Toyota hands over 2006 dissident memo to U.S. panel
Categorie : World Business NewsTOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor said on Thursday it has handed over to a U.S. congressional committee a letter sent to its management by a splinter union in 2006 seeking reforms to improve safety after a recall crisis at the time. ...
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Wed Mar 2010
U.S. warns EU of rift over fund regulation: report
Categorie : World Business NewsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has written to the European Commission warning that plans to regulate hedge funds and private equity firms could cause tensions with Washington, the Financial Times reported. ...
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U.S. dollar still rules, but debt level a risk: S&P
Categorie : World Business NewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar is still the most important world currency, Standard & Poor's said on Thursday, but added that rising levels of U.S. debt and dependence on foreigners to finance much of pose risks to the currency's primacy. ...
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U.S. bailout watchdog criticizes Treasury over GMAC
Categorie : World Business NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury's decision against a bankruptcy restructuring for GMAC may have increased taxpayer bailout costs for the auto finance company and made it less viable, an oversight group said on Thursday. ...
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Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us. ...
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Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software. ...
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Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers. ...
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Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control. ...
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OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online. ...
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MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly. ...
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MySpace upping ante in online social games (AFP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAFP - MySpace began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks. ...
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Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters. ...
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Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android (Reuters)
Categorie : World Business NewsReuters - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software. ...
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Panasonic Sets the 3D HDTV Bar At Best Buy (PC World)
Categorie : World Business NewsPC World - A scrum of reporters pressed against Brad and Ashley as they shuffled up to the counter at a Best Buy store in Manhattan. Cameras flashed and elbows flew. Was it the end of Brangelina? Some new reality show? ...
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