NAVTEQ(R) Introduces Global Map Coverage.
First Release of NAVTEQ Entry Map(TM) Available in Eastern Europe CHICAGO, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NAVTEQ , a leading global provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has announced a broader set of data to complement its navigable NAVTEQ map. This new map,...

Microsoft fails to secure ISO nod for Office Open XML.
Byline: Harsimran Singh NEW DELHI: The world's largest software company, the $51-billion Microsoft Corporation, on Wednesday failed to secure an ISO approval in a preliminary vote for its Office Open XML (OOXML) standard in the wake of hectic lobbying from rival ODF (Open Documents Format) camp backed...

Bank worked under software firm's cover.
Byline: Pradeep Thakur NEW DELHI: The money laundering racket was busted by the I-T department early this year during a routine investigation into hawala transactions. The money trail probed by the UK authorities had revealed that the Bermuda-registered bank had been the conduit of money launderers for...

Global MFs head for emerging hotspots.
Byline: Shailesh Menon MUMBAI: India-based international mutual funds are scrounging for opportunities in emerging markets to deploy their funds profitably. According to industry sources, most overseas funds would be skipping European and American markets and shopping in growth markets. Most fund managers are placing their...

RCOM to invest Rs 800cr in Uganda.
Byline: Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: Reliance Communications (RCOM) will invest Rs 800 crore to roll out a telecom network - fixed and mobile - in Uganda, a country in Eastern Africa. The company has bagged a licence to be the African nation's sixth telecom operator. Once...

RCom to invest Rs 800 cr in Uganda.
Byline: Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: Reliance Communications (RCom) will invest Rs 800 crore to roll out a telecom network - fixed and mobile - in Uganda, a country in Eastern Africa. The company has bagged a licence to be the African nation's sixth telecom operator. Once...

Airline News - Europe.
Apr 16, 2007 US makes push for open skies deal with China US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said last week during a Chinese tour that the US is seeking an "open skies" agreement with the world's most populous nation similar to the recently agreed US-EU accord and...

Papayanis, Marilyn Adler. Writing in the Margins: The Ethics of Expatriation from Lawrence to Ondaatje.
PAPAYANIS, MARILYN ADLER. Writing in the Margins: The Ethics of Expatriation from Lawrence to Ondaatje. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2005. 296 pp. $69.95 cloth; $34.95 paper. The expatriate experience, often viewed with a great degree of naive romanticism, has long been a subject of interest, allure, fascination,...

Essar Shipping bids for Bulgarian shipping company.
Byline: Nevin John MUMBAI: The Ruias-controlled Essar Shipping and Logistics (ESLL) is among the three bidders for Bulgaria's Navigation Maritime Bulgare (Navibulgar), a shipping company wholly-owned by the government. The 106-year-old shipping major is valued at around $700 million. The companies that have submitted letters...

The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean.
The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean. John Julius Norwich. Chatto & Windus. [pounds sterling]25.00. xviii + 667 pages. ISBN 978-0-701-17608-2. Lord Norwich likes to tackle large subjects--Byzantine Venice, and the Normans in southern Europe--and here he tackles nothing less than the Mediterranean, or rather, those nations and...