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Marlboro Ducati’s Casey Stoner turned the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle on a sunny Saturday morning at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Casey Stoner continued his dominance of the United States MotoGP weekend by topping all three free practice sessions so far

Full MotoGP free practice times (3) from the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, round eleven of the 2007 world championship.

Colin Edwards and team-mate Valentino Rossi will head into day two of the US Grand Prix looking to close a half second gap to MotoGP World Championship leader Casey Stoner.

World championship leader Casey Stoner has thrown down the gauntlet to his MotoGP rivals with a perfect Friday performance at Laguna Seca - the young Australian leading both opening practice sessions for the US Grand Prix.

Casey Stoner topped the timesheets in second free practice for the United States MotoGP, after having set the fastest time in the first session as well

Full MotoGP free practice times (1 and 2 combined) from the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, round eleven of the 2007 world championship.

Jul. 13, 2007 — Aewin has announced a highly integrated 5.25-inch form-factor single-board computer (SBC) that accepts either Pentium M or Celeron M processors. The EM-7500 runs Windows XP and Windows XP Embedded, and offers eight serial ports and both PC/104 module and PCI card expansion.

Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi gave a nod of approval to the repaving of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca after the first practice session for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix.

MotoGP World Championship leader Casey Stoner was fastest in first free practice at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, with a best time of 1min 23.410secs.

Smart, a member of the Mercedes Car Group, will be coming to the United States in the first quarter of 2008. Since 1998, more than 770,000 smart cars have already been sold in 36 countries.

Aerospace Engineering & Research of Lanham won $33,500 from NASA for information technology equipment. AINS Inc. of Rockville won $213,878 from the Department of State for information technology equipment.

Recall that the only reason Japan or Europe can generate even their current meager rates of growth is the willingness of U.S. consumers to buy their Hondas and BMWs.

This week the markets got a glimpse of how the competitive devaluation story might play out, as Europe confronted the impact of a “strong” currency.

Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner set the fastest time in first practice ahead of Sunday's United States MotoGP

MONTEREY, CA, JULY 20 - Casey Stoner put his Marlboro Ducati at the top of the time sheets this morning as action got started on a sunny and warm morning at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Total Fed Credit, where the glorious miracle of "money from thin air" originates at the Federal Reserve - thanks to the use of a fiat money and multiplied by insane levels of fractional reserve banking - actually declined by $3 billion last week. Oops!

We humans are remarkably committed to self delusion.

Jul. 12, 2007 — Autonomic Controls has released an application that lets Windows CE-based PDAs or Windows-powered UMPCs (ultra-mobile PCs) control Windows Media Center PCs remotely. Unlike infrared remotes, however, the company's "Mirage" software offers two-way communications with the media server.

Where do I begin? The tires wear down way too fast because they are like polo mints. Head gasket blew at 30000 miles. Radiator rusted to a pile of iron filings.

You've seen it on countless commercials. The next time you go shopping, you'll find plenty of pitches using it. But it tricks millions of consumers into buying things they can't afford -- and facing the consequences for years to come.

A simple gimmick traps millions. Don't be one of them.

Just in case you haven't noticed before, the United States of America has become a presidential tyranny. We've been clanging this bell here (and elsewhere) since late September 2001 , and have seen it confirmed over and over through the years -- with torture edicts, domestic spying, rendition, secret prisons, indefinite detention of uncharged, untried captives, etc. -- and most recently and most ...

A DOCTOR'S bag containing morphine was stolen from a car parked behind Colne Health Centre.

In the Mongol Rally, foolhardy teams race against common sense to drive subpar cars from London to Mongolia.

Frankfurt/Main / Cairo Montenotte, Italy, -- The international automotive supplier Continental AG, for its Automotive Systems Division, will acquire Automotive Products Italia (SV) S.r.l. (AP) from the Australian Pacifica Group Limited. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval.

