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British Airways Eyes Qantas, Iberia Tieups

The mergers would make way for the first truly global airline, and economic pressures may help push through deals where they were stymied before For BA, such a tieup would give it an unrivaled global footprint and improved...

In Lean Times, IBM Looks Beyond Microsoft

IBM is launching a Linux-based collection of virtual-desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware -- or Microsoft software. The tech giant is targeting cost-conscious corporate customers.

Fears grow over Brown's 'back of the envelope' mortgage bailout as Beckett suggests only 9,000...

Fears were growing tonight that Gordon Brown's £1billion mortgage lifeline will fail to reach tens of thousands of homeowners at risk of repossession. Margaret Beckett suggested that only 9000 people would be helped by Gordon...

Metadata: PC Industry Scorecard

The industry is roiling. Industry giants are stumbling. What a great business. Nowhere is the shifting balance of power among the PC industry titans--Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Asian rivals like Lenovo and Acer--more critical...

Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services Group

Thursday Dec 4, 09:30 PM PST Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers, advertisers and publishers. REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Dr. Qi Lu will join the...

Savers sacrificed as interest rates are slashed to lowest level since 1939

Million of savers are staring at a desperate future after the Bank of England slashed interest rates yesterday for the third time in three months. Gloomy future: Pensioners could earn just £4 a year from every £5,000 they save...

HP Mini 1000 now comes with 3G on any carrier out the gates

HP now officially offers its Mini 1000 netbook with mobile broadband, through its online store's configurator. From its press release: The method of activating WWAN on the Mini 1000 is with HP Connection Manager 1.1. HP...

Hyundai slashes price of Santro

After great offers from Maruti and Tata, Hyundai too cut the price of its Santro model by up to Rs 33800, besides offering benefits like free insurance and exchange bonus on other models. ... Category: Business

Nortel Wins Spanish GSM-R Contract

Nortel has been selected by Spain's national railway infrastructure company, ADIF, to implement, operate and maintain a complete GSM-R radio communication solution on the new Barcelona-Figueres high-speed line.

Hong Kong shares higher led by China stocks; insurers extend gains - UPDATE

HONG KONG, Dec 05, 2008 (XFN-ASIA via COMTEX) -- Oil stocks were mostly lower following a 6.8 pct drop in crude oil prices after Merrill Lynch forecast that prices could dip to as low as 25 usd a barrel next year if China is...

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