Retailers often feel like a target and now they are. Dutch authorities in March arrested seven suspected terrorists before they could allegedly blow up a MediaMarkt and two other shops in Amsterdam.
Among the arrested people linked to the bombing in Madrid five years ago. All suspects are Moroccan, age 19 to 64. Amsterdam police intercepted the bombers on a tip from a mobile phone call from Brussels. The caller said men would plant bombs in three major stores in Amsterdam: Zuidoost, IKEA and our industry’s very own MediaMarkt.
Their Q4 ended this February and now Best Buy can report sales up 10% while profit fell 23%. The quarterly revenue was $14.72 billion, a 9.7% increase from strong sales of laptops and cellphones, Best Buy Europe and 213 store openings in the last year. 
the world's largest maker of servers (IDC, Q4 2008) with a market share of 36.3%. HP came next with 29.0%, Dell 10.6%, Sun 9.3% and Fujitsu (now without Siemens) 4.2%. The Top 5 server vendors all posted declines in Q4 server revenue, hurt by cuts in corporate spending.
Microsoft Surface is a surface computing platform that responds to natural hand gestures and to the placement of real-world objects on the display. With a large, 360-degree, horizontal user interface, Microsoft Surface creates a tabletop computing platform where multiple users can collaboratively and simultaneously interact with information, content and physical objects. Microsoft sells Surface as an enabler that lets companies attract and convert new customers as well as cross-sell products and services, drive customer loyalty, and achieve operating efficiencies. 