Markets bounced back Thursda, spurred by a higher Wall Street and positive company news

Serbia's only car manufacturer, Zastava of Kragujevac, Thursday signed an agreement with General Motors Co. to assemble Opel Astra cars.The Zastava factory is scheduled to begin assembly line production of Opel Astra Classic cars in the third quarter of 2008, the Serbian B92 Belgrade radio reported.Bozidar Djelic, Serbian deputy prime minister, told reporters in Belgrade that under the five-year ...

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HASLEMERE MP Jeremy Hunt has called for residents to be given greater say over where new homes are built, after Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a new target for providing extra housing.

Two Vermonters will represent the state in the 2007 Mongol Rally, a no-holds-barred car race from London to Mongolia in less-than-one-liter "beaters."

STOCKHOLM, Sweden----Swedish Match AB Net sales for the second quarter amounted to 3,090 MSEK and 5,752 MSEK for the first six months Operating profit* for the second quarter amounted to 642 MSEK and 1,176 MSEK for the first six months US dollar and other currency translation differences in the second quarter negatively affected sales and operating profit comparisons by 105 MSEK and 25 MSEK ...

A German policeman left a Wiltshire pub and drove straight into a canal after mistaking it for a wet road.

Serbian automaker Zastava and General Motors Corp. signed on Thursday a contract for the local assembling an Opel model starting next year.

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Total Fed Credit, where the glorious miracle of "money from thin air" originates at the Federal Reserve - thanks to the use of a fiat money and multiplied by insane levels of fractional reserve banking - actually declined by $3 billion last week. Oops!

These are the first pictures of the special 'Texas Tornado' livery with which Colin Edwards will ride in this weekend's US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.

Fiat Yamaha's Colin Edwards will contest his home US grand prix at Laguna Seca this weekend in a special one-off special, starting from first practice on Friday morning.

Bread prices set to rise by 10p a loaf Bread prices are likely to rise by as much as 10p for a standard, white-sliced loaf because of a world shortage of wheat. This is expected to take the average price of a standard, white 800g loaf from £1.19 to £1.29, if supermarkets pass on the extra costs.

Once again, the Australian dollar was one of the star performers in the currency market. Although it fell short of claiming the title of the biggest gainer , the unit enjoyed considerable appreciation in the second quarter.

Serbia's only car manufacturer, Zastava of Kragujevac, Thursday signed an agreement with General Motors Co. to assemble Opel Astra cars.The Zastava factory is scheduled to begin assembly line production of Opel Astra Classic cars in the third quarter of 2008, the Serbian B92 Belgrade radio reported.Bozidar Djelic, Serbian deputy prime minister, told reporters in Belgrade that under the five-year ...

What we see as stagflation looming on the horizon in our side-view mirror today, may be full-blown deflation up-close as dollars are hoarded to pay down excessive debt and reduce, reduce, reduce.

Jul. 12, 2007 — Leica Geosystems has announced improved surveying software for its Windows CE-based GPS/TPS data collection device. The RX1250 is a remote controller for the company's GPS (global positioning system) and TPS (terrestrial positioning system)

Jul. 12, 2007 — Secure Computing has released software that aims to turn Windows Mobile phones into authentication tools. By generating one-time-use passwords, SafeWord MobilePass replaces dedicated hardware tokens and frees users from having to remember permanent passwords.

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Catherine David has learned a lot during her 12 years as a successful New Zealand product designer. But the one thing she didn't really expect to learn was that there's a dearth of really good shower curtains out there.

Jul. 11, 2007 — Adeneo has received the Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award for 2007, for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region. The company received this award in the System Integrator category, as part of Microsoft's recent Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference (MEDC) in Berlin.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Share prices closed higher, supported by strong second quarter earnings from European companies, and led by Impregilo ( Nachrichten ) on a major Kuwait order and prospects for Italian rail projects, brokers said.

I GUESS even the Supreme Court has had enough. After what seemed like countless murders of leftists, activists and journalists, nearly all of them unsolved, the Supreme Court has decided to act. It called for and recently held a summit on Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances. This is unprecedented. And to be honest, I think it took a lot of guts.

This essay takes an in-depth look at the magnitude and consequences of the large debt levels within the United States.

