Latest financial news.Google drops target price, extends auction to Wednesday, 08/18/04Google Wednesday lowered the target price per share for its IPO, and asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to give buyers additional time to reconsider their bids, according to a notice on the company’s IPO Web site.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0818googldrops.html?nl Google’s IPO march hits a legal bump, 08/17/04Google’s march to a $3 billion plus IPO later this week struck a minor snag Monday with an admission by the company that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and California authorities are likely … https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0817googlipom.html?nlNortel attracts the Mounties, 08/17/04The Royal Canadian Mounted Police this week said it has launched a criminal investigation into Nortel’s accounting practices.https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0817mounties.html?nlCisco dampens growth prospects despite record Q4, 08/16/04The holidays might be a little less bright this year if Cisco’s financial outlook is any indication. https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604cisco.html?nlSan Jose scandal highlights issues in government buying, 08/16/04The scandal resulting from collusion between Cisco and the city of San Jose on an $8 million VoIP installation highlights how the rules differ for IT buying in the public and private sectors.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604citycios.html?nl CA buys PestPatrol anti-spyware developer, 08/16/04Computer Associates said Monday it acquired PestPatrol, a firm marketing anti-spyware software to enterprises, small businesses and individual consumers.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0816cabuys.html?nlMcAfee to buy Foundstone for $86 million, 08/16/04Anti-virus software company McAfee Monday said it is buying Foundstone, which makes software for detecting and managing software vulnerabilities, for $86 million in cash.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0816mcafetobu.html?nlGateway signs CompUSA as second U.S. retail partner, 08/16/04Gateway Monday signed up another retail partner for its desktop PCs, agreeing with CompUSA on a deal to place Gateway-branded PCs at 226 stores across the U.S., the company said in a release.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0816gatewsigns.html?nlBenhamou will resign as chairman of PalmSource, 08/13/04Eric Benhamou will resign as chairman of PalmSource on Oct. 28, the company announced Friday. The company said it expects he will continue in his role as chairman of sister company PalmOne.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0813benhawill.html?nlNew Commission has strong free-market credentials, 08/13/04The new European Commission, which will take office Nov. 1, includes three strongly free-market figures in its key economic posts.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0813newcommi.html?nlHP fires Blackmore, other sales executives, 08/12/04HP fired three major sales executives Thursday, including former server group head Peter Blackmore, in a management shakeup following a disappointing quarter for HP’s server division.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0812hpfires.html?nlIBM ups hiring forecast, 08/12/04IBM Thursday said it is hiring a lot more employees than originally planned. The vendor upped its forecast for the year to 18,800 new hires, the majority of whom are destined for IBM’s services division.https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0812ibmhire.html?nlDell revenue surges in Europe, Asia during Q2, 08/12/04Strong growth outside the U.S. in the second quarter lifted Dell to a record quarter in both revenue and earnings per share, the company announced Thursday.https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/0812dellreven.html?nlHP grows Q3 revenue but servers, storage disappoint, 08/12/04HP Thursday reported solid revenue growth for its fiscal third quarter, boosted by sales in its Personal System Group. However, it said that performance in its Enterprise Servers and Storage …https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0812hpgrows.html?nl Related content feature 5 ways to boost server efficiency Right-sizing workloads, upgrading to newer servers, and managing power consumption can help enterprises reach their data center sustainability goals. 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