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NEW YORK -- Naomi Campbell has cleaned up her act - by getting down and dirty. The catwalker was released Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid.

NEW YORK - Naomi Campbell has cleaned up her act - by getting down and dirty. The catwalker was released Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid. The British supermodel sauntered...

Naomi Campbell has cleaned up her act -- by getting down and dirty. The catwalker was released Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid. The British supermodel sauntered out of the Department of Sanitation facility in Manhattan just after 4 p.m., making her exit seconds after a garbage truck rolled ...

NEW YORK (March 23, 2007) -- Naomi Campbell has cleaned up her act -- by getting down and dirty. The catwalker was released Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid. The British supermodel sauntered out of the Department of...

Naomi Campbell finished her cleaning duty in true supermodel style, stunning onlookers by leaving New York's sanitation department in a sequin encrusted floor-length silver evening gown.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has completed her five days of community service for assaulting her maid.

British supermodel Naomi Campbell was released on Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid.

Naomi Campbell has cleaned up her act by getting down and dirty. The catwalker was released Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid. Slideshow: "It Girls" Gone Bad

The GAO supports an alternative engine development program for the latest U.S. fighter aircraft though it may cost an extra $4 billion.

NEW YORK, March 23, 2007 -- JetBlue Airways today accepted delivery of its 100th Airbus A320 aircraft. The low-cost, low-fare, value-oriented airline operates the world's largest fleet of A320 aircraft.

North Carolina is trying to live up to its tag line: First in flight. Recruiters are stepping up efforts to attract plane builders, engine makers and parts manufacturers to the state that claims the birthplace of aviation.

A TIME reporter goes on a test flight of the world's largest commercial airliner. It can fly alright. But just how do you get the monster back on the ground?

Royce and Bombardier Celebrate 500th BR710 Engine Delivery@

Rolls-Royce and Bombardier celebrated delivery of the 500th BR710 engine with a ceremony on March 22 at Bombardier's manufacturing facility in Toronto, Canada.

This brings the total number of RTM322 engines ordered by Australia to 92, taking into account the original order for the first batch of 12 twin-engined helicopters.

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. A new biography of Ingrid Bergman casts fresh light on the making of the 1942 classic Casablanca , in which none of its three stars wanted to appear. They never suspected that their roles would become the best-remembered of their careers.

Manufacturer of high-end video game console hopes strong promotion will give it an edge in Europe.

A turquoise 1958 Chevy, a 1967 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow and several other classic cars lined the grassy parking lot of the Deep South Region of the Antique Auto Club of America on Sunday as part of the party for organization's 40th birthday.

A new biography of Ingrid Bergman casts fresh light on the making of the 1942 classic "Casablanca," in which none of its three stars wanted to appear. They never suspected that their roles would become the best-remembered of their careers.

A new biography of Ingrid Bergman casts fresh light on the making of the 1942 classic "Casablanca," in which none of its three stars wanted to appear.

Clive James left Sydney for England in 1961. He read English literature at Cambridge then became The Observer’s television critic from 1972-82 before forging a television career of his own. He has written four books of memoirs and many volumes of poetry, fiction and criticism.

Ruthe Stein offers a snapshot of the 1977 festival: Lauren Bacall agrees to be a featured guest at the San Francisco International Film Festival, but she doesn't want to spend any more time here than absolutely necessary. Board member George Gund...

''GET me to the church on time was the cry of bride Gillian Morrison and traffic cops were happy to oblige! A vintage Rolls Royce was swapped for a police car after the bridal party was stranded in Grangemouth when the wedding car broke down.

A handful of gamers showed up at a midnight store opening at Schiphol Amsterdam, including Sony fan Nomey, 24, who said the Blu-ray drive for new, high-density disks that can also play high-definition movies is reason enough to buy a PS3.

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Goal is aviation jobs with higher-than-average pay.

The much-anticipated PlayStation 3 is expected to fly off the shelves on Friday after going on sale across Europe. The PS3 has the usual gaming features, but also offers a Blue-ray DVD and web browser, allowing gamers to surf the net using a virtual keyboard.