Teksid Aluminum Luxembourg S.a r.l., S.C.A. announced that, as of 12:00 P.M., New York City time , on Wednesday, July 18, 2007, consents representing approximately 85% of the EUR205,598,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 11 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011 have been validly delivered pursuant to its previously announced solicitation of consents to implement certain proposed amendments ...

Teksid Aluminum Luxembourg S.a r.l., S.C.A. announced that, as of 12:00 P.M., New York City time , on Wednesday, July 18, 2007, consents representing approximately 85% of the EUR205,598,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 11 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011 have been validly delivered pursuant to its previously announced solicitation of consents to implement certain proposed amendments ...

Indian carmaker Tata Motors and tractor manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra are reportedly considering a bid for Jaguar and Land Rover in a deal estimated at roughly $1.5 billion. According to analysts, Tata is in negotiations with Fiat surrounding a deal to finance the bid for the British marques.

MotoGP leader Casey Stoner is wary of the American challenge at Laguna Seca.

General Motors Corp. Thursday signed a deal with Zastava Automobili for the Serbian carmaker to start assembling an Opel model starting next year, officials said.

RACING car driver Mark Riman is in pole position for business success after joining a Coventry law firm. Mark, a former British champion, has been appointed conveyancing manager at Button & Co in Manor Road, city centre.

S&P's latest list of companies and other issuers on the cusp of a ratings upgrade to investment grade

Devina Joshi | agencyfaqs! | Mumbai, July 19, 2007 Rediffusion DY&R’s national creative director, KS Chakravarthy, has quit the agency, thus ending his second stint with advertising. “This time for good,” he said while passing on this news to agencyfaqs!.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Share prices were higher at midday trade, following two days of losses, with Impregilo leading the advance on a 480 mln usd contract, and Alitalia lower after the government called off an auction to privatise the airline.

Once again, the Australian dollar was one of the star performers in the currency market. Although it fell short of claiming the title of the biggest gainer (bowing to both the New Zealand and Canadian dollar?s stellar rallies), the unit enjoyed considerable appreciation in the second quarter.By the end of the June, the Australian dollar hit an 18 year high against the US dollar and a 10 year high ...

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The chickens will not be strutting their stuff in Virginia pageants starting today.

Fiat has re-launched the Uno in SA with a range of one three-door and two five-door models at prices that'll rattle its competitors' cages.

India's Tata Motors Ltd. and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. are exploring the possibility of bidding for Ford Motor Co.'s Jaguar and Land Rover brands, the Economic Times reported on Thursday.

With temperatures soaring, and air conditioners running at full blast, Italians have been ordered by the government to shed their ties in order to cool down.

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in European markets. Prices are from the last close.

Jul. 11, 2007 — Raon Digital has introduced a "second-generation UMPC" that weighs just over a pound and has a built-in QWERTY keypad. The Everun runs either Windows XP Home or XP Embedded, and offers a "panorama" mode that allows users to pan around a 1680 x 1050-pixel virtual desktop,

Jul. 11, 2007 — Itheon Networks has announced a network simulator that will run Windows XP Embedded. Placed between an end-user client and a host, the Itheon Network Emulator Compact (INE Compact) simulates wide area, remote, or wireless network conditions.

In 2005, Tata picked up 21% in Hispano Carrocera SA. In keeping with its growing appetite for overseas acquisitions, the Tata group is evaluating a bid to buy luxury British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover from struggling US car maker Ford.

In keeping with its growing appetite for overseas acquisitions, the Tata group is evaluating a bid to buy luxury British car brands Jaguar and Land Rover from struggling US car maker Ford.

Jul. 10, 2007 — Windows Media Player 11 now features the Home Media Ecosystem (HME), which lets a Windows-based system serve streaming media to client devices. One great way to deploy an HME server is via a Windows XP Embedded (XPe) image, according to a new article by Microsoft's Alex Gimenez.

Jul. 10, 2007 — "This was probably one of the coolest experiences of my life." That's what Robert Smith, a program manager intern on the Windows Embedded team, writes about his recent visit to Bill Gates's house.

