The most valuable brands in the worldBrandZ has released its annual list of the 100 most valuable brand names in the world, with Google, IBM and Apple all holding on to the top three spots. Check out the full list here [PDF].
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China 1: Beijing slams on the brakes
China has upstaged itself on the eve of today’s release of important economic figures from 2009.
Google has its head in the clouds over biggest deal yet
Google has nabbed its highest-profile client so far, with Los Angeles City Council voting to dump its Microsoft Office applications and transfer over to Google Apps’ ‘cloud computing’ based services. Is Microsoft’s dominance of the office software market under threat?
The world’s most valuable brands
Interbrand has released its annual report [PDF] on the world’s most valuable brands. Coke came in at number one for the ninth time running, while Google and Amazon have shot up the list.
IBM’s radical research plan: collaboration
Companies are usually secretive about their R&D. IBM is breaking away from this mould, scouting the globe to set up what it’s calling “collaboratories” with unis and governments. Will this marriage of minds end in divorce?
Cashing in on cloud computing
Companies like IBM, Qualcomm and Nokia are getting on board with Bill Gates’ vision of “cloud computing” — a future where all software could run online and be accessed via the internet.
Wall Street’s white supremacist con job
Wall Street has been conned by a virulent racist who claimed he had a scoop on the US Treasury’s ‘stress tests’.
BCC: To all staff … Hands off my Trim Milk, thief!
Crikey presents yet another internal email about inappropriate use of milk, this time from a prominent law firm.