Agencies Differ On Whether To Fund Pratt Rival GE's Version As Alternate For Fighter Competition between jet engine makers could make up for the extra cost of supporting an alternate engine for the multibillion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter, a government watchdog told Congress Thursday.

A handful of gamers showed up at a midnight store opening at Schiphol Amsterdam, including Sony fan Nomey, 24, who said the Blu-ray drive for new, high-density disks that can also play high-definition movies is reason enough to buy a PS3.

The much-anticipated PlayStation 3 is expected to fly off the shelves on Friday, after going on sale at midnight. The PS3 has the usual gaming features, but also offers a Blue-ray DVD and web browser, allowing gamers to surf the net using a virtual keyboard.

The much-anticipated PlayStation 3 is expected to fly off the shelves on Friday, after going on sale at midnight. The PS3 has the usual gaming features, but also offers a Blue-ray DVD and web browser, allowing gamers to surf the net using a virtual keyboard.

Midnight sales under the Eiffel Tower and at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz were aimed at blitzing Sony's PlayStation 3 onto the European stage on Friday, but the console faces tough rivals with headstarts.

British business could be about to indulge in a spending splurge not seen since a youthful MP called Gordon Brown first attended a Budget in the House of Commons in 1984.

Montreal, March 20, 2007 - The Solidarity Fund QFL (the "Fund") today announced a new partnership with FCPR Aerofund ("Aerofund"), a Paris-based fund specialized in the aeronautics and aerospace industry with business ties in Toulouse, Lyon and Bordeaux.

Announced in 2000, Airbus' A380 was designed to satisfy airline demand for more passenger capacity on long-haul routes. It can carry as many as 853 coach passengers (or, more typically, 555 in a three-class configuration) vs. the 747's top three-class load of 416, and does so with greater fuel efficiency and significantly lower noise levels both inside and outside the aircraft.

AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) - Midnight sales under the Eiffel Tower in Paris and at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin will blitz Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 onto the European stage on Friday, but the new games machine faces stiff competition.

Columbia University announced March 20 that it will remove two companies, ABB and Siemens, from the Sudan divestment list developed in April 2006, and it will add ten new companies to that list.

By Lucas van Grinsven, European Technology Correspondent, and Peter Griffiths

PETALUMA, Calif.----A new Small Business Administration policy set to go into effect this summer will allow the federal government to report billions of dollars earmarked for small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

The world's largest commercial aircraft, the Airbus A380, left Toulouse, France and touched down at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 9:28 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, Monday, March 19th, for its first landing in California and the West Coast.

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LONDON (AFX) - Retail sales in the UK rebounded sharply in February, rising by their biggest monthly amount in over two years after a particularly strong performance by non-food stores, official figures showed today.

A single phone number for all complaints about public services should be introduced, a committee of MPs is told.

A Walpole unit of British defense and aerospace giant Rolls-Royce plc has been awarded a $76.6 million contract for the U.S. Navy, officials report.

Our client is one of the world’s largest metal producers with an annual turnover of over £9 billion and major operating facilities in the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway, and Belgium. They have 41,200 employees in over 40 countries and sales offices and service centres worldwide.

AMSTERDAM. The fate of one of Britain’s greatest privately-owned Rembrandts now rests with the new Dutch government, which was due to be sworn in as we went to press. The centre coalition is to be headed by prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende.

A PETERHEAD company has secured the distribution rights for the "ideal" product to tackle the problem of 'black spot' for prawn fishermen. Malahide Filter Services Ltd can now provide the Tequisa product Melacide SC20 to prawn trawlermen and prawn processors throughout Scotland.

The agreement builds upon the companies' success in working together to support the UK's RB199-powered Tornado fleet by unifying airframe and engine maintenance, Rolls-Royce said in a statement.

A business-friendly Budget? After the deluge of complaint the Chancellor has been getting from business lobby groups over Britain's growing lack of competitiveness, that's certainly the way he wanted it to be seen.

Chancellor Gordon Brown sought to turn the Red Book green yesterday with a raft of environmental measures - headed by tax hikes for drivers of the most gas-guzzling cars.