Jul. 10, 2007 — Migrating a suite of Windows XP Embedded (XPe) development tools to Windows Vista can be "a bit of a challenge," according to Windows Embedded developer and author Sean Liming. An article newly posted on his website aims to simplify the process.

The following is from Honda... MotoGP goes stateside this weekend after a long-awaited change in fortunes for Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) and Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V) in Germany last weekend with a first win of the season for Dani and a second consecutive podium for Nicky.

PUPILS from two Horncastle schools sustained minor injuries yesterday when the bus they were travelling on was in collision with a vehicle in Bucknall.

COLUMBUS - A federal appeals court yesterday threw out class-action lawsuits filed by parents in Ohio and Michigan who claimed alcohol industry advertising targets their children.

LYON, France----Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide automotive parts industry is now available to its catalogue.

Yahoo has announced a fallen second-quarter profit from the same period last year.

The Dow Jones board in the U.S has accepted, in principle, a US$5.7 billion takeover bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

At least four Russian police officers have been killed in a bomb blast. Three others were injured.

Broward Circuit Judge Victor Tobin, elected chief judge on Tuesday, pledged to bring a new, open-style administration to a wounded, and deeply divided, county courthouse.

Barring intervention by Congress, come December, a newly amended version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will take effect. The Rules have been completely rewritten to make them simpler and clearer.

U.K airline, Ryanair has been ordered not to repeat an advertisement that played down the impact of aviation on the environment.

Some parts of Indonesia’s criminal code, which have been used to stifle free speech, are being changed.

Raipur, July 18 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas have killed five tribal farmers in Chhattisgarh for allegedly defying a Maoist fiat not to cultivate crops in this monsoon season, police said Wednesday.

He's back, he's met with Bush, and he's shaking his head in grudging, or rather servile, admiration. (Bush) feels no need to compromise to head off opposition from Capitol Hill and is confident that he can rebuild popular support. "I...

Fiat is known for putting on lavish parties, but the recent unveiling of the Nuova 500 definitely took the cake.

At least six mortar shells landed near the site of Somalia's national reconciliation conference in Mogadishu on Tuesday night, two days after the opening ceremony of the conference was interrupted by mortar shells hitting in close proximity ...

Jul. 10, 2007 — Emac has introduced a PC/104-sized single-board computer (SBC) built around an ARM9-based Cirrus EP9302 SoC (system-on-chip). The iPac-9302 SBC targets embedded data acquisition and control applications, and runs Windows CE 5.0, the .NET Micro Framework, or Linux.

Jul. 10, 2007 — Bsquare has announced three new development platforms for the Marvell PXA3xx (aka Monahans) family of application processors based on third-generation XScale technology. The DevKit PXA300 and DevKit PXA320 are shipping now, with the DevKit PXA310 expected to ship shortly.

Lawyers to appeal revocation of work visa

Four children are injured when a bus is involved in a collision with a car in Lincolnshire.

Four children are injured when a bus is involved in a collision with a car in Lincolnshire.

Lawyers to appeal revocation of work visa

Jul. 09, 2007 — Toshiba Europe says it is now shipping two new phones featuring built-in fingerprint authentication. The Portege G500 and G900 are also claimed to be among the first shipping Windows Mobile 6.0.

Fiat offering bi-fuel engine option in its models Mumbai, July 16 Fiat India plans to offer bi-fuel engines — manufactured to run on petrol and other fuels like CNG — in its present and forthcoming models, said its Managing Director, Mr De Filippis Giovanni. Besides ...

We humans are remarkably committed to self delusion.

[Updated July 10] -- Robosoft has announced a four-legged robot dog that runs Windows XP Embedded and reportedly offers "power ... far beyond standards seen to date." The "RobuDOG" also features ankle movement in its front legs, allowing it to kick a ball with more accuracy.

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Valentino Rossi says he welcomes the predicted heat wave due to descend on the Sachsenring on Saturday.

Police are on the hunt for vandals who smashed the rear window of a car in Elmswell.

