Irvine computer maker Gateway recently announced a “Show Your Spots” contest, asking people to make a three-minute video that shows that must include a fake or real Holstein cow. The video has to show ...

The company - founded in Iowa and famous for its cow-motif graphics - has seen revenue plummet from $9.6 billion in 2000 to an estimated $4.4 billion in 2002. Its stock has tumbled 60 percent from a ...

We're defining Siouxland in 150 icons. Follow along at siouxcityjournal.com. NORTH SIOUX CITY | Ted Waitt and his friend, Mike Hammond started a personal computer business on the Waitt family farm ...

In 1985, Ted Waitt and his pal Mike Hammond started selling computers out of a barn. Starting with a $10,000 loan guaranteed by his grandmother, a rented computer and a three-page business plan, they ...

California-based computer hardware manufacturer, Gateway, subsidiary of Acer, is running a competition titled "Show Your Spots" via its official website. The competition offers a grand prize of a ...

Can Gateway keep the cow from slaughter? Gateway, which is known for its cowhide logo, is backing away from lucrative services and software in favor of refocusing on computer sales, an area that ...

For years, computer company Gateway Inc. has traded on the South Dakota roots of its founder and chief executive, Theodore W. Waitt. The company’s brand -- either homespun or hayseed, depending on ...

Mike Hammond, who co-founded computer maker Gateway in an Iowa farmhouse in 1985 and helped turn it into an American success story by shipping PCs straight to customers in boxes with a spotted-cow ...

We're defining Siouxland in 150 icons. Follow along at siouxcityjournal.com. NORTH SIOUX CITY | Ted Waitt and his friend, Mike Hammond started a personal computer business on the Waitt family farm ...