Anheuser-Busch InBev to keep Beck’s
Anheuser-Busch InBev has walked away from a planned $2.5 billion sale of its Beck’s beer brand to Boston-based buyout firm Bain Capital, a German magazine reports. bizjournals.com |
Semiconductor firms not bullish despite Q3 uptick
After one of the deepest downturns in chip production in recent memory, area semiconductor firms began to see orders for products and equipment pick up in the third quarter. But firms are reluctant to say the bad times are over for the beleaguered industry, portending a slow and bumpy recovery to post-recession sales and employment levels. (ADI) (TER) bizjournals.com |
Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? Sound Fishy
According to one former Apple (and Google) employee, Apple plans to sell nearly twice as many tablets as it did iPhones in the product's first year. feeds.pcworld.com |
Yahoo, Adobe targeted in Chinese hacks, too
Yahoo Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. were reportedly targeted by the same Chinese hackers who tried to access the Gmail accounts of human rights activists. (YHOO) (ADBE) (GOOG) bizjournals.com |
Parametric 'very optimistic' after big Q1
Parametric Technology Corp. said its net income nearly tripled in its fiscal first quarter amid strong software license sales and successful efforts to keep operating expenses in check. bizjournals.com |