Gold and silver are currently cheap by several separate definitions; this will soon affect demand to a greater degree and very shortly.

FEARS of a violent confrontation between environmentalists and pulp mill supporters tomorrow have forced the main forest industry-led rally to shift venue.

Evidence of expert analysis of CCTV images has been given at the trial of Joe O'Reilly, who is accused of murdering his wife. Andrew Laws is a UK-based expert involved in the analysis of CCTV imagery.

A DRIVER who parked on double yellow lines in a Bridlington street has been fined. (12/07/2007)

Ace car designer Gordon Murray, the man who shocked the world with his McLaren F1 supercar, has revealed plans for a bio-powered supermini.

Jul. 09, 2007 — Microsoft has released an enhanced version of its robotics application development toolkit. Version 1.5 of Microsoft Robotics Studio now allows creation of autonomous robots running Windows CE and Windows Mobile, and also adds support for vision and speech recognition.

Jul. 06, 2007 — i-mate has launched an entry-level Windows Mobile 5.0-based PDA/phone. Reportedly designed to sell for an "extremely competitive" price, the "Jama" omits WiFi or a QWERTY keyboard, but includes all other typical essentials.

Jul. 06, 2007 — Resco has released an update to its sound recording application for Windows Mobile devices. Newly refined for QWERTY keyboards, Resco Audio Recorder v3.21 allows mapping any of its operations to any hardware buttons,

NDA delegation led by Advani submits memorandum to Election Commission

This is not a book about books, but rather an annotated reading list—without the annotation. Title is heaped upon title; context is missing from nearly every pulled quote; and if Freedman had ever engaged with the books he read, the reader doesn’t know it.

MARIO ANDRETTI (1969 Indianapolis 500 winner, 1978 Formula One World Champion): “To me, Indianapolis has hosted all the major disciplines of motorsports in the world. This completes the cycle – Indy Cars, Formula One, NASCAR – and now world champion motorcycles.

Jul. 06, 2007 — HTC has introduced a new PDA/phone running Windows Mobile 5. The P6300, whose conservative styling has been criticized as "bland and dated," is a tri-band GSM/GPRS PDA/phone with a 2.0 megapixel camera and both WiFi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.

I’ ve been thinking about truth and illusion. Actually I've been thinking about what is real, the stock markets, the news, housing, the dollar, Iraq, and Edward Albee's Martha. “Reality” does not seem to be based in truth, but rather it seems to be based in individual (and collective) perceptions.

(CBS) I've just returned from three weeks in France and Italy. Since I've written about France here before (" Paris On Two Prozacs A Day ," " The French, Our Election, And Sex ") I'll focus on Italy today.

Jul. 06, 2007 — Computers, television, and other consumer electronics will soak up nearly half of the electricity used in British homes by 2020, a report released this week says.

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CNH has signed "Green Racine," the nation's first county-wide proclamation to embrace a "green" campaign to positively impact employee health and the environment.

Below is a commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Tuesday, June 5 th , 2007.

John Michuki is a master of non sequiturs. Non sequitur is a Latin term used in logic to mean: "it does not follow". It is a conclusion that does not flow from the premise, a statement with no relevance to what has preceded it.

Colin Edwards reversed a nightmare German Grand Prix weekend with an unexpected 13th-to-fourth place ride on Sunday at the Sachsenring.

Evidence about CCTV footage gathered by gardaí as part of the investigation into the murder of Rachel O'Reilly has been heard at the Central Criminal Court.

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Colin Edwards rode a strong race in sweltering conditions today to take a best-ever Sachsenring finish of fourth, after starting from thirteenth on the grid for the German Grand Prix.

LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - European stocks ticked higher by midday on Monday as the bid battle for ABN AMRO heated up, lifting financial shares, but oil producers slipped on brokerage comments despite crude near record levels.

(Corrects paragraph 3 to read "about 79 percent" instead of "about 70 percent") By Blaise Robinson PARIS, July 16 (Reuters) - European shares rose in early trade on Monday, climbing for a third successive session, with banks among top gainers after a group led by Royal Bank of Scotland revised ...

