Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs delivered the first major makeover of the iPhone, unveiling a faster, cheaper handset that may help him convince business users to switch over from the BlackBerry.
Apple sank 2.2 percent in Nasdaq trading after saying carriers won’t have to give the company a cut of the lucrative monthly service [...]
For years, investors wanted nothing to do with Wal-Mart Stores [WMT-N] [WMT-N]. The discounter’s best days seemed to be behind it. Growth was slowing. Competitors such as Target, with its more upscale offerings, were stealing customers.
Well, don’t look now but Wal-Mart’s stock is on fire.
With consumers battling rising energy and food costs, plunging home values [...]
Screams erupted from 22,000 young women in flowery frills,
boots, really short shorts and glittery jewellery whenever a model
- dressed similarly - waltzed down the runway in a Tokyo
stadium.
“Kawaii,” cooed the women in Japanese. “Cute, adorable.”
As they gushed over the models and their outfits, many also
pulled out their mobile phones and placed orders for the clothes [...]
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Researchers for Merck/Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals, who were conducting a clinical trial of the blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin, wanted him to look at ultrasound images of the carotid arteries of a few people in the trial, which had just finished enrolling patients.
Stein, an expert on the use of carotid ultrasound to detect heart [...]
New Zealand Winegrowers chief executive officer Philip Gregan said the increased vintage would be welcomed by wineries.
The first grapes of the season were picked two weeks ago in Gisborne and the harvest would continue through until at least mid-May.
In 2007 New Zealand wine exports grew strongly — they were up 24 percent in value to [...]
Bottled water served with meals in the British capital costs 500 times more than tap water and is 300 times more damaging to the environment, he claimed.
Launching his London on Tap blitz, Livingstone said using fewer bottles would help climate change.
Bottled water, he added, left a higher carbon footprint — some imported brands travel from [...]
Q: She’s been my friend for 14 years. We grew up together, dated a while, but remained friends. When she got a boyfriend, I became her protective brother. When he dumped her, she sought me for comfort. They got back together, lost their virginity to each other and he broke up with her again.
She dated [...]
