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Nokia signs Sony BMG for free music offering

Nokia will offer free 12-month access to music from artists of Sony BMG, the world's second-biggest label, to buyers of its particular music phones, the world's top cellphone maker said on Tuesday. Last December, Nokia unveiled a similar d [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Another holdup for Boeing 787

Boeing Co. announced an amended schedule for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner, pushing the release to another six months. The recent delays were not expected for the airplane that has already experienced a series of [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Oil prices spike above 107 dollars on Iraq pipeline attack

Oil prices jumped above 107 dollars on Thursday as concerns about tight supplies were stoked by news that saboteurs had blown up an Iraqi export pipeline, traders said. New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, r [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Gasoline prices hit new high

Gasoline prices are rising sharply as refiners, who have kept prices down in order to compete for sales, become more willing to pass on their higher costs of crude oil, according to an industry analyst on Sunday. The national average for [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

US Missile Hits Wayward Spy Satellite

U.S officials say a missile launched from a Navy ship in the Pacific successfully hit a U.S. spy satellite more than 200 kilometers above the Earth. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles that President Bush ordered the shoot-down last we [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Osama's son wants father to give up violence

Washington (PTI): Elusive al Qaeda mastermind Osama-bin Laden may have terrorised the world, but his 26-year-old son Omar wants to launch "a movement of peace" and wishes his father will give up violence and find "another way [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Oil state buys 8% of AMD

The investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi bought an 8.1% stake in Advanced Micro Devices Inc. for more than $600 million, breathing financial life into the struggling chip maker as it battles Intel Corp.The purchase made Mubadala De [...]