ahoo holder urges search unit sale to Microsoft

"AP Yahoo holder urges search unit sale to MicrosoftWednesday December 10, 8:55 am ET Yahoo shareholder urges board to pursue selling search unit to Microsoft LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders, Ivory Investment Management LP, is urging the Internet...

Argentina beat Nigeria to retain Olympic football title

Argentina claimed back-to-back Olympic football titles with the winning goal engineered by superstar Lionel Messi in a 1-0 win over former champions Nigeria in the gold medal match at the Beijing Games on Saturday at the Bird’s Nest stadium. The newly build stadium with...

The End of White Flight

"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...

Merrill set to sell Bloomberg stake for $4.5bn

Some interesting news for those who follow the fate of Michael Bloomberg.  It seems the meltdown in the financial sector has allowed him to buy back a big stake of his empire from Merrill Lynch."Merrill Lynch is set to sell its 20 per cent stake in Bloomberg for about...

Internet addressing agency (ICANN) loses its own addresses

Uh oh. Another reminded that on the Internet, things aren't always as they seem."This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said it...

British GP will move to Donington

End of an era for Silverstone."British GP will move to Donington Donington hosted its last Formula One race in 1993 The British Grand Prix will...

Polygamist Moms Fight for Custody of Kids

UPDATE: 7:38PM ESTMost of the children taken from the Texas polygamist compound were moved to a different location today after complaints emerged about the conditions of the place there were staying in.ABC News is...

Shannon-Heathrow service ends

"The Aer Lingus service between Shannon and Heathrow has come to an end today, after almost 60 years. The company took a decision last August to transfer its valuable Heathrow slots to Belfast, from where a new daily service to London begins tomorrow. The controversial...

EC takes Govt to court over driver testing

"The European Commission is taking the Government to court for failing to introduce new laws on the training and testing of professional bus and truck drivers. A directive on driver training was approved by MEPs...

British Airways Flying Ghost Planes

This is very interesting...rather than lose precious gate times at Heathrow, BA is flying empty planes across the Atlantic. Why wouldn't they offer the space to lower income families...do something good for...

Firm paying staff not to leave Poland

"A PRINT management company is offering incentives to Polish employees at its Warsaw operations to retain their skills in Poland and stop them migrating to Britain. DSR Print Management Ltd, based in Northampton, says it is so delighted with the quality of workmanship and the...

MEP is jailed for benefit fraud

Between February 1996 and September 2002 Mote fraudulently claimed thousands in income support and benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions. The unemployed business man failed to notify the benefits agency when he began earning money again in 1996. How is he going...

75% of the people who download Firefox don't become active users

"According to the Mozilla wiki: "In order for Firefox to reach our market share goals, we need to improve our ability to retain users. Currently, approximately 50% of the people who download Firefox actually try it and about 50% of those people continue to use it...

Alinghi Wins America's Cup

In a close race, Swiss team Alinghi won the America's Cup -- this year held off Valencia, Spain -- becoming the third company in the Cup's history to retain the trophy for two years straight....

Socialists Hold Slight Lead in Spanish poll

UPDATE:"Spain's governing Socialists and opposition Popular Party are running almost neck-and-neck in the country's regional and municipal elections.With almost all votes counted in the town hall poll, the Popular...

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