International Business News - CRM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Shares of RightNow Technologies Inc. fell to a four-year low Wednesday as analysts voiced concerns about slower-than-expected information technology spending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/rightnow-sinks-analysts-see-it-spending-slowdown.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:21:19 EDT Shares of large software companies fluctuated along with the rest of Wall Street Wednesday, amid investor fears that rate cuts by global central banks would fail to avoid a worldwide recession. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/sector-snap-software-stocks-fluctuate.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:07:28 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Tuesday, Oct. 7, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of TRW Automotive Holdings Inc. tumbled to a new year low Tuesday after the automotive supplier pulled its 2008 guidance and said it now expects to post a third-quarter loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/movers-roundup-trw-auto-landrys-restaurants.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:48:12 EDT Shares of Salesforce.com Inc. declined Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the customer relations management service provider, saying the company is facing too many risks to growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/salesforce-com-shares-slide-after-downgrade.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:17:45 EDT Shares of major software makers plunged Monday as Congress' failure to pass a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry sent investors running for cover. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/sector-snap-software-shares-sink-with-market.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:27:31 EDT Some of the Internet's most prominent companies benefited from Friday's market ebullience as their stock prices increased. Yahoo Inc. and eBay Inc., former Wall Street darlings that have recently fallen out of favor, were notable exceptions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/sector-snap-internet-stocks-go-along-for-ride-up.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:54:27 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, Sept. 10, from AP Financial News: Shares of Sirius XM Radio Inc. fell sharply on Wednesday after the satellite radio company forecast a wider loss and slower subscriber growth for 2008 than analysts expected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/movers-roundup-sirius-xm-radio-salesforce-com.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:33:31 EDT Shares of Salesforce.com. Inc. jumped Wednesday after the customer relations management service provider replaced mortgage giant Freddie Mac in the S&P 500. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/salesforce-com-stock-jumps-after-joining-s-p-500.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:14:57 EDT Standard & Poor's says it will remove Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the S&P 500 after close of trading Wednesday, following a dramatic drop in the mortgage giants' stock prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-removed-from-s-p-500.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:30:45 EDT Among the premarket stories for Tuesday, Aug. 26, from AP Financial News: WASHINGTON (AP)--Is Boeing on its way out of the Pentagon's $35 billion tanker competition? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/premarket-roundup-boeing-salesforce-com.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:42:53 EDT A Citi Investment Research analyst upgraded shares of Salesforce.com Inc. to "Buy" from "Hold" Tuesday, citing a recent share price decline and the stock's tendency to perform well in the second half of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/ahead-of-the-bell-salesforce-com-upgraded.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:20:23 EDT Among the sector activity stories for Friday, Aug. 22, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Software stocks mostly rose Friday, with shares of Internet software service Salesforce.com Inc. climbing as an analyst upgraded the stock a day after shares sank on concerns of slowing growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/sector-roundup-software-airlines.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:52:56 EDT Software stocks mostly rose Friday, with shares of Internet software service Salesforce.com Inc. climbing as an analyst upgraded the stock a day after shares sank on concerns of slowing growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/sector-snap-software-stocks-mostly-rise.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:07:18 EDT Salesforce.com Inc.'s stock price plunged more than 18 percent Thursday amid fears that the Internet software service is headed for a slowdown as the flagging economy makes it more difficult to sign up new customers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/salesforce-com-shares-plunge-on-growth-concerns.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:14:14 EDT Salesforce.com Inc. kept its financial guidance within the range of analyst estimates Wednesday, disappointing investors who expected a more bullish forecast from one of the Internet's most popular software services. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/salesforce-com-stock-drops-on-cautious-outlook.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:51:30 EDT Salesforce.com Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit nearly tripled, as thousands of new corporate customers signed up for an online software service that supplants technology programs that must be installed on individual computers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/salesforce-2q-profit-nearly-triples-stock-plunges.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:42:49 EDT Business software maker Salesforce.com Inc. on Wednesday said it has bought software maker InStranet Inc. for $31.5 million. The deal adds 350,000 global call center agents to the Salesforce.com team, and will "help catapult our growth in the customer service and support space," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/salesforce-com-buys-instranet-for-31-5m.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:08:58 EDT Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87990-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/microsoft-expands-its-response-hosted-software.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/microsoft-expands-its-response-hosted-software.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:40:44 EDT Shares of Salesforce.com Inc. advanced on Friday after a Deutsche Bank analyst raised his price target on the provider of customer relationship management services, saying the company has demonstrated a robust growth rate in the past two quarters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/salesforce-com-climbs-after-analyst-raises-target.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:22:34 EDT Yahoo Inc. became Microsoft Corp.'s takeover prey largely because Google Inc. established such a commanding lead in the Internet's lucrative search advertising market. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/71114-yahoo-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/yahoo-seeks-googles-aid-after-microsoft-talks-die.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/yahoo-seeks-googles-aid-after-microsoft-talks-die.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:44:18 EDT