/lex/tmthttp://www.ft.com/rss/lex/tmtFT.com - Lex, Technology, media & telecomsen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comThu, 24 Jul 2008 14:01 BSTThu, 24 Jul 2008 20:04:09 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/lex/tmt(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/28dbe656-5954-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/28dbe656-5954-11dd-90f8-000077b07658.htmlIt's big, it's yellow, but it may not be a lemon. Shares in Yell Group bounced 15 per cent as the UK directories publisher assured on its covenant headroomThu, 24 Jul 2008 14:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/7189fcac-57c0-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/7189fcac-57c0-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlWhen a company says it is monitoring trends on a daily basis, investors should worry. It indicates a terrible lack of earnings visibility and trends under such close observation are rarely positiveTue, 22 Jul 2008 20:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/6400aa74-57c3-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/6400aa74-57c3-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlIn the midst of summer, the dark, brooding backdrop of Gotham City proved more alluring for cinemagoers than the clear, blue waters of GreeceTue, 22 Jul 2008 20:25 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/558d85a8-5727-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/558d85a8-5727-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlAll quiet on the western coast? A compromise agreement has brought activist investor Carl Icahn into the Yahoo fold, but not in the manner for which he would have hopedTue, 22 Jul 2008 00:41 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/140e8058-5779-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/140e8058-5779-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlApple has long touted the 'halo effect' from its move into other consumer electronics lines, such as the iPod and iPhone. The latest numbers suggest it is working as plannedTue, 22 Jul 2008 00:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/9bc7ef70-5689-11dd-8686-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/9bc7ef70-5689-11dd-8686-000077b07658.htmlWhat an own goal by Mukesh Ambani. The Mr Big of Indian business risks losing credibility by prolonging a feud with his younger brother, Anil, even though they have been running different businesses since they divided up Reliance in 2005Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2be8f57c-568a-11dd-8686-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2be8f57c-568a-11dd-8686-000077b07658.htmlIBM has produced its third successive strong quarter, yet the performance – second-quarter sales growth of 13 per cent year-on-year – should be seen in the context of five years of re-engineering at the companySun, 20 Jul 2008 19:54 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/e037f9ea-4d90-11dd-820e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/e037f9ea-4d90-11dd-820e-000077b07658.htmlWPP and GfK are battling over TNS, but is the market research group really worth it? Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:54 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/b7c23310-4d93-11dd-820e-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/b7c23310-4d93-11dd-820e-000077b07658.htmlThe world's biggest panel makers, having suffered from years of crippling price falls, are selling more screens, more profitablyWed, 9 Jul 2008 20:49 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/e537e1da-4cf5-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/e537e1da-4cf5-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlUnfortunately for VMware, fast-growing markets dominated by a single company tend to attract competitors Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:25 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/85b1d6c6-4c41-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/85b1d6c6-4c41-11dd-96bb-000077b07658.htmlSince Microsoft's failed takeover attempt, shareholders in Yahoo have leapt and swooned at every scrap of news about a fresh deal Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/26920d82-490d-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/26920d82-490d-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlThere is not long left for Anil Ambani to fulfil his ambition to create an emerging markets telecoms group to rival China MobileThu, 3 Jul 2008 20:18 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/9902f200-48db-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/9902f200-48db-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlSir Martin Sorrell's attempt to gatecrash the agreed merger of TNS and GfK is not quite proceeding as plannedThu, 3 Jul 2008 20:07 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/4cf7bdd4-4811-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/4cf7bdd4-4811-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlThere seems to be a willing buyer and a willing seller. Why, then, does the market not believe it? Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/c0f4bd44-4682-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/c0f4bd44-4682-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlShares in the UK newspaper publisher suffered their biggest ever daily drop on Monday after warning that earnings this year would be "some 10 per cent lower" than expectedMon, 30 Jun 2008 20:42 BST