15. november 2005

Microsoft upbeat on Asian (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software maker, does not expect high oil prices and an anticipated economic slowdown to hurt it in the Asian region, where its business is growing fastest, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 1:18:23 PM    comment [] Porn industry gears up for mobile phones, iPods (AFP). AFP - The small screen is heating up with a new wave of racy images and film clips making their way to mobile phones and the new video iPods, raising new questions for telecom companies and regulators. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 1:17:08 PM    comment [] MSN expects China to be top five market by 2010 (Reuters). Yahoo! News: Technology News] 1:16:06 PM    comment [] UK inflation drops back to 2.3%. UK consumer price inflation eases in October, as a result of lower banking changes and a drop in fuel prices, official figures show. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 1:14:59 PM    comment [] Natural Gas: Big Worry This Winter. Problems with natural gas production mean shortages and higher prices as consumers compete with businesses. By SIMON ROMERO. [NYT > Business] 1:13:51 PM    comment [] Kohlberg Buying Auto Lubricants Maker, Its First Takeover in Italy. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, the buyout firm, agreed to purchase an Italian maker of automotive lubricants, F. L. Selenia of Turin, for $976 million. By BLOOMBERG NEWS. [NYT > Business] 1:12:44 PM    comment [] Unfolding Scandal Nears Finance Official in Brazil. A scandal that has wracked Brazil's government may yet topple an official long considered a pillar of stability: Antonio Palocci, the influential finance minister. By PAULO PRADA. [NYT > Business] 1:11:33 PM    comment [] Advertising: Visa USA Decides It Wasn't Where It Wanted to Be. Visa USA is unexpectedly dismissing its creative agency for the last two decades, BBDO Worldwide, and shifting the account to TBWA/Chiat/Day. By STUART ELLIOTT. [NYT > Business] 1:09:55 PM    comment [] Market Place: Koch Industries and Georgia-Pacific May Be a Perfect Fit. BY any measure, Koch Industries is a huge company, even if little known outside the oil patch. With 30,000 employees in 50 countries, and a growth rate of 1,600 percent since 1961, the privately held global energy conglomerate is one of the biggest companies that is not a household name. By LESLIE WAYNE. [NYT > Business] 1:08:10 PM    comment [] Sara Lee Selling Its European Apparel Unit. The Sara Lee Corporation is selling its European clothing unit to an affiliate of the Sun Capital Partners investment firm for more than $117 million. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Business] 1:06:19 PM    comment [] Awash in Petrodollars, Russia Frets About the Paradoxes of Bounty. Russia is taking in $500 million a day from crude oil exports, but the cash is gushing faster than the nation can absorb it without causing inflation. By ANDREW KRAMER. [NYT > Business] 1:03:33 PM    comment []

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