THIS IS GOING to jinx me, I know. In fact, I've wanted to write about my record for not getting traffic tickets for some time, but I was afraid of the jinx it would set in motion.

MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russian automaker Severstal-Avto, a subsidiary of steel producer Severstal, said Monday it intended to increase its investments by 300%, year-on-year, in 2007 to about 7.3 billion rubles (about $286 million).

PARIS, July 16 (Reuters) - European shares rose in early trade on Monday, climbing for a third successive session, with banks among top gainers after a group led by Royal Bank of Scotland revised its offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO .

Juventus Football Club and New Holland, the new official sponsor for the 2007/2008 season, celebrated the sponsorship agreement at the Juventus summer training camp in Pinzolo, in Italy's Trentino region. The agreement, signed on May 8 between FIAT Group and Juventus Football Club S.p.A., will place the New Holland name on the famous black and white uniforms for the next season.

This is the moment Valentino Rossi crashed out of Sunday's German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring - handing title rival Casey Stoner an increased 32 point lead, despite the Australian limping home in fifth place after tyre problems.

The U.S. dollar is close to a technical breakdown, but does anyone really believe it will be allowed to crater?

Colin Edwards said he was relieved to finish fourth at the Sachsenring having struggled to make his tyres work in the first half of the race

Randy de Puniet was left disappointed after having to retire his Kawasaki with mechanical gremlins just two laps from the end of the German MotoGP

Casey Stoner moved 32 points clear in the MotoGP world championship after closest rival Valentino Rossi crashed out of the German Grand Prix.

Australian Casey Stoner moved 32 points clear in the MotoGP world championship after closest rival Valentino Rossi crashed out of the German Grand Prix.

Full MotoGP race results from the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, round ten of the 2007 world championship.

Valentino Rossi's hopes of overturning Casey Stoner's championship lead in the near future have taken a heavy blow after the Italian fell from his Fiat Yamaha on lap five of the German Grand Prix.

Full MotoGP warm-up times from the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, round ten of the 2007 world championship.

THIS was the bloody carnage after a driver lost control of his car and hit a shopper outside a supermarket yesterday.

Highlights for today through July 21.

OELWEIN, Iowa -- The U.S. should shift troops from Iraq to pursue al-Qaida along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday.

OELWEIN, Iowa -- The U.S. should shift troops from Iraq to pursue al-Qaida along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday.

The culture-rich country lacks a major museum for contemporary work, but in Venice, businessman-art collector François Pinault sets out to correct that.

Cheap, fuel-efficient and versatile, compact hatchbacks are by far the most popular vehicles in India's rapidly growing auto market.

THE engine of my 1997 Fiat Punto shudders when accelerating out of a corner. There are no problems when accelerating in a straight line. I have been advised that the cause could be anything from an imbalanced engine to broken or poor engine mountings.

The facts are clear enough: the Mercedes in which Diana, Princess of Wales, and her lover, Dodi Fayed, were being driven crashed in Paris's Alma tunnel while chased by paparazzi hungry for more shots of the blonde in the rear window.

Sensex at new high as metal stocks rally Key metal stocks led a market rally that saw the BSE’s Sensex close 180.68 points higher at 15,272.72, after reaching an intra-day high of 15,330.73.The S&P CNX Nifty gained 1.31 per cent to close at 4,504.55, another all-time ...

Fiat India is planning to use its manufacturing plant in Ranjangaon, near Pune, to feed the markets in other countries. It is in fact going to make left-hand drive cars in India, even though they cannot be sold in the country because of the traffic rules, for export.

MotoGP World Championship leader Casey Stoner has taken his second pole of the 2007 season at the Sachsenring, on a day when title rival Valentino Rossi abandoned his own chances early.

Marlboro Ducati’s Casey Stoner isn't superstitious. The world championship leader sees no reason why he can’t win Sunday's German Grand Prix from the pole position, something no one, including himself, has been able to do for the past 11 races.

Full MotoGP qualifying times from the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, round ten of the 2007 world championship.

