| Business News |
NBC Universal, partners to buy Weather Channel
(Reuters)
Reuters - NBC Universal and private equity
firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group said on Sunday
they agreed to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark
Communications.
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Is capitulation on the cards?
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Profit warnings, breaches of key index
levels, record oil prices, stressed consumers and investors
seeking safety provide the background for markets this week,
and many people are wondering how long this will all last.
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Postbank sale may fail over target price: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The sale of Germany's biggest retail
bank Deutsche Postbank could fail because the price potential
bidders are willing to pay does not meet the expectations of
the lender's parent, Deutsche Post, a German magazine reported
on Saturday.
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Auto sector woes could spur deals: Renault CEO
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A current slump in the
global automotive sector could give fresh impetus to plans for
consolidation within the industry, the head of French carmaker
Renault said on Saturday.
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Hyundai cuts, Kia lifts domestic sales target
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co (005480.KS), South
Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local
sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil
prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest
economy.
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China premier: Continue inflation fight
(AP)
AP - China's premier called for continued vigilance against inflation that has reached 12-year highs, saying the government should ensure that price increases are "acceptable," a state-run news agency reported Sunday.
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| Clinton aims for big win in West Virginia - 13, May 2008 |
By Deborah Charles
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (Reuters) - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama made a quick stop in West Virginia on Monday ahead of an expected bad loss there to White House rival Hillary Clinton, but he was already looking past the contest to November's fight with Republican John McCain.
During a six-hour West Virginia trip, Obama criticized McCain's refusal to back a Democratic bill expanding education benefits for military veterans and announced he would visit the November swing states of Missouri, Florida and Michigan in the next week as he prepares for the general election.
"There is an election here tomorrow. I am extraordinarily honored that some of you will support me," Obama told a rally in Charleston. "I understand that many more here in West Virginia will probably support Senator Clinton."
Obama wore an American flag lapel pin in Charleston as he discussed ways to strengthen the military. The Illinois senator has been criticized at times for not wearing the pin, seen by some politicians as a symbol of patriotism.
Clinton, a New York senator who has vowed to keep fighting despite dwindling prospects and a mounting campaign debt, also campaigned in West Virginia and showed no signs she was ready to call it quits.
"I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't believe that I could be the best president for West Virginia and America, and that I was the stronger candidate to take on John McCain in the fall," Clinton told a rally in Logan, West Virginia.
Obama has a big lead on Clinton in their duel for the Democratic presidential nomination but appears headed to a bad defeat in West Virginia, a state with a heavy concentration of white working-class voters who have backed Clinton.
Opinion polls in the state show Clinton ahead by more than 20 points. Voting ends in West Virginia on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT with results expected shortly afterward.
(c) 2008 Reuters
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| Software News |
'Containers' Out Perform Virtualization For KV Pharmaceuticals
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - With a container approach from Parallels' Virtuozzo, memory consumption and processor overhead are reduced through the use of one operating system per host.
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Nokia 6220 Smartphone Released
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Nokia 6220 classic design includes 3G connectivity, compatibility with Microsoft Office applications, Bluetooth capabilities, and a 5-megapixel camera.
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Microsoft Hopes Office Subscription Plan Will Counter Free Software
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is counting on Equipt's convenience factor to help it fend off threats from Google, IBM, and others that are offering free desktop productivity suites.
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Three Startups To Solve SaaS Integration Problems
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Boomi, SnapLogic, and Cast Iron are rolling out new offerings designed to help companies integrate software running in the cloud with onsite software.
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Blogger Opinion: Why We Left NetSuite
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - I first met our solution provider, Ray Tetlow, the founder of Skyytek, on the Oracle Small Business (OSB from now on) user forum. At the time we were struggling with version 7 of OSB. It was really incomplete and badly tested software. Not only was it painfully slow, but also a lot of the features on which we based our purchasing decision just did not work.
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Krugle enhances code search appliance
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Krugle plans to ship next week an upgrade to its search appliance for enterprise software development projects, which makes it easier for teams of developers to maintain code.
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