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Hot iPod: Apple to the rescue

news24.com     11 hrs ago   62 related          

Tokyo - Apple is offering to replace faulty batteries in iPod nanos in Japan following a government warning that the popular music players may pose a fire hazard, a company spokesperson said on Thursday. "We will replace...                    

Iran Plans to Put Man in Space Within 10 Years

foxnews.com     3 hrs ago   22 related          

TEHRAN, Iran — State TV says Iran's space agency aims to send an astronaut to space within 10 years. The report Thursday quotes Space Agency chief Reza Taghipoor saying the mission's timing will be decided over the next year....                    

Microsoft Tabs Jerry Seinfeld for $300M Ad Campaign

ziffdavis.com     3 hrs ago   32 related          

Microsoft, the definitive desktop computer software maker, is firing back at rival Apple with new ads featuring comedy king Jerry Seinfeld, who built a name for himself as the star of a show about nothing. Microsoft has...                    

Citi cuts outlook on Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Goldman

reuters.com     9 hrs ago   82 related          

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley may incur further writedowns, mainly on their mortgage assets, said an analyst at Citigroup, who cut his third-quarter outlook for the U.S. investment banks.                    

IKB to be bought by Lone Star Funds

iht.com     2 hrs ago   30 related          

German lender IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, which has been badly hit by the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, will be sold to U.S.-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds, the German company's biggest shareholder said Thursday.                    

Suspect holds authorities at bay in Md. motel

iht.com     2 hrs ago   20 related          

A burglary suspect wanted in four states was holed up in a western Maryland hotel Thursday with a woman believed to be his pregnant girlfriend, and had threatened to kill her and any officers who approached him, police said.                    

Microsoft, Novell expand alliance with $100M deal

kimatv.com     2 hrs ago   75 related          

Story Published: Aug 21, 2008 at 8:09 AM PDT WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Microsoft Corp., expanding on an alliance with Novell Inc., has agreed to buy as much as $100 million more for subscription certificates for Novell's Linux...                    

Lieberman wants Russia tossed out of G-8

wtop.com     3 hrs ago   23 related          

U.S. senators Joe Lieberman, left, and Lindsey Graham, denounce Russian actions in Georgia during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2008. The senators came to Warsaw after what they described as a mission of solidarity...                    

NATO says Russia is halting military cooperation

iht.com     2 hrs ago   156 related          

NATO says Russia is halting military cooperation : NATO says it has received a note from Moscow saying Russia is halting military cooperation, in the latest sign of tension over the violence in Georgia. NATO spokeswoman Carmen...                    

Energy plunge helps factories, jobless claims ease

reuters.com     2 hrs ago   18 related          

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mid-Atlantic factory activity declined less rapidly in August while weekly jobless claims fell, in two reports on Thursday that revealed morsels of good news in an otherwise bleak economic environment.