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Operator T-Mobile UK is to offer a BlackBerry phone with a year's unlimited email and Internet access and pay-as-you-go calls in exchange for a one-off fee in its bid to lure more small business and young customers.

Apr 22, 2009

The Turks and Caicos Islands consist of 40 islands and cays, eight of which are inhabited. The islands are located 550 miles southeast of Miami, Florida, just below the Bahamas chain and just to the east of Cuba and the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti.) Technically, the Turks and Caicos are located in the Atlantic Ocean, not the Caribbean Sea.

Apr 22, 2009

U.S. auto dealer representatives will meet with the government task force charged with retooling the auto industry on Thursday to make the case that a bankruptcy for General Motors Corp should not be an option, a dealer group said on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

Plunging profit at Volkswagen (VOWG.DE), slumping sales at PSA Peugeot Citroen (PEUP.PA) and job cuts by Volvo (VOLVb.ST) on Wednesday highlighted the dire state of Europe's automotive industry.

Apr 22, 2009

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Apr 22, 2009

U.S. regulators want the top 19 banks being stress-tested to have at least 3 percent tangible common equity, according to a source familiar with the regulatory talks.

Apr 22, 2009

Bluetooth technology version 3.0 gets up to 8x more faster as it was announced from an ongoing event “Version 3.0 – Bluetooth Technology, Faster an annual all hands meeting conference in Tokyo this week.

Apr 22, 2009

The finance chief of troubled U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, was found dead on Wednesday after apparently committing suicide, a police source said.

Apr 22, 2009

U.S. single family homes saw a seasonally adjusted price increase of 0.7 percent in February from January, the amount however remains down 6.5 percent from a year earlier, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of cash-strapped giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.

Apr 22, 2009

Stocks rose on Wednesday as several corporate executives gave positive outlooks that eased concerns about the global recession, while better-than-expected results from AT&T Inc lifted technology shares.

Apr 22, 2009

The judge overseeing Microsoft's antitrust settlement extended her monitoring of the software giant by 18 months on Wednesday, while noting the oversight was at a much better place than a few months ago.

Apr 22, 2009

General Motors Corp is unlikely to make a $1 billion debt payment due June 1 because it expects to be in the process of restructuring its debt through a voluntary exchange or bankruptcy court by that point, a spokeswoman for the automaker said on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

Morgan Stanley posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Wednesday and slashed its dividend as real estate investment losses and a debt-related charge wiped out strong trading and banking fees.

Apr 22, 2009

AT&T Inc posted a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly profit on improved margins for its wireless service, helped by the iPhone, and strong growth for its video and high-speed Internet service.

Apr 22, 2009

U.S. auto dealer representatives will meet with the government task force charged with retooling the auto industry on Thursday to make the case that a bankruptcy for General Motors Corp should not be an option, people briefed on the planned meeting told Reuters on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

Mega-malls may be big, but when you need a fart noise generator, sometimes it's the smaller shops that do the trick -- at least that's true of the crop of virtual mobile retailers called app stores.

Apr 22, 2009

Prices of U.S. single-family homes rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent in February from January but were down 6.5 percent from a year earlier, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Wednesday as several corporate executives gave positive outlooks that eased concerns about the global recession, while a better-than-expected profit from AT&T lifted technology shares.

Apr 22, 2009

Boeing Co said its quarterly profit narrowed due to order deferrals by cash-strapped airlines, but its shares rose as the planemaker affirmed its production schedule.

Apr 22, 2009

Microsoft is not interested in buying any hardware companies, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in Cairo on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

Using a mobile phone to send text messages or surf the Web by laptop will be up to 60 percent cheaper for travelers in the European Union under price curbs adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

Ford Motor Co said Tuesday it expects first quarter results to be lower, but shares jumped on as analyst upgraded the firm citing a brighter future.

Apr 22, 2009

Amazon's Kindle 2 electronic reader retails for $359 but costs about half that amount to build, research group iSuppli Corp said on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009

Wells Fargo & Co posted a record first-quarter profit of $3.05 billion as a surge in mortgage refinancings helped it displace Bank of America Corp as the nation's largest home lender.

Apr 22, 2009

The pregnancy was unexpected, and for one 32-year-old single mother in Syracuse, New York, the ailing economy became a factor in her decision to have an abortion.

Apr 22, 2009

David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of troubled U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead on Wednesday in his suburban Virginia home after apparently committing suicide, a local police source said.

Apr 22, 2009

Goldman Sachs upgraded the U.S. auto sector to

Apr 22, 2009

The United States carries a substantial share of blame for the current economic crisis but the world must work together to ease the strains, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.

Apr 22, 2009