Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL) Wondering which sector is performing the best during the current economic crunch? The kind folks at MarketWatch provided the answer: technology. Nick Godt notes that the sector has gained strength from "investors playing an uncertain environment as both a defensive and ...

I don't know that you could rationally argue anything as a "strong sector" of the economy at this point: SAN FRANCISCO — Not even high-tech is immune from the economic meltdown. Despite predictions — wishful thinking? — by some financial analysts that it would remain relatively unscathed, Sili...

Remaining objective when fear is in the air By William Quigley, Clearstone Venture Partners William Quigley, one of our L.A. ambassadors, is a venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners. Here, he counters the latest fear and doom attitude within the high tech community with this this editoria...

Stupefying. The year-end total for tech sector job losses in 2008 is expected to reach 180,000, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That’s the largest annual job loss for the sector since 2003, when tech firms sacked some 228,325 employees. Not at all hard to believe given the news...