IBM is expected to announce internally it will combine its struggling semiconductor business with its more successful systems group which makes large computers, The Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.
Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland's second-largest bank, said Tuesday it will combine its U.S.-based Credit Suisse First Boston investment unit with its retail and private banking business within two years.
And a consortium of consumer-electronics firms, led by Philips of the Netherlands and Japan's Sony, has said it will combine its home video standard with Jini (see article).Microsoft has announced a rival technology called Universal Plug and Play, which is centred around the PC and supported by such big PC makers as Compaq and Dell.
Taking the origin of Robin as its starting point, it will combine a 43-strong cast, a 100ft bat-shaped video screen that will flash comic strips and "interact" with the performers on stage, illusions, the Batmobile, Busby Berkeley-esque routines and circus performers k (Robin's family were the Flying Graysons, an acrobatic troupe).
Telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies reported Tuesday that second-quarter earnings quadrupled year-over-year, due to strong demand for wireless network products, and said it will combine its mobility and wireline businesses into a single unit.
Gucci has made significant strides towards gender neutrality as well as a simplification of its business model by announcing that it will combine menswear and womenswear in one standalone show, reports the New York Times.
Like its sister hotel at Battery Park, which opened Jan . 29 it will combine luxury condominiums on the top floors with an elegant hotel below.
Moneyfarm says it will combine the technology behind Ernest with its existing services.
Google has said it will combine the user data it collects from all of its different products, in effect compiling what an individual searches on Google with what is posted on YouTube, Google Plus and other Google properties.
Red Hat says it will combine Inktank's primary product, Inktank Ceph Enterprise, with its own GlusterFS-based storage offering.