The Government's economic objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all.

Pro Hart's legacy is not only scores of paintings, many still unseen in public, but his own DNA, part of a cutting-edge scheme to thwart forgers. Sixteen of those paintings are on view for the first time this week at a Sydney exhibition marking the first anniversary of his death.

Pro Hart's legacy is not only scores of paintings, many still unseen in public, but his own DNA, part of a cutting-edge scheme to thwart forgers. Sixteen of those paintings are on view for the first time this week at a Sydney exhibition marking the first anniversary of his death.

Pro Hart's legacy is not only scores of paintings, but his own DNA, part of a cutting-edge scheme to thwart forgers.

Under pressure to look seamless without looking Botoxed, some politicians are turning to doctors to get them camera-ready with laser treatments.

Gordon Brown attempted today to seize the environmental high ground from David Cameron's Conservatives with a series of tax incentives to encourage more energy-efficient cars and houses.

A boost for Emmerdale and X-Factor The red tape burden for television producers has been reduced in the budget. Under existing rules, television companies would have been obliged to keep separate accounting and tax records for each production.

Production delays and a financial crisis couldn't spoil the party on board the Airbus A380 Wednesday during a special flight for about 200 guests of Airbus and Lufthansa Airlines, which has 15 of the jets on order.

Helen Marshall, cursed with two noisy airports in her area of New York City, decided Wednesday that she can live with the sound of the new four-engine Airbus A380.

A business-friendly Budget? After the deluge of complaint the Chancellor has been getting from business lobby groups over Britain's growing lack of competitiveness, that's certainly the way he wanted it to be seen.

Paul Gisborne (now Silverthorn) awakens to the sudden noise of a large wave hitting the hull of the 110-foot sailing yacht on which he lives. He had slept in, but that's why he took this job. None of the guests eat breakfast. He's not a morning person.

Troubles in the subprime mortgage industry seem to be spreading. The stock market is in turmoil. Alan Greenspan and other economists say the economy is being hurt. Consumer groups predict that up to two million Americans will lose their homes. Should the government do something? A growing list of people say it should, from Democratic senators Christopher Dodd and Hillary Clinton to a string of ...

Budget in detail: Gordon Brown attempted today to seize the environmental high ground from David Cameron's Conservatives with a series of tax incentives to encourage more energy-efficient cars and houses.

Environment: Bid to seize environmental high ground.

Gordon Brown attempted today to seize the environmental high ground from David Cameron's Conservatives with a series of tax incentives to encourage more energy-efficient cars and houses.

Forget the image of students in tuxedos and gowns climbing into a stretch limo or Rolls-Royce to head to the prom. At Lexington High School, juniors and seniors this spring will have to travel by chartered trolley or coach bus.

The Government's economic objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all.

The Government's economic objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all.

Seized cars take top dollar

A new Small Business Administration policy set to go into effect this summer will allow the federal government to report billions of dollars earmarked for small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

ALMOST £800,000 is to be spent on further upgrading Langlands West Business Park. The work is to be carried out on the site earmarked for Rolls-Royce despite the fact the company shelved plans for a move there last year.

SAN PEDRO, Laguna, Philippines -- Call him the “Biking Superlolo.” While most men his age would probably celebrate their natal day sitting on a wheelchair or standing with a cane, Benjamin Manas marked his 80th birthday on Tuesday in style -- riding on his favorite bike, all by his lonesome.

Bruce Propst of Elk Grove Village has worked in aviation for about 40 years but had never seen anything like it. He was awe-struck as the sun glimmered off the blue tail and the massive Rolls Royce engines of the Airbus A380 — the world’s largest passenger jet.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden----Volvo Aero and the Swedish Government are each investing SEK 63 M when the government authority Vinnova distributes money for the first time to a commercial demonstrator program in the aerospace industry.

"My heroes have always been cowboys. And they still are, it seems." I'm dedicating this column today to a certain 84-year-old stuntman who never learned the simple task of traveling more than 50 yards without something spectacularly Western happening to him.

