Minister set to report on Invest NI’s Board grants

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has been asked to spell out details of grants provided by quango Invest NI to companies linked to its own Board members. Related Stories Aer Lingus boss warns staff that job cuts on the way Global unemployment to hit post-war record Internet specialist wins hospital deal in England Confidence in property market is on the rise If Irish economy collapses then NAMA …


Microsoft Willing to Invest 10 Percent in Search

Microsoft is willing to invest up to 10 percent of its operating income in its Internet search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its “Bing” search engine starts to gain ground with Web surfers.


Needle In A Haystack: Investing Message Boards

Now that we’ve survived the dotcom boom, we all own our own domain names, and we’ve become accustomed to file sharing, we can get back to the roots of the internet: communication.


The Great Investing Swindle

This week on the boards: what makes a good investing strategy, is the UK in denial and protecting your computer against all the nasties that lurk out there on the Internet.


Time to invest?

“Now is the time to invest and get rich.” Those were Warren Buffett’s words back in 1974.


Former NTC chief wants tax credits for telcos to invest in rural areas

MANILA, Philippines – Broadband service providers will be enticed to invest in the countryside and provide high-speed Internet access in rural areas if they will be given tax credits, House information and communications technology committee chairman Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago said.


Former NTC chief wants tax credits for telcos to invest in rural areas

MANILA, Philippines – Broadband service providers will be enticed to invest in the countryside and provide high-speed Internet access in rural areas if they will be given tax credits, House information and communications technology committee chairman Catanduanes Rep.


Australia to Build A$43 Billion Internet Network

April 7 — Australia’s government announced plans to invest as much as A$43 billion over eight years to build a high-speed Internet network to connect 90 percent of the nation’s homes and create jobs.


Contrarian Google launches investment fund

Google’s new investment arm will focus on start-ups working on the Internet, biotech, green tech, software, and health care.


China’s electronics, information investment up 26% in first two months

China’s electronics and information industry reported a fixed assets investment of 30.7 billion yuan in January and February, up 25.6 percent year on year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Tuesday. The growth was 5.1 percentage points higher than the same period last year, the ministry said in a Web statement, but it did not cite reasons for the …