Archive for July 3rd, 2009

When the dispute between British Airways and its staff to cut jobs and salaries was passed to ACAS on Wednesday, fears of another summer of strike action cast a shadow over thousands of holiday plans. But the airline’s problems with striking staff are nothing new. They began in July 2003, when an unofficial strike over… »

Nobody likes to admit to being duped-especially businesses when they fall victim to fraud. But according to a report published on Thursday, it’s happening more than ever before in the United Kingdom. In the first six months of 2009, reported cases of business fraud cost British companies 1.5 billion. And with 2008′s total reported business… »

With China’s plan to have all new computers come with the much-maligned Green Dam Internet filtering software now on the backburner, computer makers vying for China’s market have cleaved into two groups. On the one side are companies that were quick to comply, and on the other are companies that never put the software with… »