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Daily Archives: May 16, 2012

Sour Grapes For Estonian Wine Business

May 16, 2012

Recent court action has unfortunately been unable to reclaim funds claimed to be owed by an Estonian group of investors developing wine in the Ukraine since 1999. Thirteen years ago, Estonian investors signed a contract with Ukraine which agreed that Estonia would invest in a wine business, Magarach, the Ukrainian state grape and wine...

Martin Sedlacky Appointed airBaltic New Chief Operations Officer

May 16, 2012

By Sergio - Baltic NEWS in UK

airBaltic have approved the appointment of Martin Sedlacky as the new Cheif Operations Officer and Member of the executive board. Mr Sedlacky has a strong background in the airline business having been employed in restructuring airlines systems through central and eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Singapore, Malaysia and America. Working on consultancy projects advising in transportation...

Financial News

Business owners skeptical but laud deportation reprieve June 15, 2012

Business leaders welcomed President Obama's decision on Friday to halt deportations of some young immigrants, saying it will let them offer jobs to previously untapped workers. […]

Original 1976 Apple computer sells for $375,000 June 15, 2012

Think the iPad's price tag is steep? One famed Apple product, the original Apple I, sold for $374,500 on Friday. […]

Gupta convicted of insider trading June 15, 2012

Rajat Gupta, the consummate corporate insider and former director at Goldman Sachs, was found guilty of insider trading on Friday -- the highest-profile conviction yet in a wave of federal cases focused on Wall Street misconduct. […]

Stocks pop on hope for Greece June 15, 2012

U.S. stocks rose Friday as investors grew more optimistic ahead of the crucial Greek elections this Sunday. […]

Technology News

Apparently This Matters: 'Happy' morning people June 15, 2012

It was Tuesday afternoon when I found a trending article through Digg that seemed to explain why I'm not reaching my full potential for joy. And mind you, it had nothing to do with Pippa Middleton not returning my calls. Because that would be a very strange article for somebody to write. […]

Trending: Morning people June 15, 2012

Listeners streaming, not buying, music June 15, 2012

For Camille Kim, music is life. […]

#KOT: Kenya pushes the e-conversation June 15, 2012

There is a vocal group on Twitter, using a common hashtag to ensure their African country is discussed fairly and with respect online. […]

Business News

Lockheed wins network deal worth up to $1.91 billion June 15, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp , the Pentagon's largest supplier, has won a contract worth up to $1.91 billion to manage the U.S. military's Global Information Grid networks on a day-to-day basis, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday. […]

Ex-business titan Gupta guilty of insider trading June 15, 2012

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rajat Gupta, a consummate business insider who once sat on the board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, was convicted on Friday of leaking secrets about the investment bank at the height of the financial crisis, a major victory for prosecutors seeking to root out illicit trading on Wall Street. […]

Central banks prepare for turmoil after Greek vote June 15, 2012

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Central banks from Tokyo to London checked their ammunition on Friday in preparation for any turmoil from Greece's election, with the European Central Bank hinting at an interest rate cut and Britain set to open its coffers. […]

Burger King eyes China expansion June 15, 2012

(Reuters) - Burger King Worldwide Holdings Inc said on Friday it plans to open 1,000 of its namesake restaurants in China over the next five to seven years under a newly-formed joint venture. […]

Software News

Tiny Robot 3D Duplicators

Work is underway designing tiny robotic cubes imbedded with magnets on each plane that can create a duplicate of any object, either equal in size to the original or any size version as required. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Robotics department are currently working with two dimensional cubes of four sides, each cube containing a microprocessor wit […]

Lumia Hits us for a score of 900

Mobile Phone Lumia 900 is here to stay. Lumia 900 is here thanks once again to the Finland Company Nokia. This is great news for the mobile phone giant that is presenting this device at a low cost and a streamlined design with a front-facing camera for video conferencing. This is putting it on the same playing field as the likes of Samsung and Apple that now […]

Google And Microsoft To Encourage The Future of British ICT Education

The government has finally agreed that creative and motivating ICT classes be reintroduced to the classroom by teaching children to program and put computer science back in the core of ICT lessons. The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove is reported as saying that the present ICT curriculum was ‘demotivating and dull’. Advising Mr Gove on implemen […]

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Business Travel News

Grandfather gets 27 months for Grand Canyon child abuse hike June 15, 2012

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Indiana man convicted of forcing his young grandsons to hike through the Grand Canyon in triple-digit temperatures was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Thursday after apologizing to the court. […]

Japan Airlines looking to relist shares - Nikkei June 15, 2012

(Reuters) - Japan Airlines Co is looking to relist its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in mid-September, business daily Nikkei reported. […]

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Daily Archives: May 16, 2012

Sour Grapes For Estonian Wine Business

Martin Sedlacky Appointed airBaltic New Chief Operations Officer

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