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Friday tips round-up: Unilever, Vedanta, Millennium & Copthorne - ShareCast - Fri 06 Nov, 06:56 AM
After years of being the black sheep of the consumer products family, Unilever is starting to deliver on its strategy.

Millennium & Copthorne Q3 profit down 27% - ShareCast - Thu 05 Nov, 09:14 AM
Hotel operator Millennium & Copthorne unveiled a 27% drop in third quarter pre-tax profit but has seen strong trading in the fourth quarter.

US Computer Giant Intel Accused Of Bribery - Sky News - Wed 04 Nov, 11:33 PM
US computer chip giant Intel used illegal tactics which stopped consumers getting better products and lower prices, it has been alleged.

New York attorney general files antitrust suit against Intel - AFP - Wed 04 Nov, 08:44 PM
The attorney general of New York state filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. on Wednesday alleging the US computer chip giant engaged in illegal practices to dominate the market.

Microsoft cuts 800 jobs, completes reduction plan early - AFP - Wed 04 Nov, 08:10 PM
US computer software giant Microsoft said Wednesday it is cutting 800 more jobs in addition to 5,000 layoffs announced previously.

Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs - AFP - Wed 04 Nov, 07:24 PM
US computer software giant Microsoft said Wednesday that it is cutting 800 more jobs in addition to the 5,000 layoffs announced previously.

Intel faces antitrust lawsuit - ShareCast - Wed 04 Nov, 05:57 PM
The world's biggest computer chip maker, Intel, stands accused of making "illegal threats" to dominate the microchip market.

US paper round-up: Oracle, Time Warner, Rates - ShareCast - Wed 04 Nov, 11:40 AM
Oracle is braced for a formal objection from Brussels to its planned $7.4bn acquisition of fellow US technology company Sun Microsystems, escalating the company's legal wrangle with Europe's competition authorities, according to the FT.

Toyota joins F1 exodus 11:00 AM [ AFP ]
Cisco-EMC-VMware alliance in 350-bln-dollar market 07:58 PM [ AFP ]
New Britain Palm Oil reports sales decline 09:08 AM [ ShareCast]
Dell Exec: Straight Talk on Virtualization 12:24 PM [ BusinessWeek Online]
Small caps round-up: Boomerang Plus, Molex 04:40 PM [ ShareCast]

Cisco to buy ScanSafe for $183 million 02:52 PM [ AFP ]

Icahn resigns from Yahoo! board 03:38 AM [ AFP ]
Icahn resigns from Yahoo! board: spokeswoman 11:59 PM [ AFP ]
US midday: Amazon fails to stem US fall 05:38 PM [ ShareCast]
Microsoft beats expectations to cap off big week 03:53 PM [ AFP ]
Microsoft surprises to the upside 02:49 PM [ ShareCast]

Microsoft net profit down 18%, beats expectations 02:17 PM [ AFP ]

Christmas comes early for Amazon 08:07 AM [ ShareCast]
Microsoft launches Windows 7 03:50 AM [ AFP ]
Stock Picks: Yahoo, Morgan Stanley, SanDisk 01:24 PM [ BusinessWeek Online]

eBay net profit slides for fourth quarter in a row 12:06 AM [ AFP ]

Handicapping Dell's Smartphone Bid 01:24 PM [ BusinessWeek Online]
Google wooing Microsoft business customers 07:30 PM [ AFP ]