Executives predict a broad chip industry rebound in 2013

The optimistic outlook bodes well for the tech economy.

KPMG survey finds a ‘stronger than expected’ demand for cloud services

Despite concerns about data security and loss of control, cloud-based service providers are highly-confident about the growth of the industry in the next few years.

More valley, less silicon: Is China’s dragon about to roar?

More than four out of 10 global executives polled by KPMG believe that the world center of technology innovation will not be Silicon Valley within four years. And among those who believe that Silicon Valley will lose its place as …

Chip executive outlook reveals bleak times ahead

Semiconductor industry executives worry that profits and revenue are sinking, and they don’t plan to hire as many people as they did a year ago.

That’s not particularly encouraging, as the semiconductor industry — the source of chips that go …

Media executives see digital revenues on the rise

About 94 percent of media executives polled say they expect an increase in digital revenues this year, according to a survey of media and communications executives by KPMG.

More than a third of those media executives believe that their digital …

Study: Mobile payments expected to be mainstream by 2013?

Mobile payments will be mainstream within two years, according to a growing number of executives in financial, tech, telecommunications and retail industries.

A study released today by KPMG, a global network of firms providing financial advisory services, found 46 percent …

Tech executives offer their views on the U.S. economy (It’s not good)

Sorry to rain on your parade, but this will only take a minute. A new report surveying leaders of technology companies indicates the U.S. economic recovery is two years away, instead of previous forecasts that it will happen in 2012.…