Forget the image of students in tuxedos and gowns climbing into a stretch limo or Rolls-Royce to head to the prom. At Lexington High School, juniors and seniors this spring will have to travel by chartered trolley or coach bus.

Chicago got its first gander Tuesday at the problem-plagued Airbus 380, the world's largest aircraft and one that its manufacturer (Chicago-based Boeing's rival) hopes will prove hugely popular with the flying public when it finally goes into service in about two years.

ARLINGTON – The Texas Rangers and the Dallas Cowboys soon will be neighbors, but they are now on different ends of the playing field when it comes to stadium naming rights.

When mutual fund investor Eric Cohen discovered in September that Fidelity Investments owned a big stake in PetroChina, which has an oil project in war-torn Sudan, he and two friends started FidelityOutOfSudan.com. Their aim: to push the Boston-based fund giant to sell stocks of some companies that do business in Sudan.

A London property which attracted the likes of Jennifer Aniston and Johnny Depp is the most expensive house in the capital. Ten Park Street in Mayfair has pushed the boundaries of the city's rental market at a massive £40,000 a week.

The Texas Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that requires state pension funds to divest funding from companies that do business in Sudan.

Lord Turnbull's stinging assessment of Gordon Brown's "Stalinist ruthlessness" caused deep anger among the chancellor's supporters but insufficient concern among MPs to derail his leadership juggernaut.

DUBAI — Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), a $15 billion global aerospace company, is close to clinching a $1.5 billion deal to buy two aviation businesses from US private equity firm Carlyle Group, reports quoting informed sources in the US said.

Foreword: This is Part 4 of a series that pits Microsoft's new Vista OS against MEPIS, a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution.

Any civil servant required to work equally closely with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown faces the challenge of reconciling their conflicting demands.

Hundred of thousands of Iraqis have packed and set off to try to join the diaspora in Jordan, Syria, and beyond.

SYDNEY, March 21 (Reuters) - Following is the text of a statement from Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. . QantasLink today announced that it would expand its Boeing 717-200 fleet from eight to 11 aircraft as part of a renewed operating agreement with National Jet Systems (NJS).

In the cold and filthy yard of Baghdad's Resafa passport office, hundreds of people cram in every day to attempt a Kafka-esque journey through post-Saddam bureaucracy that must be negotiated in order to leave the country.

Ross Marowits March 20, 2007 - 6:27 p.m. MONTREAL (CP) - As the world's aerospace giants look to overhaul their supplier base, a Quebec union's financial arm has partnered with a French investment fund to help create transatlantic partnerships for smaller aerospace companies.

A QANTAS investigation has raised doubts about whether maintenance carried out on its planes overseas is meeting the company's own standards or those of the Australian regulator.

By The Indianapolis Star Mar. 17--Central Indiana has become an incubator for homegrown life-science companies, but the state is also eager to import them.

Lord Black is accused of stealing $60m while he was chief executive of Hollinger International.

Lord Conrad Black is accused of stealing $60m while he was chief executive of Hollinger International.

Software that analyses the relationship between end product and the production process could boost factory efficiency

MONTREAL (CP) - The Quebec Federation of Labour's Solidarity Fund has invested $11 million in a Paris-based aerospace investment fund to build a bridge to creating transatlantic partnerships in the crucial industry.

Rolls-Royce PLC, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines, said Tuesday that the Australian Department of Defence has ordered 34 engines for its MRH90 multi-role helicopters.

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai, the Gulf sheikhdom forced to sell its U.S. port assets last year on security fears, aims to buy two U.S. aircraft repair companies operating in the U.S. and is wooing American lawmakers to avoid a political backlash.

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai, the Persian Gulf sheikhdom forced to sell its U.S. port assets last year on security fears, plans to buy two aircraft engine repair companies operating in the U.S. without a political backlash.

A QANTAS investigation has raised doubts about whether maintenance carried out on its planes overseas is meeting the company's own standards or those of the Australian regulator.

A QANTAS investigation has raised doubts about whether maintenance carried out on its planes overseas is meeting the company's own standards or those of the Australian regulator.

Steve Creedy Aviation writer A QANTAS investigation has raised doubts about whether maintenance carried out on its planes overseas is meeting the company's own standards or those of the Australian regulator.

