A Peek Into India’s Job Portal

A recent Manpower Employment Outlook Survey conducted for Q309 painted a rather rosy picture of employment opportunities in India: it reported active hiring plans for the quarter, with 30% of employers expecting to increase their headcounts, 7% anticipating a decrease and 45% forecasting no change. These numbers translate to an improvement of 4% in the outlook compared to the previous quarter, even though the outlook is still 24% weaker over the year. >>>

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Dolby Going Gangbusters

Dolby (NYSE:DLB) for a long time has been synonymous with surround sound for cinemas. However, as the concept of entertainment has been extended over the years from movie theaters into home theaters and personal computers, so has surround sound technology. Let’s take a closer look. >>>

Security Industry Overview

Security threats don’t seem to be subsiding. In the first half of 2009, 61 of the top 100 Web sites delivered malicious content to their visitors because the sites had been hacked and malware implanted. Of these infected sites, more than 75% were legitimate. >>>

Autodesk In Pain

According to a recent report, the CAD market is expected to grow at a CAGR 0f 11% through 2012, but the quarterly reports of some major industry players are hardly pleasing. Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) was one of the worst-hit companies in the segment. >>>

TiVo Set To Benefit From Growing IPTV Market

According to iSuppli, the IPTV market grew more than 50% in 2009, and the number of IPTV subscribers is expected to grow an additional 56% to 52 million by 2010 and double to 115.6 million by 2013. Amazon and Netflix should benefit from this trend and from the increasing momentum in the video-on-demand space. TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO), the pioneer in digital video recorders (DVRs) with annual revenue of $249.67 million, should also benefit as a result of its partnerships with these two companies. Let’s take a closer look at TiVo. >>>

MercadoLibre Still Has Growth Ahead

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) recently announced their Q2 results, and at a time when other online retailers are providing disappointing numbers, the company continues to outperform the market. Q2 revenues of $40.9 million grew 19% over the year and a whopping 42% in local currency terms. Net income grew 127% over the year to $6.7 million. >>>

Still No Smartphone Strategy From Dell

Computer manufacturer Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) recently reported a better-than-expected second quarter as IT spending levels showed signs of stabilizing. During the quarter, the company reclaimed its top spot from HP in the US PC market. However, Dell has not been making adequate progress on its smartphone strategy. Let’s take a closer look. >>>

EDA Industry: Consolidation Remains a Priority

As per a recent report by the EDA Consortium, the industry’s revenues have declined 10.7% over the year in the first quarter of 2009 to $1.192 billion after registering single-digit growth in 2008 and double-digit growth in 2007. Computer-Aided Engineering, the largest product category, saw revenues fall 19% over the year in the first quarter to $427.9 million, while IC Physical Design & Verification revenue, the second-largest category, fell 5% over the year to $302.2 million. Asia-Pacific was the only region in which there was growth. >>>

Internet Sector Roundup

We’ve looked at some Internet sector acquisition prospects last week. Today, we look at more companies, this time in printing and real estate.

An online company that has been faring well with its excellent business model even in the current times is Vistaprint (NASDAQ:VPRT). The manufacturer of personalized products and services for small businesses and the home recently announced impressive full-year results. Many believe that the current retrenchment by large companies has led to growth in small businesses, the segment Vistaprint caters to. >>>

Semiconductor IP Sector Overview

There has been a boom in the wireless industry driven by increased demand for smartphones such as the iPhone, Palm Pre, and BlackBerry and for netbooks as well as evolution of high-speed technology. Just yesterday, Nokia announced its new netbook, Booklet 3G. According to Gartner, smartphone sales grew 27% to 41 million units in Q209, while mobile phone sales declined by 6% to 286 million. Sales of mini-notebooks or netbooks are expected to reach 21 million in 2009, and 30 million in 2010, while PC shipments are likely to shrink by 6% to 274 million this year. In this post, let’s examine how semiconductor IP players Tessera, InterDigital, and ARM are benefiting from this boom. >>>