Archive for June 1st, 2008

Small PCs big news as economy slows

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

By Baker Li TAIPEI (Reuters) - Smaller, low-cost PCs are likely to be at the top of the shopping list for technology buyers gathering in Taipei this week for the world's second largest computer fair, as an economic slowdown in the United States ...

India’s Cipla gets tentative FDA nod for topiramate

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

MUMBAI, June 1 (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Cipla Ltd(CIPL.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) has received tentative approval from the U.S. Foodand Drug Administration for generic epilepsy drug topiramatetablets, the regulator's website showed. (Reporting by Rina Chandran; Editing by Kim Coghill) ...

India’s Bennett, Coleman buys Virgin Radio for $106 mln- papers

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

MUMBAI, June 1 (Reuters) - Indian media company Bennett,Coleman & Co has bought Virgin Radio for 4.5 billion rupees($106 million), local newspapers reported on Sunday, citing astatement from the Indian company. Bennett, Coleman, publisher of the Times of India paper,bought Virgin ...

Thai opposition vows to maintain street protests

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat BANGKOK, June 1 (Reuters) - A Thai opposition group vowedon Sunday to hold more anti-government street rallies inBangkok in a bid to force the government of Prime MinisterSamak Sundaravej to step down. "We will ...

Mexican airline, attendants extend labor talks

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

MEXICO CITY, June 1 (Reuters) - Flight attendants atairline Aeromexico extended talks with the company on Sunday ina wage dispute that could ground around 300 aircraft ofMexico's largest carrier, union sources said. Aeromexico, owned by investors headed by Citigroup's (C.N: Quote, ...

Chatty clients have foreign worker in bind

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Q. I am a foreign national and work at a law firm. When we have clients who speak the same language, they often talk to me in it in front of my colleagues and boss. It typically is harmless small talk, but I am nevertheless conscious of the fact that ...

Power coming into its own

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Evergreen Solar Inc. of Marlborough, one of the state's leading alternative energy firms, opens its first wholly owned large-scale factory at the former Fort Devens in Ayer this month and already has an expansion underway. Chief executive Richard M. Feldt, 56, recently spoke with Globe reporter Robert Gavin.Where does solar ...

Strategies for finding a unique niche

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Outsmart! How to Do WhatYour Competitors Can'tBy Jim Champy, 196 pp.,Pearson Education Inc. 2008Today, business is far more complex and demanding than ever, but is also full of opportunities. Being competitive requires new concepts, products, and sophisticated marketing tools. Success is achieved by a company's collected wisdom, and strategy comes ...

State benefits from tax credits

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

After reading the article concerning the film tax credits in Massachusetts, I feel compelled to respond ("State helping pay for TV ads," May 27).I am a working, union actor who lives in Rhode Island. I have been working consistently in Massachusetts for the past four months and can tell you ...

The wrong way to deal with lead

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Not to get too political, but I do not think that "Don't ask, don't tell" is a good policy. It does not work in the military; it does not work in home buying.The place where home buyers get hit with "Don't ask, don't tell" is in regard to lead paint. ...