| 491. |
Nokia Q3 earnings seen rising on Asia, multimedia
The world's top cellphone maker Nokia is expected to report a 62 percent rise in third-quarter earnings per share on surging sales in emerging markets and stronger demand for multimedia phones in Europe.
11 Oct 2007 |
| 492. |
Earth getting wetter and stickier: Researchers
Greenhouse gases are making the earth's atmosphere wetter and stickier, which may lead to more powerful hurricanes, hotter temperatures and heavier rainfall in tropical regions, British researchers said.
11 Oct 2007 |
| 493. |
UAW sets Wednesday strike deadline in Chrysler talks
The United Auto Workers (UAW) has set a Wednesday morning deadline for agreement on a new contract with Chrysler and threatened to strike if a deal for almost 49,000 workers is not reached by that time.
09 Oct 2007 |
| 495. |
BNP Paribas grows Asia onshore private banking
BNP Paribas, France's biggest bank, is building up its onshore private banking presence in China, India and Taiwan and expects total assets under management in Asia to grow by 20 percent a year in the next few years, the head of its Asia private banking operation said.
08 Oct 2007 |
| 497. |
World moves into the ecological red
The world moved into 'ecological overdraft' on Saturday, the point at which human consumption exceeds the ability of the earth to sustain it in any year and goes into the red, the New Economics Foundation think-tank said.
06 Oct 2007 |
| 498. |
Jet Airways buys 20 Boeing 737-800s
Jet Airways India Ltd, the country's top private airline, said on Friday it had purchased 20 Boeing 737-800 aircraft with an option for 10 more.
05 Oct 2007 |
| 499. |
Yahoo, eBay work to block phishing
Yahoo Inc, is working with auction leader eBay Inc and its PayPal payments unit to block fake e-mails to users purporting to be from eBay and PayPal, hoping to spur on an industry that has been slow to fight the scourge of so-called phishing attacks.
05 Oct 2007 |
| 500. |
World climate deal faces hurdles for '09 deadline
A growing sense of urgency is pushing world leaders to agree a new treaty to fight climate change but the U.S. presidential election might still foil hopes of a deal by the end of 2009, experts told a Reuters summit.
05 Oct 2007 |
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