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3 looks to double its customer base (09 July 03:45) |
| 3, the UK mobile operator owned by Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa, is seeking to double its customers to 6.8m or more by 2012. |
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Ecuador debt markets suffer after resignation (09 July 01:25) |
| Ecuadorian debt markets suffered sharp losses on Tuesday following the resignation of Fausto Ortiz, finance minister, and a government raid on two television stations in Quito, the capital. |
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VMware shares dive after founder ousted (09 July 12:05) |
| Shares of VMware, the world's leading maker of virtualisation software, plunged more than 27 per cent on Tuesday after Diane Greene, its founder and chief executive, was ousted by the compan... |
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An Honest Jon's Chop Up!, Barbican, London (08 July 11:55) |
| Honest Jon's is a Ladbroke Grove record shop that set itself up as a record company in conjunction with the Essex-boy-turned-west-London-bohemian Damon Albarn. The Chop Up brought together t... |
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Drowning in Numbers: 500 to 14, 24 or 100 (08 July 09:05) |
| Speed is glamorous, but does not always coincide with commercial logic. |
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What IT means to me: A CEO who is on top of the technology (08 July 09:05) |
| Dana Dunne, AOL Europe's chief executive since February 2007, grew up surrounded by technology. |
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Adding IT to the SME toolkit (08 July 09:05) |
| The past few years have seen a marked change in the marketing of software and services. Vendors such as SAP and Oracle ORCL, which had previously confined their attention to the giants of th... |
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Boardroom debate: IT ch-ch-ch-ch-changes to golden years (08 July 09:05) |
| Influential musician and serial innovator David Bowie knows a thing or two about business. You don't keep relevant for five decades in the music business by trotting out mono-genre songs. |
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What's new: Asus tries out netbooks (08 July 02:40) |
| Taiwan's Asus, once known primarily for motherboards, hopes to carve out a new niche with ultra-small notebooks or netbooks. Its latest offerings are the Eee 901 and 1000 with 8.9-inch and 1... |
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Autonomy eyes benefits from data regulation (08 July 07:45) |
| Autonomy Corporation, the software company whose products helped uncover the actions of Jérome Kerviel, the rogue trader at Société Générale, has been buoyed by growing demand for softw... |
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Demand puts cable-laying at top of list (08 July 06:40) |
| The world's biggest telecoms companies are rushing to add capacity on inter-continental routes, to keep up with booming demand fuelled in part by consumers downloading bandwidth-hungry video... |
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Acrimony builds over Reliance and MTN (08 July 06:20) |
| The conflict between India's billionaire Ambani brothers over a proposed tie-up between mobile operators Reliance Communications and South Africa's MTN deepened on Monday amid growing indica... |
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Economy: External pressures fail to eradicate optimism (08 July 05:10) |
| Anelia Gigova, a headhunter, keeps the latest UK human resources software in her office in suburban Sofia. But she has few opportunities to use it as the shortage of suitable candidates beco... |
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Washington Post hires Brauchli (08 July 04:25) |
| Katharine Weymouth, publisher of the Washington Post, on Monday named Marcus Brauchli, to take over as the paper's top editor, turning to an outsider to usher the Post into a new era. |
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'S&M' sex trial raises fresh Mosley doubts (08 July 04:00) |
| Max Mosley, the motorsports chief, has admitted indulging in bondage, corporal punishment and sadomasochistic sex for the past 45 years, in a UK trial that will raise fresh questions about w... |
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Mosley trial raises doubt on F1 fitness (08 July 03:05) |
| Max Mosley, the motorsports chief, has admitted indulging in bondage, corporal punishment and sadomasochistic sex for the past 45 years, in a UK trial that will raise fresh questions about w... |
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Paris braves the storms and ties itself to a Post (08 July 12:10) |
| One by one the taboos of French public service appear to be crumbling. First France Telecom FTE, then Gaz de France and EDF were partially privatised. As if that were not heresy enough, GdF ... |
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Microsoft steps up battle to replace Yahoo board (07 July 11:45) |
| Microsoft set the stage for a full-blown battle to overthrow Yahoo's board of directors on Monday when it declared it was interested in reopening talks to buy all or part of the internet com... |
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Microsoft aims to oust Yahoo's directors (07 July 11:30) |
| Microsoftset the stage for a full-blown battle to overthrow Yahoo's board of directors on Monday when it declared it was interested in reopening talks to buy all or part of the internet comp... |
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EMI confirms Reckitt executive as music chief (07 July 12:35) |
| Terra Firma on Monday completed the executive shake-up of EMI, the record label, with the appointment of Elio Leoni-Sceti as chief executive of its recorded music division. |
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Oman looks to sell 25% telecoms stake (07 July 06:40) |
| Oman is looking to sell a 25 per cent stake in Oman Telecommunications Company to a strategic investor as the Gulf state seeks to develop its domestic infrastructure and expand its internati... |
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Taking a hard line on soft soap (06 July 08:00) |
| In 2003, Patrick Cescau sat down with fellow Unilever directors to hear a presentation from the Dove soap and cleansing products team. The Dove people had an idea for an advertising campaign... |
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Vodafone wins 2bn tax battle (05 July 06:30) |
| The world's biggest mobile phone group has won a billion-pound battle with Revenue & Customs over the tax on one of its foreign subsidiaries. |
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The green American dream (05 July 05:55) |
| The English country house dream has lost none of its magic. It is even stronger after a decade of City of London bonuses. The aim is still to buy a house, usually on the axis from the Chilte... |
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Lessons for life over a tricky cup of instant (05 July 05:50) |
| First impressions count. At our office we are careful to make sure that every visitor is made to feel extremely welcome: they are greeted at the door, shown to a meeting room and offered tea... |
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The Mosaic browser democratises the world wide web, 1993 (05 July 05:50) |