A QANTAS investigation has raised doubts about whether maintenance carried out on its planes overseas is meeting the company's own standards or those of the Australian regulator.

A CLITHEROE man who was well known for his snooker and motorcycling has died suddenly aged 82. (20/03/2007 11:29:37)

Buffett would no doubt be one of the richest and most famous investors in America with a net worth in the tens of billions of dollars.

The Australian Department of Defence has selected the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 to power another 34 MRH90 Multi-Role Helicopters. This brings the total number of RTM322 engines ordered by Australia to 92, taking into account the original order for the first batch of 12 twin-engined helicopters.

ALGER Cooper likes Skodas so much he has just bought his 27th.

TORONTO -- Nortel Networks Corp. expects flat or slightly lower sales this year but with "much more attractive margins" as cost cuts gain traction, company executives said yesterday.

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai's planned purchase of two aircraft engine repair companies won't raise the same national security concerns in Congress as the acquisition of several U.S. ports last year by a company based in the emirate, said Senator Charles Schumer, a leading critic of the ports deal.

NEW YORK -- Really big wasn't big enough.

The A380 landed in the US for the first time yesterday, at New York JFK's Terminal 1, following a quiet flight from Frankfurt that took 45 min. less than the 7 hr. 45 min. scheduled flight time.

The London Symphony Orchestra, one of the world's leading orchestras, will hold concerts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou cities in April, sources with Beijing culture authorities said on Tuesday.

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai's planned purchase of two aircraft engine repair companies won't raise the same national security concerns in Congress as the acquisition of several U.S. ports last year by a company based in the emirate, said Senator Charles Schumer, a leading critic of the ports deal.

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai's planned purchase of two aircraft engine repair companies won't raise the same national security concerns in Congress as the acquisition of several U.S. ports last year by a company based in the emirate, said Senator Charles Schumer, a leading critic of the ports deal.

A DRIVER loves Skoda cars so much that he's just bought his 27th. Alger Cooper says he has heard all the jokes about Skodas but wouldn't drive any other type of vehicle.

Judge to ask jurors if they had read about settlement.

Gary Norris March 19, 2007 - 4:38 p.m. TORONTO (CP) - Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) expects flat or slightly lower sales this year but with "much more attractive margins" as cost cuts gain traction, company executives said Monday.

PETALUMA, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Small Business League President Lloyd Chapman says he believes the Bush administration's expenditure of over $50 million a month to some of the nation's largest public relations firms is hampering his efforts to expose billions in fraud and abuse in federal small business contracting programs.

It could be a Rolls Royce or a luxury yacht or it could be an equally expensive designer watch. Conspicuous consumption is now big business in India, as the super-rich are getting ready to blow their money on luxuries.

Monday, noon: Flat sales predicted for 2007, but more profit promised

London, Mar 19: Late 'The Who' drummer Keith Moon loved parading around the streets of LA dressed as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II. According to pal and fellow rocker Alice Cooper, the outrageous British musician even redesigned his car to make it look like a royal carriage.

Community Health buying Triad NEW YORK (AP) - Hospital operator Community Health Systems Inc. said Monday it will buy Triad Hospitals Inc. for $54 per share, or about $5.1 billion in cash.

Mike Zafirovski, president and CEO of Nortel. (CPimages/ AP Photo/Microsoft, Robert Sorbo) TORONTO (CP) - Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) expects flat or slightly lower sales this year but with "much more attractive margins" as cost cuts gain traction, company executives said Monday.

Gary Norris March 19, 2007 - 10:56 a.m. TORONTO (CP) - Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) expects flat or slightly lower sales this year but with "much more attractive margins" as cost cuts gain traction, company executives said Monday.

TORONTO (CP) - Nortel Networks Corp. (TSX:NT) expects flat or slightly lower revenue this year but with "much more attractive margins" as cost cuts gain traction, company executives said Monday.

DALLAS, March 19 -- Titanium Metals Corporation ("TIMET") announced today that it has entered into a new, long-term titanium supply agreement with Rolls Royce plc and certain of its affiliates ("Rolls-Royce").

