Coming Recession Expected to Hit Tech Spending Hard
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Analysts turn gloomy, lowering their predictions on new technology spending as the nation slides into what may be a long economic recession.
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Concerns about a spending slowdown continue to make IT investors nervous.
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The double whammy of a worsening housing slump and a credit crunch is punching the economy in its gut. That's likely to mean a period of slower activity in the months ahead.
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IT spending in Western Europe is lagging behind the rest of the world, according to figures unveiled at Gartner&#39;s annual Symposium IT Expo in Cannes this week.
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The U.S. economy has entered a recession that will be more painful and drawn out than the usual downturn, the director of the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey said on Friday.
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U.S. shares are expected to fall on  Thursday as investors wrestle with worries about inflation,  interest rates and economic growth, with economically sensitive  sectors such as technology likely to be hurt again.
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It could be going up, but the quest for productivity will drive another cycle of technology investment.
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Spending in Eastern Europe and Asia  is expected to lead a recovery in the global technology market  over the next three years, according to an industry report  released Tuesday.
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The number of companies building processors is likely to shrink, researcher says.
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Businesses reined in spending on major purchases last month, a sign that corporate America is pulling back as the economy slows down.
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A slowing economy weighs on the employment software company.
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The technology industry's outlook for 2008 looks worse than it did just two months ago, when fears of a U.S. recession already were leading analysts to predict a slowdown in purchases of computers, software and tech services.
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Lots of debt could mean tough times ahead.
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Reports on factory orders and the labor market portrayed an economy that is skirting recession as attention shifts to government figures on employment to be released Friday.
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India's major software firms say a US economic slowdown may bring more customers seeking cost savings, but analysts warn that the once red-hot sector faces tough times in 2008.
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Strained by an ailing housing market and credit woes, the economy in 2007 is expected to log its worst growth in five years and should be somewhat sluggish next year.
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Despite financial market volatility, U.S. technology companies had a strong 2007. The rising cost of energy, fears of recession, and forecasts of a slowdown in IT spending, however, point to a rocky 2008.