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China should not punish people for expressing their political views on the Internet, Yahoo said Monday, a day after the mother of a Chinese reporter announced she was suing the U.S. company for helping officials imprison her son. Yahoo criticized China in a brief statement that didn’t specifically mention the case of jailed journalist Shi Tao, whose mother visited Hong Kong on Sunday. Shi was sentenced to 10 years in 2005 after sending an e-mail about Chinese media restrictions.
Original post by Dikky Sinn and software by Elliott Back
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EU governments agreed to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad Thursday, paving the way for a cap on roaming fees later this summer. The price of a mobile phone call from abroad may drop by as much as 70 percent, according to the EU’s executive Commission. Europeans will have better information on hidden charges they face when they make calls from a country other than their own within the 27-nation bloc after the law takes effect at the end of June.
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Original post by Aoife White and software by Elliott Back
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In recent years, the world has watched with a mixture of fascination and trepidation as Chinese technology companies making everything from semiconductors to cell phones have pushed their way onto the global stage. Investors have piled in, hoping to reap the rewards that would flow from betting on an Intel or Dell in the making. Potential rivals, meanwhile, have feared that the Chinese, like the Japanese and Koreans before them, might elbow their way into prominence worldwide.
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Original post by Bruce Einhorn and software by Elliott Back
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IBM executives told investors Thursday they see a future where the technology giant grows profits significantly by expanding the amount of income from software sales and by tapping into emerging markets. Big Blue expects to boost the total percentage of its net income coming from software to 50 percent from the current 40 percent by 2010, part of a larger shift away from lower-margin endeavors, best exemplified by the company’s decision to exit the personal computer business.
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Original post by Keith Regan and software by Elliott Back
