Faced with the question of how to get computers to middle-income earners, Intel played matchmaker between Taiwan chip makers and Vietnamese assemblers.
Peeking under the surface of globalization By DANIEL ALTMAN Newspapers and television broadcasts are full of numbers that supposedly tell the public how the global economy is doing, but none of these numbers tells you how the global economy actually works.
Surprising reversal revives Qantas takeover bid Reuters The group bidding for Qantas Airways said it would press on with the $9 billion takeover offer after winning last-minute backing from a large U.S. investor.
Microsoft and Yahoo enter talks to combat Google By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN AND JOHN MARKOFF Some kind of a partnership between the Internet companies, possibly involving Yahoo's new advertising platform, could occur.
German metal and engineering industry averts strike By G. THOMAS SIMS The wage agreement for 800,000 workers is expected to set precedent for the IG Metall union's 3.4 million workers across the country at some of Germany's biggest companies.
EADS shareholders take a dividend Reuters Shareholders in the Airbus parent awarded themselves the maximum allowed dividend of 12 cents a share Friday, but the French government declined to accept its share.
Spotlight: Monique Barbut of the UN Global Environment Facility By ERIKA KINETZ The first thing to know about Monique Barbut, chief executive of the Global Environment Facility - a $3.13 billion fund that helps developing countries deal with climate change - is that she is not an environmentalist.
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