Amy Thomson

November 18, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Seven senators wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission Thursday expressing concerns about the "integrity and safety" of the Twitter platform.

By Amy Thomson | Bloomberg News

2 minute read

July 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

ATT Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp., vying for customers in a market where most people already use mobile phones, are betting on netbooks to spur growth.Carriers have started subsidizing the scaled-down laptops in stores alongside mobile phones. In the coming days, ATT will offer subsidized netbooks nationwide for $200, plus a monthly data service subscription of $40 to $60 on its mobile network.

By Amy Thomson

5 minute read

August 12, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry has become indispensable among executives for its easy-to-use messaging service. That same feature is attracting looters in Britain's worst rioting since the 1980s. At least 770 people have been arrested in the capital since Aug. 6, when the violence began after a local black man, Mark Duggan, was shot and killed by police.

By Jonathan Browning and Amy Thomson

5 minute read

September 20, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Tablet computers running Google Inc.'s Android will start taking sales from Apple Inc.'s iPad this holiday season and may surpass it in a few years as device makers adopt the software for a slew of models, analysts said. Samsung Electronics Co. showed the newest Android-based tablet for the U.S. market at an event in New York Thursday.

By Amy Thomson

4 minute read

June 28, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Matthew Campbell and Amy Thomson

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October 08, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee may be losing support as the phone company's turnaround stalls and investor frustration mounts. Forsee, who spent two years trying to make the $36 billion purchase of Nextel Communications Inc. work, failed to overcome competition from Verizon Wireless and ATT Inc.

By Crayton Harrison and Amy Thomson

4 minute read

April 04, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc., two providers of cheap, no-contract mobile-phone service, may be the next Wal-Mart Stores Inc. As the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of a recession, consumers who can't win credit approval at ATT Inc. and Verizon Wireless are opting for pay-as-you-go plans that cost as little as 70 percent less, or $30 a month, for unlimited calling.

By Amy Thomson

5 minute read

October 10, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. may find that replacing Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee isn't enough to revive the third-biggest U.S. mobile-phone company. Amid pressure from investors and customer defections to ATT and Verizon Wireless, Sprint ousted Forsee on Monday and decided to recruit candidates for the post from outside the Reston, Va.

By Amy Thomson

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