The idea behind this was simple: the new Fiat 500 was all about innocence and about re-birth, in many ways

Full MotoGP free practice times (3) from the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, round ten of the 2007 world championship.

Let us be brutally frank about Fiat. For much of the past three decades it has, just like General Motors and Ford in the US and what was once British Leyland in the UK, been the architect of its own misfortunes.

Jul. 05, 2007 — Products and services based on SIP (session initiation protocol), UMA (unlicensed mobile access), and cellular M2M (machine-to-machine) technologies are all poised for rapid growth, according to a trio of reports released this week by ABI Research.

Fiat India will recruit about 4,000 people for its upcoming manufacturing plant at Ranjangaon in Maharashtra. The recruitment would be done in the next 18 months, said Mr De Filippis Giovanni, Managing Director, Fiat India.

Steel melt shop works launched Mr P.K Bishnoi, Chairman and Managing Director of the Visakhapatnam steel plant, inaugurated structural erection works in the billet storage yard of the steel melt shop (No. 2) on Friday as a part of the expansion project. Sunil Hi-tech Engineers ...

Sensex at new high as metal stocks rally Key metal stocks led a market rally that saw the BSE’s Sensex close 180.68 points higher at 15,272.72, after reaching an intra-day high of 15,330.73.The S&P CNX Nifty gained 1.31 per cent to close at 4,504.55, another all-time ...

How do you become the world’s richest person? Answer that and, even if you do not get to be as rich as Croesus yourself, there is a fair chance you will find ways to be wealthier.

Another day, another two sessions led by MotoGP World Championship leader Casey Stoner - this time in Germany, where the young Australian dominated Friday free practice.

Valentino Rossi says he welcomes the predicted heat wave due to descend on the Sachsenring on Saturday.

For weeks now, a cross-section of the media in this country, especially the electronic media, has been making some noise about the academic qualifications of our third executive head of state, President Umar Musa Yar'Adua.

President Bush increasingly inhabits a parallel universe. His Thursday press conference displayed a remarkable disconnect from the current thinking of most Americans and even of many elected officials in his own Republican party.

Marlboro Ducati’s Casey Stoner proved the Desmosedici GP7 works as well on twisty tracks as fast ones by clocking the fastest time in Friday’s combined practice sessions at the Sachsenring in the former East German state of Saxony.

Full MotoGP free practice times (1 and 2 combined) from the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, round ten of the 2007 world championship.

MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - Severstal Auto JSC could issue 3.0 bln roubles worth of bonds on July 25, a banking industry source told Interfax. "This is a preliminary date," the source said.

There is nothing Mickey Mouse about the all-new Fiat 500. Despite its retro looks, the latest version of a car once nicknamed Topolino (Mickey Mouse) no longer identifies with the big-eared, squeaky-voiced, twitchy-nosed anthropomorphism.

MOSCOW, July 13 - Russian carmaker Severstal-Avto has preliminary plans to place a six-year bond worth 3 billion roubles on July 25, an official at Raiffeisenbank, the issue organiser, said on Friday.

Teksid Aluminum Luxembourg S.a r.l., S.C.A. announced that on June 12, 2007 it commenced a solicitation of consents from each holder of its outstanding 11 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011 pursuant to a consent solicitation statement dated July 12, 2007 , to implement proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Senior Notes and to the immediate effectiveness of a waiver in respect of the ...

MOSCOW, July 13 (Reuters) - Russian carmaker Severstal-Avto plans to place a 3 billion rouble ($117.6 million) bond on July 25, the company said on Friday.

Fiat's tiny new 500 joins the big boys with some high-end Microsoft Blue&Me gear for MP3 player, mobile phone and sat-nav integrated bliss

Aided by a weak dollar, China is quietly entering the European auto market in the first test of rich markets by Chinese automakers

They left their Brisbane home in early April, have completed almost half the journey and expect to be home in early October. They stopped in Turin last week to join the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Fiat 500 and to see the new model unveiled.

The tiny Fiat 500 may have been designed to ease traffic congestion but today it has brought the city of Turin to a standstill. The Italian maker has released a modern version of its iconic city-car, 50 years to the day after the original, fondly called the Bambino, went on sale.

