Russia stationed its forces in Georgia on August 8 after an attack by Georgian troops on South Ossetia to retake the control of the breakaway region. Moscow later withdrew its forces and deployed them to South Ossetia and Abkhazia amid...
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World-leading mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. downgraded its fourth-quarter market outlook Thursday for the second time, saying the slowdown in the industry was bigger than expected. Nokia said it expected industrywide handset volumes to drop below its previous estimate of...
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But the meeting in the Finnish capital of the 56-nation security and human rights organisation highlighted the deep divisions between Moscow and Washington. The fallout from Russia's war with Georgia in August, condemned by many Western states as disproportionate but...
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Today (2nd Dec. 2008) the Foreign Ministers of Nato have decided during their "transatlantic dinner" that Ukraine and Georgia will not get the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP). US, Poland and Baltic States were supporting MAP for both states however...
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Sweden — Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday said it swung to a loss in the third quarter, hurt mainly by weaker sales, continued price pressure on its handsets and negative effects from exchange rate fluctuations. The LM Ericsson...
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Virgin Media has won approval from its banks to postpone repayments on its £4.3 billion debt burden until 2012. The US-listed group, in which Sir Richard Branson is the biggest individual shareholder, announced on October 13 that it was seeking...
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What strikes me is how everyone lost share save for Apple and Taiwan's HTC, which actually beat the iEmpire to market with a touchscreen phone . But if Apple was the big winner here, it's RIM that was the biggest...
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Net profit in July through September was 33 million euros ($40 million), down from 39 million euros a year earlier. Revenue dropped 6 percent to 433 million euros ($542 million) from 463 million euros, but fell 2 percent in local...
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Microsoft plans to report today that the security of its Windows operating system has significantly improved, while at the same time the threat of computer viruses, fraud and other online scourges has become much more serious.
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Finnish police say a Turkish Embassy employee was injured in an arson attack on the embassy building in central Helsinki. Officers say the front door of the embassy in the Finnish capital was burned in the attack and the fire...
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