International Business News - ELNK 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 EarthLink Inc. said Wednesday it's losing two longtime board members to retirement and is adding a director with a deep background in corporate finance and technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/earthlink-adds-director-loses-2-to-retirement.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:23:01 EDT South Korea's SK Telecom Corp. is in talks to buy struggling U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., business news channel CNBC reported Tuesday An agreement would be at best weeks away, CNBC said, citing people familiar with the talks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/cnbc-korean-carrier-in-talks-to-buy-sprint.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:20:37 EDT If you're still paying for AOL, your bill may be going up 20 percent this month. AOL's cheapest dial-up Internet access plan is going from $9.99 to $11.99 to offset costs of round-the-clock help by telephone. Subscribers can keep the $9.99 rate if they forgo full phone support, but they must actively change their plans to avoid an automatic price increase. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/aol-fee-up-20-pct-for-some-plans-with-phone-help.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:47:11 EDT A JPMorgan analyst said he is "bullish" on the cable TV industry, particularly companies that provide high-speed data and voice service like Comcast Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/ahead-of-the-bell-jpmorgan-is-cautious-on-tv.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:46:23 EDT A rocky week for tech stocks and the rest of Wall Street closed Friday with the official end to Bill Gates' full-time tenure at Microsoft Corp. Gates, who dropped out of college to launch Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, is going part-time as chairman to spend more time on his charitable foundation. He leaves Microsoft at a time when the company is struggling to beat Google Inc. in the online advertising market, after Yahoo Inc.'s snub of its $47.5 billion buyout bid, and following the lackluster launch of its latest operating system, Windows Vista. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/tech-roundup-bill-gates-moves-on.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:02:24 EDT Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the U.S. market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/virgin-mobile-to-buy-helio-for-39m.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:16:03 EDT A group of local investors said Tuesday they have bought Philadelphia's wireless Internet network, a week after EarthLink Inc. gave up on the system because it failed to make a profit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/investors-to-run-philadelphias-shuttered-wi-fi.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:43:18 EDT Philadelphia is in talks with a group to take over its wireless Internet network. A spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter said negotiations are under way. But he would not say whether they involved a community organization or a company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/philadelphia-in-talks-over-wi-fi-network.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:09:06 EDT Earthlink Inc. spent $210,000 in the first quarter to lobby on legislation dealing with Internet telephone companies providing emergency 911 services and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/earthlink-spent-210-000-to-lobby-in-first-quarter.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:27:50 EDT The company that runs many of the Internet's core directory systems has won a patent for its controversial service that helps Internet users find sites even when they mistype addresses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/verisign-wins-patent-for-internet-typo-redirection.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 18:15:31 EDT EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/earthlink-to-pull-the-plug-on-wi-fi-in-philadelphia.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 12:14:46 EDT Shares of PeopleSupport Inc. skidded Thursday after the business process outsourcing company again lowered expectations for the year due to lower revenue from two key customers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/peoplesupport-falls-following-weak-2q-and-2008-forecasts.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 19:14:32 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Thursday, April 24, from AP Financial News: LONDON (AP) _ Barclays PLC, Britain's No. 3 banking group by market capitalization, will report lower first-quarter earnings compared with the same period a year earlier, after a particularly tough time in March, the bank's chief executive said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/outlook-roundup-barclays-earthlink.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:24:55 EDT Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. on Thursday increased its 2008 outlook after its first-quarter results demonstrated stability in its customer base and better-than-expected expense reductions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/earthlink-raises-2008-outlook-after-turning-profit-in-1q.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:40:46 EDT When Internet providers hire third-party companies to serve up advertisements on unused Web pages, that creative attempt to make money can open major security vulnerabilities they can't control, a researcher has found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/research-security-gaps-open-when-isps-hire-third-parties.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:44:01 EDT Ten months before the nation flips to digital television, technology companies and TV broadcasters are fighting over the virtual remote, with different ideas of what to do with the unused airwaves. ... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080407/vacant-airwaves-spur-tv-tech-turf-battle.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:24:53 EDT A Microsoft Corp. device that federal regulators are testing to see if it will safely transmit high-speed Internet service over unused television airwaves "unexpectedly shut down" on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/white-spaces-test-device-breaks-again.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:23:15 EDT EarthLink Inc. spent nearly $1.9 million in 2007 to lobby the government, channeling some of that effort to get unlicensed television airwaves freed up for high-speed Internet use. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080321/earthlink-lobbied-for-vacant-tv-channels.htm Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:55:31 EDT Two analysts downgraded PeopleSupport Inc. Friday after the business outsourcer said the deteriorating economy may hurt performance and guided its first quarter below Wall Street's expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080307/ahead-of-the-bell-peoplesupport.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:52:32 EST Technology companies eager to grab vacant airwaves and use them for high-speed Internet service first have to develop a gizmo that makes the conversion possible. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080211/white-space-converter-fizzles-again.htm Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:43:25 EST