Reuters - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it
no longer expects to meet a long-held goal of returning to
profitability in 2009 and would cut production through the
remainder of this year to adjust to a slumping U.S. market.
Reuters - Stocks rose on Thursday after a
surprise drop in jobless claims and a takeover offer in the
utilities sector buoyed investor optimism and offset worries of
inflation spurred by crude oil above $135 a barrel.
Reuters - Airlines around the world
braced for slower growth, tighter earnings and deeper cost
cutting on Thursday as oil prices surged and the biggest
carrier by revenue, Air France KLM , warned on
profits.
Reuters - Oil sped to new peaks for a third
straight day on Thursday to top $135 a barrel as investors
fretted over long-term supply constraints and a big drop in
U.S. crude stocks.
Reuters - Power company NRG Energy Inc
has made an unsolicited bid to buy competitor Calpine Corp
for about $11 billion in stock, the companies said on
Wednesday.
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Reuters - The judge who signed a
landmark European antitrust ruling against Microsoft
said on Thursday he was surprised by the large size of a record
899 million euro ($1.42 billion) fine imposed by the EU
executive against the software company after he had retired.
AFP - The European Commission said on Thursday it would scrutinise a decision by Microsoft to make its Office programme compatible with a rival document format.
Reuters - The EU executive said on Thursday it
would investigate if steps announced by Microsoft to
make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with
Microsoft Office give consumers greater choice.
Microsoft lures search traffic with cash rebates
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people make purchases after using its search engine as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take on Google Inc. following the failure of its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo.