Vodafone on Tuesday announced it would start selling Apple’s popular iPhone in the UK from early next year, in a move that should bolster efforts to turnround the mobile operator’s ailing British business. It means there will be three UK mobile operators selling the US technology company’s iPhone from next year: Vodafone, Orange and O2.
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Latin American drug cartels find home in West Africa
Colombian and Mexican drug cartels have jumped the Atlantic Ocean and expanded into West Africa, working closely with local criminal gangs to carve out a staging area for an assault on the lucrative European market.
IMF approves limited sales of gold
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has approved the sale of up to one-eighth of its gold holdings — about 403.3 metric tons — with proceeds going toward a new income model and financing for low-income nations.
The Space Needle and sci-fi in Seattle
Got the rain jackets? So what if it rains a lot in Seattle
Microsoft, Google expand search-engine tools
Say you’re buying a dog.
Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming Oct. 6
Microsoft is hoping that a new crop of phones this fall will help the company in its quest to stay relevant in the cell phone market. The software maker said that the first phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 will launch worldwide on October 6 and will include phones running on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless.
10 tips for getting a pay raise in a recession
The recession is a good excuse for employers to introduce a pay freeze, but what if you think your hard work deserves greater financial reward? Four experts share their tips for getting a pay raise during the downturn.
Bankers watch as Swedish interest rates goes subzero
For a world first, the announcement came with remarkably little fanfare. But last month, the Swedish Riksbank entered uncharted territory when it became the world’s first central bank to introduce negative interest rates on bank deposits.
Why There Should Be More Oil Speculation, Not Less
We need more — not fewer — oil traders.
The Pope on Capitalism: Encyclical ‘Charity in Truth’
Ever wondered what God makes of the current global economic crisis? We’ll never know, of course, but the man the Roman Catholic Church deems the Almighty’s “pastor in chief” has finally weighed in with his own take: Pope Benedict XVI offers neither stock tips nor bailout plans in Caritas in Veritate , but the long-awaited third encyclical of his papacy is a wide-ranging commentary on the sources of our economic woes and a holy blueprint for recovery based on something greater than the once mighty dollar.