on April 3 at 8:29 am PT

Twitter is signaling its intentions to ramp up its European business by posting 17 new job openings for its new office in Dublin, Ireland. Most of the positions are sales-related, and include jobs that cover Spain and the Netherlands, two new territories for the company’s ad products. Twitter has around 900 employees worldwide.

Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

in News on March 30 at 9:00 am PT

And so it begins.
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Kindle Touch Will Touch Down in Europe on April 27

in News on March 28 at 8:15 am PT

No word yet on the Fire, though.
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EC Confirms Inquiry Into Possible Telecom Collusion

in News on March 14 at 9:57 am PT

Europe’s five biggest telecoms could face an investigation into possible collusion.
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Yahoo’s Europe Head Riley Steps Down, but Expects to Remain at Company

in News on March 10 at 9:44 am PT

The well-dressed exec in charge of Europe, Middle East and Africa region might be headed to Silicon Valley.
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Facebook Suffers Temporary Service Outage in Europe

Sony PlayStation Vita Launches in U.S., Europe

Yahoo Product Unit Readies Major Exec Reorg — But It’s Just a Tremor for the Big One to Come

in News, February 12, 2012 at 4:14 pm PT

EU Competition Chief: Screw Around With Standards Essential Patents and You’ll Be Sorry

in News, February 10, 2012 at 11:40 am PT

Travelzoo’s Stock Tumbles After Q4 Results Disappoint

in Commerce, January 26, 2012 at 12:37 pm PT

EU to Rule on Google, Motorola Mobility Deal on February 13

EU Could Rule on Google Antitrust in March

in News, January 18, 2012 at 1:29 pm PT

Global Chip Sales Down on Thailand Flooding

in News, January 2, 2012 at 11:30 am PT

BlackBerry Outage Hits Europe, Middle East, Africa

in Mobile, October 10, 2011 at 8:05 am PT

AOL’s Europe Head Kate Burns Departs; Goviral’s Maymann Takes Over (Internal Memo, Too!)

in News, September 27, 2011 at 8:15 am PT

Continental Shift: RIM Rapidly Losing Ground in North America

in News, September 13, 2011 at 11:03 am PT

Another 2008 Flashback: Ad Spending Already Contracting

in Media, September 12, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Google TV Coming to Europe in 2012

in Media, August 29, 2011 at 7:31 am PT

European Galaxy Tab Injunction Partially Lifted

in News, August 16, 2011 at 7:50 am PT

Apple Sues Motorola Over Xoom Design

in News, August 10, 2011 at 7:48 am PT