Sarkozy is really clutching at straws bringing Dominique Strauss-Kahn into the equation. That’s a real sign of desperation. He calls Hollande a “little liar”. As we reach the final straight, Hollande is looking increasingly confident, and I almost feel sorry for Sarkozy. He’s looking like a tired, frustrated little boy. His nervous tics are worse ...
“Libya is facing a very dangerous period where the enemies of stability are unknown but are in front of us. In this situation we submit Saif to the prosecutor but we also insist on his security.” Zintan’s leadership has established an elaborate mechanism to protect the 39-year old London School of Economics graduate from potential ...
[unable to retrieve full-text content] FCC called on to revoke licences in wake of British parliamentary report as phone hacking scandal widens abroad A Washington-based ethics watchdog is calling on federal regulators to revoke News Corporation’s 27 Fox broadcast licences in the wake of the highly critical report on phone hacking from the UK parliament. ...
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Director on several boards hurt by Barclays vote as Man hedge fund investors exercise new-found sense of dissent Alison Carnwath, a high-profile serial director with a seat in the boardrooms of a number of major companies, has become a focus of discontent among investors after suffering an embarrassing protest vote ...
Vodafone Australia confirmed a few days ago that it had approved the Ice Cream Sandwich update for Galaxy S II devices, now waiting for Samsung to start the rollout within the next couple of days. Well, that didn’t take too long as the carrier has just announced on its blog site that the Android 4.0.3 ...
Major carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced new prepaid plans are available for its customers starting May 1. In addition, the operator introduced the Jetpack 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot (MiFi 4510L) for those who opt for one of the new plans. According to Verizon, the new prepaid offers customers unlimited talk and text messaging, as ...
Pointing to endorsement that the leader of France’s biggest union – the Communist-backed CGT – had given to his Socialist rival, Mr Sarkozy addressed the unions directly, telling them to “stay out of party politics”. Portraying himself as the champion of free enterprise, he called for a “new French model built not on state bureaucracy ...
Unions in the US also rejected Occupy’s call for a general strike today. However, following up the earlier tweet (see 20.30 post), there were about five arrests in New York when police chased a group of protestors wearing black bandanas over their faces. 20.40 Someone else who will be struck off Angela Merkel‘s Christmas card ...
Sony promised earlier this year that it would launch an international variant of the Xperia ion, which is currently available for purchase in United States via major carrier AT&T. Dubbed Sony Xperia ion LT28i, the smartphone has just been introduced in Taiwan, but the Japanese handset maker has yet to announce the phone’s suggested retail ...
Vodafone Australia customers who purchased the popular Galaxy S II smartphone through the carrier’s official channels have yet to receive their promised Android 4.0 ICS update. However, that should not take too long as Vodafone already confirmed a few days ago that the update had been approved by the carrier and would soon be pushed ...
