Topic: Science and Technology

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: AerCap orders ten additional A330-200s

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:31 AM

	AerCap has signed a firm contract with Airbus for the purchase of an additional ten A330-200 passenger aircraft, following their order for 20 A330-200s in December 2006. Read full article: 'AerCap orders ten additional A330-200s'

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Articles: Car rental sector rides high on rising demand

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:24 AM

	RISING customer demand saw the car rental industry keep up its consistent double-digit growth figures in the 12 months to February, with the sector’s rental transaction volumes increasing a significant 12,65%. Read full article: 'Car rental sector rides high on rising demand'

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Articles: Employment equity hits ‘all-time low’

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:23 AM

	CAPE TOWN — Corporate compliance with the Employment Equity Act was at an “all-time low”, Commission for Employment Equity chairman Jimmy Manyi said last night. Read full article: 'Employment equity hits ‘all-time low’'

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Articles: Union Expands Deutsche Telekom Strike

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:21 AM

	Trade union ver.di has expanded industrial action against Deutsche Telekom after it announced cost-cutting plans. on Monday, 14,000 employees were expected to strike Germany's telecoms giant. Read full article: 'Union Expands Deutsche Telekom Strike'

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Articles: No change in global piracy rates

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:19 AM

	More than one-third of business software used by companies around the world is pirated. Read full article: 'No change in global piracy rates'

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Articles: Former Siemens Managers Convicted of Paying Bribes

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:13 AM

	Two former managers of engineering giant Siemens were given suspended sentences on Monday for paying bribes to secure contracts for power plants in Italy. Read full article: 'Former Siemens Managers Convicted of Paying Bribes'

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Articles: Barloworld cement unit in Zimbabwe hit by forex crisis

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:11 AM

	THE acute shortage of foreign exchange in Zimbabwe had put “significant constraints on the normal operation” of cement company Portland Holdings (Porthold), making it impossible for its management to “exercise effective control over the business,” industrial group Barloworld said yesterday. Read full article: 'Barloworld cement unit in Zimbabwe hit by forex crisis'

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Articles: Reuters agrees to Thomson buyout

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:05 AM

	News and information group Reuters has agreed to be bought out by Canadian financial data provider Thomson in a deal worth about £8.7bn ($17bn). Read full article: 'Reuters agrees to Thomson buyout'

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Articles: Reluctant Aveng to offload Holcim stake

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 09:01 AM

	CONSTRUCTION company Aveng plans to return R3,2bn to shareholders from the company’s planned sale of its 46% of cement producer Holcim SA, the group said yesterday. Read full article: 'Reluctant Aveng to offload Holcim stake'

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Articles: DaimlerChrysler to Sell Chrysler to Cerberus

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 07:03 AM

	German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler said on Monday it had agreed to sell control of its loss-making US arm Chrysler to private equity firm Cerberus, for 5.5 billion euros ($7.4 billion). Read full article: 'DaimlerChrysler to Sell Chrysler to Cerberus'

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