EDF Considers Selling UK Electricity Business

May 5, 2009

Go to www.edf.com click here. EDF, the state controlled utility company in France, is considering the benefits of selling their regulated electricity distribution company in the United Kingdom, while they seek disposals in order to help them cut the debt that ...

Sage to Announce 1000 job cuts total

May 5, 2009

Go to www.sage.com click here. Sage, the accountancy software group, is set to announced redundancies of 1,000 workers this week, along with their interim results, according to The Sunday Times. The company is anticipated to say that they will cut ...

WPP to Cut 7200 Jobs in 2009

May 5, 2009

Go to www.wpp.com click here. WPP, the largest communications services group in the world, is set to cut around 6 percent of their workforce, which is a total of about 7,200 workers, this year. The purpose of this is to ...

Sustainable Development Commission Warns about Carbon Emissions Targets

May 4, 2009

Go to www.sd-commission.org.uk click here. According to the Sustainable Development Commission, departments of the UK government are not on track of meeting their own goals for reducing carbon emissions. The environmental watchdog has warned that more needs to be done ...

Expedia Reports Fall in Profits Less Than Anticipated

May 1, 2009

Go to www.expedia.com click here. Expedia, the internet-based travel agent, has reported a fall in revenue during the first quarter from $687.8 million the year before to $635.7 million now. Net income for the company declined from $49.8 million, which ...

Google Launches Flu Tracker to Follow Trends in Mexico

May 1, 2009

Go to www.google.org/flutrends click here. On Wednesday, Google said that they saw a spike in the number of searches for information on the flu from people living in Mexico last week, which is prior to the news of the outbreak becoming ...

Walt Disney Co. Joins Hulu Website

May 1, 2009

Go to www.corporate.disney.go.com or www.hulu.com click here. The Walt Disney Co. is now joining NBC Universal, Providence Equity, and News Corp. as a joint venture partner of Hulu, the online video site, where they will hold a 30 percent stake. ...

YouTube Baby Delivery Clips Help Father Deliver Son

May 1, 2009

Go to www.google.com or www.youtube.com click here. Marc and Jo Stephens, both 28 years old, had been planning a home birth, so the father went online to Google and YouTube to find out more about how to deliver a baby to ...

Many Twitter Newcomers Never Return

April 30, 2009

Go to www.twitter.com click here. The appearance of Oprah on Twitter has aided a 24 percent boost in traffic on the site, but not all Twitter newcomers become repeat users. About 60 percent of the current users on Twitter don't ...

European Space Agency to Launch Herschel and Planck Telescopes May 14

April 29, 2009

Go to www.esa.int click here. The European Space Agency says that the launch of Herschel and Planck, two major telescopes that are designed to investigate the origins of galaxies, as well as the aftermath of the 'Big Bang', is set to ...