NEW DELHI: A day after 70-year-old Kashi Dutt Tripathi, a retired chief engineer and brother-in-law of CBI director Vijay Shanker was found murdered inside his bungalow in upscale Sainik Farms, the police on Thursday indicated that the murder could be the handiwork of contract killers with the possible involvement of an insider.

Police have indicated that the murder could be the handiwork of contract killers with the possible involvement of an insider.

Kolkata: The West Bengal Government is only acquiring and transferring land to industrialists in the name of industrialisation and destroying the livelihood of ordinary people, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee alleged here on Thursday.

After suffering several late-race losses to Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi says he has now regained confidence in his tyres - and that his Assen victory proved he can go the distance with the Ducati star.

From the Arctic Circle to the Strait of Magellan: seeing things in a different light.

Valentino Rossi hopes to claim victory at the Sachsenring again as he chases down Casey Stoner.

THREE more people have been killed on the M11 - bringing the death toll in accidents on the motorway in the last month to SIX.

U.S. consumers should be allowed to take phones along with them when they switch wireless carriers, and spectrum to be auctioned through the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should include rules requiring the winning bidders to sell access to competitors at wholesale rates, some U.S. lawmakers...

U.S. consumers should be allowed to take phones along with them when they switch wireless carriers, and spectrum to be auctioned through the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should include rules requiring the winning bidders to sell access to competitors at wholesale rates, some U.S. lawmakers...

Five men are taken to hospital after being cut free from the wreckage of a road crash.

"Because of the wide-ranging scope of counterfeiting, it's nearly impossible for [FDA] to guarantee the safety of imported drugs, even if they enter the U.S. from supposedly reputable nations," Peter Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and founding member of FDA's Counterfeit Drug Task Force, writes in a Chicago Tribune opinion piece. [click link for full article]

Five men are taken to hospital after being cut free from the wreckage of a road crash in Dumfriesshire.

We tax consultants are much the same.

A target for the European vehicle industry of 130g CO2 per kilometre by 2012 is not feasible, Fiat CEO and European automakers (ACEA) head Sergio Marchionne reiterated.

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - The second-quarter results of Fiat SpA, the Italian car maker, are in line with expectations, the daily Finanza & Mercati said, citing CEO Sergio Marchionne.

MILAN, July 12 - The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.

The dollar index seems to be dropping towards that psychologically-important level of 80 as the dollar's buying power falls and falls because the Federal Reserve is creating so damned many of them.

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Customers should be able to keep their phones--not just their numbers--when switching carriers, some suggest.

U.S. consumers should be allowed to take phones along with them when they switch wireless carriers, and spectrum to be auctioned through the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should include rules requiring the winning bidders to sell access to competitors at wholesale rates, some U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday.

witnessed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and employees at the Case IH manufacturing plant in Benson, Minn. The machine is the Case IH Module Express 625, which allows growers to save capital, fuel and labor by combining cotton harvesting and module building in a single operation. The Benson plant is ramping up production to fill orders for the Module Express in time for this fall's harvest.

The world's first commercially available module-building cotton harvester rolled off the line this morning -- witnessed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and employees at the Case IH manufacturing plant in Benson, Minn.

( InfoWorld ) - U.S. consumers should be allowed to take phones along with them when they switch wireless carriers, and spectrum to be auctioned through the U.S.

( InfoWorld ) - U.S. consumers should be allowed to take phones along with them when they switch wireless carriers, and spectrum to be auctioned through the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should include rules requiring the winning bidders to sell access to competitors at wholesale rates, some U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday. Some members of the U.S. House of Representatives ...

U.S. consumers should be allowed to take phones along with them when they switch wireless carriers, and spectrum to be auctioned through the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should include rules requiring the winning bidders to sell access to competitors at wholesale rates, some U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday.

Fiat's tiny new 500 joins the big boys with some high-end Microsoft Blue&Me gear for MP3 player, mobile phone and sat-nav integrated bliss