Google began streaming free commercial videos
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Jun. 23, 2006

Google began streaming free commercial videos, including movies and TV shows, supported by advertising as part of a trial.

Google began streaming free commercial videos
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Google began streaming free commercial videos, including movies and TV shows, supported by advertising as part of a trial.
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The EU may launch an inquiry into anticompetitive behavior in the telecommunications industry
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The EU may launch an inquiry into anticompetitive behavior in the telecommunications industry next year, according to the bloc's top antitrust regulator.
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The UAW said about 37,000 hourly workers have accepted early-retirement or buyout offers from GM
Ajit Parker
The UAW said about 37,000 hourly workers have accepted early-retirement or buyout offers from GM and Delphi. Chrysler said it plans a program of rebates and 0% financing, a move that could draw GM and Ford into another incentive war.
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Wall street heads down, Europe up Asia down
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Stocks may slip early Friday after a flurry of merger activity in the energy sector and a decline in durable-goods orders. Markets rose in Europe and fell in Asia.
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US durable goods orders fell by 0.3 per cent in May, marking a second consecutive monthly decrease
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US durable goods orders fell by 0.3 per cent in May, marking a second consecutive monthly decrease. Orders fell by 4.7 per cent in April, but the data pointed to higher business investment.
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Carlyle Group’s planned T$47.6bn ($1.5bn) acquisition of Eastern Multimedia delayed
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Carlyle Group’s planned T$47.6bn ($1.5bn) acquisition of Eastern Multimedia, Taiwan’s largest broadband cable operator, was facing months of delay after the island’s new media regulator raised questions over the US private equity fund’s intentions.
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Europe’s bourses confounded expectations on Friday of a weaker opening and climbed helped by strength in oil stocks
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The FTSE Eurofirst 300 gained 0.3 per cent to 1,285.11 with the Xetra Dax in Frankfurt 0.3 per cent ahead at 5,549.91, the CAC-40 in Paris 0.5 per cent up at 4,825.54 and the FTSE 100 in London 0.4 per cent to the good at 5,704.4.next week.
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Google has sold its 2.3 per cent stake in Chinese online search engine Baidu.com
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Google has sold its 2.3 per cent stake in Chinese online search engine Baidu.com, clearing the way for the two companies to compete head-on for the country’s 111m internet users.
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overtaking General Motors causing most concern to investors and is seen as the most likely to default on its debts
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Ford is overtaking General Motors as the US car company causing most concern to investors and is seen as the most likely to default on its debts, according to the credit markets.
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