OUTLOOK Credit crunch to hit support services cos, recruiters particular ( bi2330561 LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The support sector likely show the affects of the credit crunch next week's results, analysts predicting the second half of 2008 to get worse as the economic impact of the downturn begins to bite

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-07 03:14 China Oilfield Services shares suspended H bi2330561 HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - China Oilfield Ltd (COSL), a unit of China National Offshore Oil Corp, has requested that trading shares be suspended Hong Kong pending an announcement related to a possible major transaction, the stock exchange said

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-07 02:17 China Oilfield Services to announce deal for bi2330561 HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - China Oilfield Ltd (COSL) expected to announce today the acquisition of Norway-based rival Awilco Offshore ASA, the South China Morning Post reported, citing sources

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-04 12:10 ECB'S GONZALEZ PARAMO SAYS ECB INFLATION SPRE bi2330561 Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, expressly prohibited the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-04 07:40 Weir group buys 75 pct Standard Oilfield S bi2330561 LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Weir Group Plc. said has completed the acquisition of a 75 percent stake Standard Oilfield Ltd. for C$16 million

Teens have 800 illegal songs on iPods (Daily Telegraph) bi2330561 Young people have an average of 800 illegally copied songs on iPods or MP3 players, according to the largest ever survey of youth music ownership

Only Sony signed up to offer PS3 movies, so far (The Inquirer) bi2330561 SONY MAY HAVE plans to feed movies to PS3 console, but so far the only studio signed up to participlate the Vole-busting scheme Sony itself

Virgin Media loses 3,000 customer bank details (Computer Active) bi2330561 Virgin Media has confessed to losing the bank details of 3,000 new customers last month. All the customers involved have been offered credit file protection, essence a close watch on all financial transactions, and automatic indemnity should a theft occur

Review: Sierra Wireless Compass 597 USB modem (Macworld) bi2330561 The Sierra Wireless Compass 597 the ultimate cellular data modem combo. The device folds high-speed data access and GPS service a tiny USB cell modem and pairs new Mac OS X software that takes full advantage of the new hardware

Virgin Media loses 3000 customer bank details (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Irelan bi2330561 Virgin Media has confessed to losing the bank details of 3000 new customers last month

PACE call to action to avoid Black Sea environmental disaster (Unian) bi2330561 The Assembly on June 23 unanimously adopted a recommendation encouraging the states bordering the Black Sea - Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine ? to take steps to prevent damage to the Black Sea environment and strengthen co-operation at both national and regional levels, according to The Financial

Original Pirate Material (New Media Knowledge) bi2330561 British Music Rights has revealed that the average youth has around 900 illegally downloaded tracks on MP3 player. Tim Hoang reports on how the music industry continues to struggle the Web

Movie giant targets local web whiz (Richmond News) bi2330561 You paid for that new Usher CD, so the songs are yours to rip and load onto your iPod, right? Maybe not. A new copyright bill introduced Ottawa last week could make such copying illegal

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