Companies allowed to build solar power plants on public lands - Xinhua News Bureau
LOS ANGELES, July 3 (Xinhua) — California has lifted a ban forbidding companies to build large solar power plants on public lands, the San Jose Mercury News reported on Thursday. Under a new ordinance by the Agency of Land Management (BLM), companies

UPDATE 1-Vodafone wins UK tax-avoidance battle - Reuters
LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - British-based mobile phone group Vodafone (VOD.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) on Friday won a test-case tax battle which means it does not have to pay extra corporation tax to the UK government on its

Delivery companies feel cuts - Baltimore Sun
Sometimes it doesn’t absolutely, positively have to be there overnight. Budget-conscious shippers are deciding that their packages and envelopes can take a slower path to their destinations, going by second-day air or, even more slowly, by truck

2 Turks on Long Island accused of credit card scam - Newsday
Postal inspectors have arrested two Turkish nationals, who were members of a Long Island -based ring that looted credit card companies of at least several hundred thousand dollars, according to officials. Esin Overbeck, 28, of Bohemia and Oral

GfK Workers Council Opposes Taylor Nelson Merger (Udpate1) - Bloomberg
July 4 (Bloomberg) — GfK AG ’s workers council said it opposes the planned merger of the German market researcher with U.K. rival Taylor Nelson Sofres Plc , as the workers predict “significant” job cuts. “We predict significant redundancies at

Australia needs carbon trading to fight climate change - study - Forbes
SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - A major climate change report for Australia’s government on Friday suggested the rapid introduction of an emissions trading scheme to curb greenhouse gases and warned that delay could be disastrous. ‘Without early and

German Factory Orders Unexpectedly Drop a Sixth Month (Update1) - Bloomberg
July 4 (Bloomberg) — German manufacturing orders unexpectedly declined for a sixth straight month in Might, adding to signs that Europe’s largest economy is cooling. Orders , adjusted for seasonal swings and inflation, fell 0.9 percent from April, the

Microsoft seeks allies for new Yahoo move: report - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc’s search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo’s breakup, the Wall Street Journal said. Microsoft has

Wall St. cuts back on use of Fed loans - Seattle Post Intelligencer
WASHINGTON — Wall Street companies sharply scaled back their borrowing from the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending program over the past week while commercial banks boosted theirs slightly. The report, released by the Fed on Thursday, offered blended

Vodafone wins tax-avoidance battle - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : Mobile phone group Vodafone on Friday won a test-case tax battle which means it does not have to pay extra corporation tax to the government on its Luxembourg-based subsidiary. Mr Justice Edward Evans-Lombe ruled in Vodafone’s favour in the

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