The 20 Most Valuable Brands In The World
Every year, BrandZ and Millward Brown Optimor calculate and rank brands based on their global value. These are the 20 most valuable brands for 2013. (Think mobile.)
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Abukai Aims to Take the Pain Out of Those Pesky Expense Reports
Expense reports: They are the bane of the busy business traveler. Between saving all those receipts, scanning them, documenting, and filling out the paperwork, recouping your money can be a mammoth time suck. It doesn't have to be.
SAP's New Products Could Help It Grow
Trefis has raised its expectations for SAP's stock price based on some of the German enterprise-software company's new businesses.
SAP Knows: You Spend Money to Make Money
SAP showed healthy revenue growth in its recently announced first quarter earnings, but operating profits increased by far less. Why? Because the company is putting more money into operating expenses and R&D, which sets it up for bigger profits in the longer term.
Why Apple May No Longer Be a Hot Stock
The re-weighting of the Nasdaq-100, which is expected to be announced today, could harm Apple's share price. But that may be the least of the tech giant's problems right now.
Week in Preview: Discover, Oracle and Tiffany Earnings
Oracle, Discover and Tiffany are all expected to report year-over-year growth for their most recent quarters this week. Meanwhile, many will be looking for an updated snapshot of the housing market, with three sets of real-estate data coming out.
SAP Faces $16.5 Million Interest Payment in Oracle Lawsuit
Software company SAP must pay rival Oracle interest on a $1.3 billion copyright infringement verdict, a federal district judge has ruled.
Oracle Earnings Jump 28% as Tech Spending Rises
Oracle, one of the world's biggest software companies, on Thursday posted fiscal second-quarter earnings that grew 28% year over year. It's the latest sign that companies are spending more on technology.
Oracle Wins $1.3 Billion Jury Award in SAP Lawsuit
A federal jury handed Oracle a victory Tuesday in its long-running copyright infringement case against SAP, awarding the enterprise software behemoth $1.3 billion.
Hewlett-Packard Beats 4Q Estimates on Growing Business Demand
Hewlett-Packard'sfiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 5.2% as the world's biggest computer maker saw increased demand for high-margin products such as servers and networking and storage equipment that offset lackluster consumer demand for PCs.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Testifies Against SAP
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified that rival SAP owes his company $4 billion for stealing intellectual property. SAP has admitted that its now-defunct subsidiary, TomorrowNow, stole customer-support documents from Oracle -- but contends that it only owes about $40 million.
HP Chief Won't Testify at SAP Trial
Before taking over the top spot at Hewlett-Packard, Leo Apotheker was CEO of SAP, the German business-software maker now on trial over corporate espionage allegations from Oracle. But HP says Apotheker won't testify at the trial.
SAP Agrees to Pay Oracle $120 Million in Partial Settlement
German software company SAP has agreed to pay its larger competitor, Oracle, $120 million to partially settle allegations of intellectual-property theft. But it's only the first part of the settlement; you can expect more to come.
Oracle, SAP Trial Begins in California Without Word From New HP Chief
Jury selection for a major copyright case involving Oracle and its smaller competitor SAP started in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, marking the beginning of a trial between the two software rivals that's been more than two years in the making
SAP Admits It Should Have Known It Was Infringing on Oracle Copyright
Enterprise software giant SAP acknowledged Thursday it should have known that its third-party outsourcing maintenance company TomorrowNow was infringing on rival Oracle's copyrights.
SAP Misses Third-Quarter Earnings Expectations as Margins Fall
Shares of SAP fell Wedneday after the German software company's third-quarter profit grew less than analysts had expected. Sales beat Wall Street expectations, growing 20% year over year, but net income rose only 12% on lower margins.
Oracle's Larry Ellison Blasts Incoming HP Chief
In a trial that starts Monday, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says he intends to prove that incoming Hewlett-Packard chief executive Leo Apotheker stole ideas from Oracle in his previous position as head of European competitor SAP.
Jack Welch Disses HP's Board: 'Who Are These Board Members?'
Days after Oracle CEO Larry Ellison urged the entire board of Hewlett-Packard to "resign en masse right away," former General Electric CEO Jack Welch has jumped on the diss-HP's board bandwagon. The criticism comes in the wake of HP's hiring of Leo Apotheker as CEO. "Who are these board members?" Welch asked.
Larry Ellison: HP Board Must 'Resign En Masse Right Away'
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison doesn't think highly of Hewlett-Packard's board. In fact, he thinks the entire board should resign -- pronto. Why? Because "the madness must stop," Ellison said, referring to HP's hiring of Leo Apotheker, a former chief of German software giant SAP
Despite Howls, Leo Apotheker May Be Just What HP Needs Now
Wall Street has been quick to punish Hewlett-Packard after the computing and software giant named former SAP chief Leo Apotheker as its new CEO on Sept. 30. But if SAP's culture says anything about what HP will be like under Apotheker, it may get back to making bets on innovation.
$4 Million Signing Bonus for New HP CEO Leo Apotheker
HP shares dropped more than 3% in premarket trading Friday, a day after the company named Leo Apotheker to replace Mark Hurd as CEO. And if investors aren't impressed with the choice of the former CEO of software giant SAP to lead HP, they're really not going to like his compensation package.
HP Names Former SAP Chief Leo Apotheker as CEO
In a somewhat surprising move, HP went outside its walls -- and all the way to Germany -- to find the chief executive to replace the ousted Mark Hurd. Apotheker had stepped down as CEO of German software giant SAP in 2010.
Qlik Clicks with IPO Investors as Stock Takes Off
Upstart Qlik Technologies is trying to disrupt things in the business intelligence software world, and as proof of its success, the company pulled off a $112 million IPO Friday. Since opening trading at $10, the stock has seen a nice bounce. So what is Qlik, and what's it doing right?
Oracle Profit Jumps 25% to Beat Street Estimates
Enterprise software giant Oracle reported a 25% rise in fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, helped by strong sales of new licenses and market share gains at the expense of the company's chief rival SAP.
NTT Data Buys a Foothold in the U.S. Info-Tech Market
NTT Data, a major info-tech player in Japan, has taken notice of the rising fortunes of IT services company Intelligroup. The U.S. is company is tiny compared to NTT, but its allure is a solid business in a key major market.
Three Stocks Set to Gain Strength on Euro Weakness
As European markets sell off, there are bargain stocks to be found overseas. We screened for beaten-down, big-cap multinationals in the eurozone (trading on U.S. exchanges) that should benefit from currency weakness.