Reuters - Announcing what it said were "essential
milestones" allowing the world's largest leveraged buyout to go
ahead, BCE Inc said on Friday that its buyers
had finalized funding and were sticking to their C$34.8-billion
($34.1 billion) purchase price.
Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co may sell
its 20 percent stake in financial news and data provider
Bloomberg LP to a blind trust controlled by New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, The New York Post reported on Friday.
Reuters - France's Banking Commission on Friday
fined Societe Generale 4 million euros ($6.3 million) for
serious breaches in internal controls revealed by the French
bank's 4.9 billion euro rogue trading loss.
Reuters - Battered Swiss bank UBS said on Friday
it should be saved from another hefty loss in the second
quarter by a large tax credit, giving a much-needed though
short-lived boost to its share price.
EU opens in-depth investigation of Rio-BHP deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - The European Commission opened an
in-depth investigation on Friday into BHP Billiton's
$170 billion unsolicited bid for rival miner
Rio Tinto , with prices of iron ore already soaring.
Do you like music? Do you use a computer? Then you need Ashampoo Music Studio 3. This program always been a favorite of digital music fans and the latest version now includes everything you need to create, edit and manage your digital music collection. And using it is nearly as simple as operating a CD player.
Features:
Rip CDs: You can rip (copy) tracks from audio CDs directly to the format of your choice (WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC and WAV).
Import CD data: Automatically import album, title and track details for your audio CDs from an online database.
Playlists: Import external playlists in M3U, PLS, ASX, P4U and WPL formats.
Burn: Burn your playlists to regular audio CDs or Data CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray discs containing digital audio tracks in single or mixed formats.
Edit: Edit your audio tracks. Change the title, artist etc. Convert your tracks to other formats. Cut, mix and modify your tracks. Fade in, fade out, mix, crossfade, change volume, insert silence etc. Normalize volume levels.
Record: Record directly from all your sound card inputs (microphone, line in etc.) and store the tracks directly as WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC or WAV files.
- Repair: Find, move and repair damaged digital audio files.
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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.
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.
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.