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The wireless equipment sector has kept the rest of the telecommunications sector afloat for years. Now it, too, has clearly hit a rough patch. ABG Sundal Collier, a Scandinavian investment bank, notes that growth in the global wireless infrastructure market peaked in the third quarter of 2004 and has been sliding ever since.“All of our […]
Ottawa entrepreneur Terence Matthews deserves credit for his sheer nerve. His attempt to take Kanata, Ont.-based March Networks Corp. public later this month flies in the face of weak technology markets.The Nasdaq composite index and the TSX information technology index have not only weakened considerably from their December highs — down 7.5% and 14.8%, respectively, […]
Spectrem Group’s affluent investor index fell into neutral territory in July, abandoning the mildly bullish outlook it had registered since February 2004, the Chicago-based consulting firm said Wednesday.The index, which measures the investment outlook of U.S. households with US$500,000 or more in investable assets, recorded by far its sharpest decline in the past six months, […]