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Telefónica boosts China Netcom stake

ft.com     9 hrs ago   3 related          

Telefónica has agreed to pay up to €802m ($1.15bn) for an additional 5.7% of China Netcom, in a deal which should give it a significant holding in the company resulting from the merger of China's second fixed-line group...                    

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Pimco names El-Erian sole CEO

ft.com     9 hrs ago   3 related          

Just nine months after returning from running Harvard University's endowment, Mohamed El-Erian, 50, was named Thursday as chief executive of Pimco, the bond management giant, reports the WSJ. Bill Thompson, 63, will retire...                    

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World's first carbon capture pilot fires up clean-coal advocates

guardian.co.uk     2 hrs ago   4 related          

German project will burn coal in an atmosphere of pure oxygen – producing CO2 waste which can be buried – creating enough electricity to power 1,000 homes The world's first complete demonstration of carbon capture and...                    

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Beijing’s caution scuppered Dresdner bid

ft.com     9 hrs ago          

China Development Bank’s plan to bid for Germany's Dresdner Bank failed in large part because Chinese leaders refused to agree to the deal in time, in a sign of Beijing’s increasingly cautious attitude to investments in...                    

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J Sainsbury falls as supermarket war intensifies

timesonline.co.uk     2 hrs ago          

Shares in J Sainsbury were under pressure this morning after analysts at Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock to sell from hold, noting that the supermarket price war was likely to get worse this year. The broker, which...                    

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Kids want to be celebs like Paris

thesun.co.uk     3 hrs ago   3 related          

By RICHARD WHITE Showbiz Reporter ONE in seven youngsters said “celebrity” when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up — more than chose doctor, lawyer, or teacher. They are thought to view fame as a career after...                    

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Next-gen netbook Intel Atom due Q3 2009

reghardware.co.uk     6 hrs ago   1 related          

Intel's next-gen Atom processor for Small, Cheap Computers - the successor to today's 'Diamondville' - will debut a year from now, according to the chip giant's latest roadmap. The chip, codenamed 'Pineview', will arrive...                    

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Funeral date for builder

oxfordmail.net     2 hrs ago          

The funeral of the building site worker who died in an accident at Witney's Marriotts Close development will be held next Friday, September 12. Developers Simons Construction will shut down work on the town centre site...                    

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bit-tech.net: Intel has quietly introduced three new processors to its lineup that are designed to target different segments of the market. bit-tech.net

Intel quietly releases three new processors

bit-tech.net     2 hrs ago          

Author: Tim Smalley Published: 5th September 2008 Earlier this week, Intel quietly released three new desktop processors aimed at different market segments, including one mainstream quad-core part that might catch the...                    

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Virtualization: VirtualBox 2.0 from Sun Micro

wordpress.com     7 hrs ago   4 related          

Sun Microsystems Unveils xVM VirtualBox 2.0. This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: 64 bits guest support (64 bits host only) New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts The...                    

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