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Online Stock Trading Begins In Bombay 09/14/92 BOMBAY, INDIA, 1992 SEP 14 (NB) -- The computerized system of "Over-The-Counter Exchange of India" (OTCEI) is operating in the Bombay Stock Exchange. […]

Toronto Exchange May Go Fully Electronic, Close Floor 01/10/92 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1992 JAN 10 (NB) -- Member firms of the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's largest, will vote February 14 […]

NETWORK GENERAL ACQUIRES PROGRESSIVE COMPUTING 09/03/91 MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. 1991 SEP 3 (NB) -- Network General has completed the purchase of Progressive Computing, which has now become a wholly […]

****STOCK MARKET COMPUTERS REPORTED VULNERABLE 08/30/91 WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 1991 AUG 30 (NB) -- The General Accounting Office has concluded what many reporters and observers have long suspected -- the […]

NO IMMEDIATE ICL SALE, NORTHERN SAYS 08/26/91 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1991 AUG 26 (NB) -- Northern Telecom is in no hurry to sell its 20-percent stake in ICL, the British […]

LATIN PHONE FIRMS BEING PRIVATIZED IN HOT MARKET 08/26/91 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, 1991 AUG 26 (NB) -- Argentina is selling its remaining stake in the EnTel phone monopoly to the […]

****NEC BUYS INTO BULL COMPUTER OF FRANCE 04/25/91 TOKYO, JAPAN, 1991 APR 25 (NB) -- NEC will purchase a ten percent equity in Bull Computer of France. This is mainly […]

HONEYWELL SELLS REMAINING OWNERSHIP IN COMPUTER FIRM 04/19/91 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S.A., 1991 APR 19 (NB) -- Honeywell Inc has announced that it is selling its remaining 12.8 percent ownership in […]

SEMI-TECH BUYS INTO EMERSON RADIO 03/19/91 MARKHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1991 MAR 19 (NB) -- International Semi- Tech Microelectronics has signed a letter of intent to buy 20 percent of Emerson […]

LOGITECH EXPANDS STAKE IN GRAVIS 03/12/91 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, 1991 MAR 12 (NB) -- Advanced Gravis Computer Technology has announced it will sell four million of its common shares […]

AUSTRALIA: PRICE FOR IMAGINEERING SHARES REVEALED 02/21/91 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1991 FEB 21 (NB) -- Imagineering shares are only worth as much as they're worth, according to potential buyer First Pacific. […]

ALLTEL ACQUIRES INTEREST IN SAVANNAH CELLULAR SYSTEM 01/30/91 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, U.S.A., 1991 JAN 30 (NB) -- Alltel Mobile Communications has acquired 38 percent of the cellular system in Savannah, […]

BANCTEC INC AND THOMSON-CSF TO JOIN FORCES IN EUROPE 12/10/90 PARIS, FRANCE,1990 DEC 10 (NB) --BancTec, Inc., Thomson-CSF, a leading French company, and Thomainfor S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thomson […]

MICROSOFT INCREASES NATURAL LANGUAGE STAKE 12/04/90 BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1990 DEC 4 (NB) -- Microsoft has increased its equity in Natural Language Inc., of San Francisco, and indicated it plans […]

NASD SAYS ASK MUST GET SHAREHOLDER OKAY IN HP STOCK DEAL NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1990 OCT 9 (NB) -- James P. Lennane, chairman of ASK Computer has announced […]

EMERSON ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT BY HONG KONG FIRM NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., 1990 OCT 1 (NB) -- Emerson Radio Corporation, a producer of consumer electronics products and the parent of […]

APPLE BUYING BACK 10 MILLION SHARES CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1990 SEP 28 (NB) -- Apple's board of directors has approved the repurchase of up to an additional 10 million shares […]

AUSTRALIA: STUDENTS USE COMPUTER DEALING SIMULATION MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 1990 SEP 28 (NB) -- Students of Melbourne's Royal Institute of Technology's [RMIT] Treasury Training Facility are learning the operations of financial […]

TECHNOLOGY STOCKS: Business News, Tuesday, September 11 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1990 SEP 11 (NB) -- Technology business news today comes from: Epson, GEAC, Sun, Olivetti, Microdyne, TCA Cable, […]

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES GO ELECTRONIC SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1990 SEP 03 (NB) -- The Sydney and Melbourne stock exchanges have transferred most of their trading to computer in a move to […]

TECHNOLOGY STOCKS: Quarterly Results, Friday Aug 31 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1990 AUG 31 (NB) -- Companies in the news this week include: SULCUS COMPUTER, WARRANTECH, ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY: [] […]

CANADA REMOTE SUBSCRIBER BUY-OUT FALLS THROUGH TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1990 AUG 24 (NB) -- A group of subscribers to Canada Remote Systems, the bulletin board system that suspended operations at […]

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES TO BUY BACK SHARES GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1990 AUG 21 (NB) -- The board of directors of Computer Associates International has approved the repurchase of up […]

AUSTRALIA: STOCK EXCHANGE MONITORS TRANSACTION WITH AI SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1990 JUL 13 (NB) -- The Sydney stock exchange has developed a PC-based security system which checks all transactions against prior […]

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS FIELD SERVICE BECOMES NOVADYNE COMPUTER SYSTEMS SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1990 JUL 2 (NB) -- McDonnell Douglas Field Services has become Novadyne Computer Systems as the result of […]

ACER BUYS ALTOS SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1990 JUL 5 (NB) -- Altos Computer Systems, one of the pioneering companies in the computer industry, has been purchased by Taiwan-based Acer […]

WORLDSPAN LINKS WITH ABACUS ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A., 1990 JUN 29 (NB) -- Worldspan Travel Agency Distribution Services, the reservations network formed by Northwest, TWA and Delta Air Lines, has done […]

NAMCO ENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH ATARI GAMES TOKYO, JAPAN, 1990 JUN 15 (NB) -- Japan's major game firm Namco and California, U.S.-based Atari Games have decided to end their five-year relationship. […]

ALLTEL TO ACQUIRE SYSTEMATICS LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, U.S.A., 1990 MAY 30 (NB) -- ALLTEL will acquire Systematics for 1.325 shares of ALLTEL common stock for each Systematics share. The companies […]

DATAPOINT CHIEF BUYS 30 PERCENT OF STOCK PARIS, FRANCE, 1989 SEP 16 (NB) -- Datapoint Chairman Asher Edelman has revealed he has purchased 30 percent of the company's shares. The […]

FOREIGNERS CAN BUY INTO KDD TOKYO, JAPAN, 1989 AUG 17 -- The Japanese government is planning to allow foreigners buy up to 20 percent of the shares in Japan's telecom […]

NORTEL EXTENDS BUYBACK MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1989 AUG 9 (NB) -- Northern Telecom said it will extend a program of repurchasing its own common shares until Sept. 6, 1990, if […]