| Profit drops at Samsung Electronics
Makers of dynamic random access memory, or DRAM chips, used in personal computers, are betting that spending cutbacks from cash-starved manufacturers and improving demand will eventually salvage the sector this year. But the recovery, when it happens, is likely to be a bumpy one. An expected oversupply is also darkening the outlook for NAND flash memory, used in gadgets such as digital cameras and music players. On the bright side, Samsung's LCD unit had another strong quarter, with margins rising to 21 percent after the third quarter's 17 percent and 10 percent in the year-ago period. LCD makers look set to enjoy a strong year following industry-wide investment cuts in 2007. On Monday, smaller rival LG.Philips LCD reported its highest-ever quarterly profit on solid demand and tight supplies.
EU launches competition probe against Microsoft over Office, browsers ...
The second investigation will examine whether Microsoft withheld information from companies that wanted to make products compatible with its software _ including Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
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Radio & TV Talk
In the end, the Web site got eight right, six wrong. The show debuts Sept. 24. The eight they got correct were entrepreneur and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" Jane Seymour, "Scary Spice" Mel B, "Cheetah Girl" Sabrina Bryan, Indie car driver Helio Castroneves and "Beverly Hills 90210" alum Jennie Garth (above, from her last show on the WB "What I Like About You.") Other joining the show are model-actress Josie Maran (who?), "All My Children" star Cameron Mathison, actress/singer Marie Osmond and model Albert Reed (who?) Other names tmz.com provided — Tori Spelling, Lou Ferrigno, Richard Quest, Gisselle Bundchen, Nia Peeples and Aaron Carter — were incorrect.
SHLACHTER, PEROTIN, FUQUAY & CO.
Sometimes, American entrepreneurs see opportunities ripe for the plucking in less-developed places, only to find out why doing business in alien cultures can involve monumental challenges never taught in business school. Slone has had uncanny timing. (Notice we didn't say luck.) After the 65-year-old chief executive of Touchstone Communications opened a call center in the heart of Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, he happened to be visiting when the South Asian country was struck by a devastating earthquake, when the prime minister resigned and when President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule. And Slone returned to Islamabad on Dec. 27, the day opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi, about 15 miles away. Needless to say, his several hundred call center employees were unable to show up because of night curfews -- they start work about 7 p.m.
Linspire 6.0 Includes Lawsuit Protection
Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu founder and head of Canonical, took to his blog earlier this year to express his distaste for the covenant principle. "A promise by Microsoft not to sue for infringement of unspecified patents has no value at all and is not worth paying for," Shuttleworth wrote. "It does not protect users from the real risk of a patent suit from a pure-IP-holder." Access Free B2B Videos and Win a Free Dell XPS Notebook!Learn industry trends, compare solutions, and research vendors. Free access to B2B webcasts and videos on E-Commerce, Networking, CRM, Security & more� And chance to win a Dell XPS Notebook. Register now! .
PennDOT's plans may mean luncheonette's end
Third are on a PennDOT hit list to be demolished next year as part of a plan to widen and improve Route 412. The plan is to build extra turn lanes to allow easier access to Riverside Drive -- the street that separates Ginny's from Perkins restaurant -- which will ultimately connect to a new ramp for the Hill-to-Hill Bridge.
The state in October filed legal papers to take both properties by eminent domain. PennDOT holds title to both buildings, but still must complete the transaction and pay ''just compensation'' for both properties.
But what PennDOT has offered as ''just compensation'' does not come close to meeting the true value of the property, said Frank Halkias, who, along with his mother Irene, owns the restaurant and the real estate. The state's offer is the equivalent of what the Halkiases paid for the restaurant in 1987.
If we had the primary
For a change, the voters would go around the political parties and choose the party�s (or coalition�s) nominee directly. In the 2010 presidential race, a primary system would send presidential candidates Mar Roxas, Manny Villar, Noli de Castro and Bayani Fernando scrambling around the country way ahead of the May election. Every province would want to have the honor of holding the first primary, so the parties and the Comelec devise a system for that purpose. In our scenario, Catanduanes gets the privilege, and the presidential candidates campaign in Virac to win the first-ever Philippine primary. To Catanduanes fly the campaign teams of Mar (Oras Na!) Roxas and Manny (Sipag at Tiyaga) Villar for the opposition, and Noli (Magandang Gabi, Bayan) de Castro and Bayani (Pink na Pink) Fernando for the administration.
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