Jeff Nigriny, chief security officer of Exostar, and president and chief operating officer of CertiPath, joins an elite group of "Pros to Know" for his leadership and innovation in secure multi-enterprise collaboration.

Titanium Metals estimates total revenue of $2 billion under the deal, which started Jan. 1 and runs through 2016. The company posted 2006 revenue of $1.18 billion.

Titanium Metals Corp. said Monday it signed a 10-year agreement to supply engine maker Rolls Royce PLC with titanium products for producing gas turbine engines.

HE Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Director General, Dubai Department of Information, met the 'Rolls-Royce' of British royal linen suppliers and Pakistan's 'first official royal designer' as he inaugurated Motexha 2007, the largest annual garments, textiles, leather and fashion accessories event in the Middle East.

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London, Mar 19(ANI): Late 'The Who' drummer Keith Moon loved parading around the streets of LA dressed as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II. According to pal and fellow rocker Alice Cooper, the outrageous British musician even redesigned his car to make it look like a royal carriage. "He had the roof taken off his Rolls Royce and the interior pulled out and a throne put in," ...

A Wearside spy who was awarded Germany's Iron Cross medal by a grateful Hitler is the subject of a best-selling new book. Sarah Stoner finds out about the life of Eddie Chapman – thief, hero and ruthless double agent.

Salesforce.com , the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, today announced that salesforce.com EMEA is the leader in the fastest growing on-demand CRM market in the world - Europe, Middle East and Africa .

Titanium Metals Corporation announced today that it has entered into a new, long-term titanium supply agreement with Rolls Royce plc and certain of its affiliates .

The trial of Lord Conrad Black is delayed until Tuesday, following objections from the media tycoon's lawyers.

The trial of media tycoon Lord Conrad Black on fraud and racketeering charges is expected to begin on Monday.

By Ted Thompson THE superhospital simply needs another entrance/exit on the Clifford Bridge Road, if only for buses and vehicles dropping off patients and leaving the site quickly.

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

Nick Cannon's got jokes. No, really. At 26, the comedian has managed to make comedic rap, taken mainstream by such comparative old-timers as Will Smith, less nerdy. Cannon is also a Golden Globe nominee for his performance as a college-age civil rights activist in Emilio Estevez's 2006 film Bobby . His latest big deal? The revival of one of the original hip-hop clothing lines, PNB Nation, which ...

Skyscrapers are heading upwards, becoming greener and the world's wealthy want a piece of the new high life.

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PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Airbus French employees protest restructuring plan; 1,000 on strike in Toulouse PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

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PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Airbus French employees protest restructuring plan; 1,000 on strike in Toulouse PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

The cupola that once crowned the library here sits in the small reading park adjacent to the 192-year-old Greek revival building. Still wearing the wings attached during a fund-raising campaign to help the cupola "fly" back to the roof, it has become a symbol of the financial woes that have enmeshed the privately owned library and this bucolic ...

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I am writing to thank the authors of the "Mary Worth" comic strip, Karen Moy and Joe Giellie. I wish to thank them for addressing the subject of Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War in their comic strip.

PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Airbus French employees protest restructuring plan; 1,000 on strike in Toulouse PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

SEGUIN — It was a “connoisseur’s car.” But not just any connoisseur. Because only 3,000 were made between 1959 and 1964, they were prohibitively expensive to buy and own, and only the most affluent and well-connected motorists in the world were even allowed to buy them.

With Conrad Black as CEO, Hollinger International once controlled the world's third largest newspaper empire. Now the company has renamed and shrunk as Black fights white-collar fraud charges in cour.

Gov. Mitch Daniels will travel to Europe in May and call on company officials who have invested in Indiana.

TORONTO — At the Hollinger group’s peak in the mid-1990s, Conrad Black controlled one of the world’s biggest newspaper empires, including the London Daily Telegraph, Jerusalem Post, Chicago Sun-Times and dozens of Canadian and American publications.

Playing without the All Blacks was supposed to be the easy bit. Turns out, though, that playing with them might be a lot tougher than the Super 14 franchises first thought.