| Until the launch of the Mosaic web browser in 1993, the internet was an elitist club to which only scientists and statisticians had a membership card. |
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Former WSJ editor heads race at Washington Post (05 July 02:50) |
| The next editor of the Washington Post will be mandated to accelerate the combination of its print and online divisions, according to people familiar with a search that is expected to end ea... |
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The gentler side of anger (04 July 11:35) |
| If you're one of those people who think superannuated rockers from the late 1960s have no business going on tour, you'll get a kick out of Neil Young's new film CSNY: Déjà Vu. It's nearly ... |
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Sarkozy's planned overhaul of public TV sparks row (04 July 10:50) |
| President Nicolas Sarkozy has triggered a bitter row with French public television after setting out plans to tighten political control of the state-owned broadcaster. |
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Reliance shares recover ahead of MTN update (04 July 10:45) |
| Reliance Communications staged a sharp recovery on India's stock markets on Friday as investors readied for a possible announcement over the weekend or early next week on the future of the g... |
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Share schemes offset CGT rule changes (04 July 10:30) |
| The popularity of Enterprise Management Incentives, the share option scheme introduced to help small businesses recruit and retain key staff, has defied the damage done by the government's a... |
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Managing a Web 2.0 Strategy (04 July 02:45) |
| There is a Japanese proverb: "None of us are as smart as all of us". In 2004, Tim O'Reilly and MediaLive International coined the term "Web 2.0", when they chose it as the name for a confere... |
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Call to encourage broadband investment (04 July 07:20) |
| Companies that build the next generation of superfast broadband must be enabled to make sufficient money from their investments to justify the risks, the broadcasting regulator said on Thurs... |
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Court battle looms in Reliance dispute (04 July 03:45) |
| Reliance Industries, controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, on Thursday said it had taken the first formal step towards enforcing a claimed right of first refusal on the sale of sha... |
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BSkyB considers bid for Spain's Digital+ (04 July 01:15) |
| British Sky Broadcasting, the UK satellite group, is considering making a bid of more than €2.5bn for Digital+, the Spanish pay-TV platform, which would mark its first foray outside the UK... |
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Transcript: interview with Paul Kagame (04 July 12:40) |
| Much of the world's attention during the recent summit of African leaders in Egypt, was focused on how African leaders would respond to the ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe. President Paul Kagame ... |
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LA Confrontational (04 July 12:00) |
| Think of it as Kramer vs Kramer remade by Billy Wilder. An amicable break-up turns sour as two ex-partners battle to get what they want - at a moment of crucial change in the movie business.... |
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Reliance/MTN (03 July 08:10) |
| There is not long left for Anil Ambani to fulfil his ambition to create an emerging markets telecoms group to rival China Mobile. The 45-day period of exclusive due diligence that Reliance C... |
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Vodafone seals $900m Ghana deal (03 July 04:10) |
| Vodafone on Thursday secured a 70 per cent stake in Ghana Telecom for $900m, in the latest sign of the UK mobile operator's appetite for Africa's fast-growing telecoms markets. |
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Swedish state sells property group (03 July 03:15) |
| The Swedish government's privatisation programme moved another step forward on Thursday with the sale of Vasakronan, a property company, to AP Fastigheter, one of the country's pension funds... |
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Colombian troops rescue Betancourt (03 July 02:50) |
| Álvaro Uribe, Colombia's president, secured one of the most significant triumphs of his political career on Wednesday when troops freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held by leftw... |
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Health tourism: Flying abroad for treatment takes off (03 July 07:30) |
| Where do you go if you want a sparkling white Hollywood smile for half the price? Savvy medical tourists are likely to say Hungary. What about hip and knee replacements? India or France. |
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Actors' union tests brotherhood and studios (03 July 07:30) |
| As Hollywood braces itself for another disruptive strike - this time by actors - the union that represents some of the industry's biggest stars has been accused of a "ferocious attack" on a ... |
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Ambani consortium eyes majority MTN stake (03 July 04:20) |
| A consortium led by Indian billionaire Anil Ambani is considering taking a majority stake in South African mobile operator MTN to help stave off a potential legal challenge from his elder br... |
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Bollywood actors plan to cash in on revenues (03 July 03:35) |
| The huge growth in revenues from Bollywood blockbusters is matched only by the wage demands of Indian film stars, according to the Aim-listed Indian Film Company. |
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Korea signals lifting of handset barrier (02 July 10:40) |
| International handset makers make no secret of their desire to enter South Korea, one of the world's most technologically advanced and expensive telecoms markets. |
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Microsoft deal steps up rivalry with Google (02 July 05:20) |
| Microsoft turned up the heat on Tuesday in its technological rivalry with Google GOOG as it announced the purchase of a private Silicon Valley company that has developed one of the most prom... |
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Actors give tepid response to last-ditch offer (02 July 01:00) |
| The largest US actors' union has given a tepid response to a last-minute contract offer from Hollywood's film and television studios, increasing the possibility of a strike and casting gloom... |
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The sky is no longer the limit for French utilities (01 July 11:50) |
| France Telecom FTEthis week showed considerable courage by walking away from TeliaSonera. The two sides could not agree on a price and the French company refused to break its promise to inv... |
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Learning from the banks (01 July 10:50) |
| The big banks' raid on the coffers of sovereign wealth funds and other institutional moneybags is uncannily reminiscent of the capital raising that took place after the dot.com bubble. Then ... |
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