- Fri Aug 24 2001 Holding off a recession
Wall Street will get a better idea of where the U.S. economy is headed this week after the government releases data on economic growth.
Posted by Sam Ames
- Fri Mar 27 2009 Recession forces some to downgrade to dial-up
The Chicago Tribune published a story Friday saying some cost-conscious Internet users are downgrading their service from broadband to dial-up to cut costs.
Posted by Marguerite Reardon
- Wed Dec 17 1997 Will Y2K trigger recession?
One investment firm's prediction that failure to bring computer systems into compliance for the year 2000 could start a global recession isn't too far fetched, say other economic observers.
Posted by Erich Luening
- Sun Aug 26 2001 The week ahead: Holding off a recession
Wall Street will get a better idea of where the U.S. economy is headed this week after the government releases data on economic growth.
Posted by Sam Ames
- Wed Aug 22 2001 Recession Camp--the cure for dot-bomb blues
The volunteer support group helps unemployed dot-commers survive the technology sector's downturn, largely by arranging social events where tech talk is off-limits.
Posted by Rachel Konrad
- Sat Oct 17 2009 The most honest resignation e-mail ever?
A media planner in a Chicago ad agency allegedly writes an instant classic of a resignation e-mail. He aims particularly humorous scorn at ComScore. Oh, and USB sticks.
Posted by Chris Matyszczyk
- Thu Jun 18 2009 Did Ballmer let new Xbox 360 slip out?
TG Daily is claiming that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced a new Xbox 360 for 2010 at the Executives' Club of Chicago. However, there's some question as to whether the information is accurate.
Posted by David Carnoy
- Tue Sep 14 2004 Study: 400,000 IT jobs lost since 2001
Nearly half of those jobs disappeared after the recession's official end, with San Francisco and Boston being hit the hardest.
Posted by Ed Frauenheim
- Fri May 8 2009 Boost Mobile to expand retail outlets
Prepaid carrier Boost Mobile announces that it will open 50 stores by year's end.
Posted by Kent German
- Thu Jun 11 2009 Yes, Virginia, the DTV transition still isn't over
Friday marks the day that full-power TV broadcasters will finally stop sending analog signals and will transmit only digital signals.
Posted by Marguerite Reardon