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Q: What happened to Annie Parisse, who played ADA Alexandra Borgia on "Law & Order." Her character was killed. Why did she leave the show? And what is she doing now? A: Parisse asked to be...

PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Airbus French employees protest restructuring plan; 1,000 on strike in Toulouse PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Devon motorist Alger Cooper is on his 27th Skoda after buying his first one in 1971.

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PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Airbus French employees protest restructuring plan; 1,000 on strike in Toulouse PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

ENGINEERS at Swansea University believe they have made a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence that will allow computers to learn from mistakes and that could save industry "billions" of pounds.

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PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Airbus French employees protest restructuring plan; 1,000 on strike in Toulouse PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Central Indiana has become an incubator for homegrown life-science companies, but the state is also eager to import them. That's the case with Oxford BioSignals Medical, which is relocating its corporate headquarters from the United Kingdom to Carmel, where it expects to create 120 high-paying jobs in the next five years.

ENGINEERS at Swansea University believe they have made a breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence that will allow computers to learn from mistakes and that could save industry "billions" of pounds.

Just a couple of decades ago, the modern movement was written off as hopelessly dogmatic, depleted, done, but it never really died, and all its bareness and spareness have come back into fashion.

DAREDEVIL aerial display team the Red Arrows jetted into RAF Valley last week to prepare for the summer display season.

It's been a mixed week for the aircraft maker, as workers protested job cuts.

PARIS, March 16, 2007 (AFP) - The British government is to sign in the next few days a contract for refuelling aircraft worth 18.5 billion euros (24.6 billion dollars), the French newspaper La Tribune reported on Friday.

PARIS, March 16, 2007 (AFP) - The British government is to sign in the next few days a contract for refuelling aircraft worth 18.5 billion euros (24.6 billion dollars), the French newspaper La Tribune reported on Friday.

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PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Airbus French employees protest restructuring plan; 1,000 on strike in Toulouse PARIS (AFX) - About 1,000 Airbus employees in its headquarters city of Toulouse staged a strike to protest the restructuring plan in which the troubled EADS unit would cut 10,000 jobs throughout Europe.

Jolie adoption moving on ... Media baron trial update. A judge on Tuesday prevented O.J. Simpson from receiving any further compensation from a canceled book deal and TV interview and ordered the bundled book rights to be auctioned off.

FRANKFURT (AFX) - Share prices recovered their morning losses in afternoon trade as US economic picked up investors, dealers said.

MIAMISBURG, Ohio, March 16, 2007 -- Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, announced today the launch of its new Leica T-Mac device, a Tracker-Machine wireless control sensor that can be mounted on moving robots, machines, or parts whose position need to be monitored in 6DoF space.

MARINE company James Fisher has won a lucrative Far East submarine contract. Its subsidiary Rumic, in Dalton, has run the Submarine Rescue Service for the Royal Navy from Furness and Scotland for 16 years.

There are many perfectly legal ways a bankrupt can slip into a life of ease bankrolled by a supportive spouse. Ray Williams, of HIH notoriety, appears to have employed several of them. Elisabeth Sexton investigates.

Britain's Defense Ministry said Friday it was close to approving an euro18.5 billion deal to buy refueling aircraft from a consortium that includes French defense companies EADS and Thales SA.

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The government is to sign in the next few days a contract for refuelling aircraft worth 12.6 billion pounds, a French newspaper reported on Friday.

FRANKFURT (AFX) - German shares dipped after the Nikkei closed lower on a weakening of the US dollar and with investors focusing on the option expiry date today.

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FRANKFURT (AFX) - Commerzbank AG is selling its UK asset management unit Jupiter for around 1 bln eur to a consortium formed out of Jupiter management itself and US financial investor TA Associates, Handelsblatt said, citing sources.

Commerzbank sells UK unit Jupiter to TA consortium for 1 bln eur - report FRANKFURT (AFX) - Commerzbank AG is selling its UK asset management unit Jupiter for around 1 bln eur to a consortium formed out of Jupiter management itself and US financial investor TA Associates, Handelsblatt said, citing sources.