Archive for July 28th, 2006

Japan sees prices rise: time of crisis or of celebration?

July 28, 2006
By invandbiznews
Japan sees prices rise: time of crisis or of celebration?

Inflation in the Land of the Rising Sun seems to be settling in nicely. It seems strange to celebrate rising inflation, but in Japan, prices going up is like a breath of fresh air – after a decade of deflation. In all, consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in June, from 12 months ago. It...
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Happy Birthday PC. Seriously.

July 28, 2006
By invandbiznews
Happy Birthday PC. Seriously.

Next month the IBM PC will be twenty five years old, this should be a time for businesses to reflect and celebrate how this bland beige box has transformed the way we work probably more than any other device before or after. The IBM PC was not the first personal computer on the market...
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US open supply of bombs to Israel a grave error

July 28, 2006
By invandbiznews
US open supply of bombs to Israel a grave error

A war of words has broken out between two normally happy partners, the Americans and the British. Just as politicians in the UK are just getting over the affair with the CIA allegedly using a Scottish airbase to fly prisoners onwards to secret prisons for so called ‘extraordinary rendition’ – someone blows the whistle...
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