Diversification, a recommended strategy in designing an investment portfolio, is a big part of the thinking behind the growth in multiple-brand franchising. No matter how good the ROI may be from a single brand, savvy investors know it's not wise

WHAT: Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise, Commercial and Small Business Tony Bates will deliver the keynote addresses at Collaboration Summit 2009, Cisco's annual conference to discuss collaboration strategies, programs and technologies.

LONDON, November 5, 2009 A new survey looking at the working styles of men and women reveals that 45 per cent of working women agreed with the statement that 'women have to be better than men to succeed in the

Q1 Net Sales: $9.0 billion (decrease of 13% year over year) Q1 Net Income: $1.8 billion GAAP; $2.1 billion non-GAAP Q1 Earnings per Share: $0.30 GAAP (decrease of 19% year over year); $0.36 non-GAAP (decrease of 14% year over year)

COLUMBIA, SC, November 3, 2009 The University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business, ranked consistently as one of the top schools in the country for international business, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Cisco to

SAN JOSE, California November 3, 2009 Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, today introduced the Virtual Computing Environment coalition, an unprecedented collaboration of three information technology (IT) industry leaders. The coalition has been created to accelerate customers' ability to increase

SAN JOSE, Calif, Nov. 3, 2009 Cisco and EMC together with VMware will discuss the new Virtual Computing Environment coalition and how it will help organizations simplify and accelerate pervasive virtualization and the transition to private cloud infrastructures. What: News

BEIJING, November 3, 2009 Furthering the goal of enhancing the development of information technology (IT) talent in China, Cisco and Ambow today announced the opening of the Workforce Transformation Partner (WTP) Training Center in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. The center aims

DENVER, CO, Nov. 3, 2009 — Cisco today announced that more than 35 higher education institutions have purchased Cisco TelePresence to scale expertise, foster more open innovation between academic and private industry researchers and develop innovative distance learning programs that

SAN JOSE, Calif., SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, November 2, 2009 Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Limited, (SEHK: 0500). Listed in Hong Kong with major operations in China, DVN

The countdown has already begun at Bingo MagiX for the Christmas celebration and this time just hold on to your seats before you know about the exotic prizes out there to be grabbed. To give all the players a special

The second half of Thursdays trading session was truly interesting for investors watching Eco2 Plastics (OTCBB: EOPI ). The stock price simply shot up 100% amid the session and this move most probably triggered traders to cover their short positions.[BANNER]

This quarterly profit also prompted an opportune moment for the world's most prominent carmaker to upgrade its targets for the full year ending March 31, 2010. Toyota joined its cross-town rivals - Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. ( PinkSheets: NSANY )

LEXON Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: LEXO ) had another day full of promising news which in return boosted its share price quite a bit. It's a pity this penny stock is driven by such low volumes and only reacts to the

Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY ) added 20% on Wednesday as the management provided an intra-quarterly update. The stock price had been on a short term downtrend before and this update might provide the necessary push for slight correction.[BANNER] From

Stock price of Biopharmaceutical concern, Crucell N.V ( PinkSheets: CRXLF ) remained unmoved on the U.S market on Tuesday on account of the affirmed 20 percent growth in total full-year 2009 revenue and other operating income guidance even as the

Maybe it's only a temporary attempt to rally as we are at the limit of a major support level (the 50 day MA) but the stock price rally of Longwei Petroleum Investment Hold Ltd (OTCBB: LPIH or LPIH.OB) has surely

After taking off with strong quarterly result with nearly doubled revenues the share price of Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL ) has been on a strong rally exiting participating and watching investors alike. Even with still outstanding net losses the company's

Winds of change blew over the North American automotive landscape during the July - September period, influencing a quarterly profit of $997 million ($0.29 per share) at Ford Motor Company ( NYSE: F ), against a loss of $161 million

The stock price of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTEC ) is somewhat an example of overreaction to bad performance news. Over a week ago the company had announced lowered revenue and earnings not in line with expectations. With some aid