Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2, Already Reaching One in Four Consumers Worldwide (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
ATTENTION EDITOR, BUSINESS DESK REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Microsoft announces new rich Internet applications development and streaming media features; company outlines plans for supporting Windows, Mac and Linux tools for developing Silverlight applications.
Williams Controls Authorizes Stock Repurchase Program and Provides Fourth Quarter 2008 Guidance (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Williams Controls, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMCO) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the purchase, from time to time, of up to $5 million of shares of its Common Stock.
Popular business directory searches (The Edmond Sun)
EDMOND — Energy cost savings would be a key component of the proposed Public Safety Center. It was an edict to make the Public Safety Center a green building when the City Council approved the cost and placed the issue on the ballot, said Philip McNayr, Frankfurt Short Bruza vice president.
Philippine tycoon says plans to buy AIG unit (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
MANILA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Henry Sy, one of the richest men in the Philippines, is planning a bid to buy the Philippine unit of American International Group (AIG) along with a foreign partner, his holding company said on Monday.
Family firms grapple with succession battles (Gulf Times)
MUMBAI: For over a century, family-run business empires have held sway in India, but acrimonious succession battles are now turning off foreign investors and prompting Indian corporations to adopt post-dynastic strategies.
Aer Lingus puts it up to unions (Irish Emigrant)
Aer Lingus management sat down with union representatives on Monday to give details of plans to cut costs by €74m per year. €50m of this will be achieved through a reduction in staff costs which will mean 1,500 redundancies.