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...mainly couples. They go on travel tours. They drink beer. It's leisure," he says. Look out, though, when the British stag parties start arriving, says Marketa Sebkova of the Hilton in Prague."They are loud. They get drunk." On fine champagne, no doubt. - By Michael Brunton...
...this year, the "Big Six" outsourcing firms - which include IBM - have captured only about €1.2 billion, half last year's market share, according to sourcing advisors TPI. If that number keeps shrinking, there might be a few more IBM employees feeling the Big Blues. - By Michael Brunton Waiting For A Reaction The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) won't begin producing energy before 2050, but it's already generating hot air. Last week, Japan considered filing a formal protest after French officials - including President Jacques Chirac - indicated that the French site at Cadarache, 65 km north of Marseilles...
...with 199 million more to follow. That's a no-brainer, not a snub of Microsoft Windows. Open-source software like Linux is easily modified for Asian languages, cost-free and quickly being adopted by governments all over Asia . Bridges work better when the tolls are low. - By Michael Brunton It Won't Go Away Talks aimed at resolving a decade-long legal fight between France and U.S. prosecutors over Crédit Lyonnais collapsed. Allegations that the then state-owned bank acquired insurer Executive Life illegally could now be heard in a U.S. court...
...this," says Peter White of Rethink Research, a Britain-based digital-media-research company. White thinks a global broadband audience could eventually eliminate the BBC's need for British public funding. The Beeb, he says, "is only just beginning to realize how commercially valuable it is." --By Michael Brunton...
...bedroom, ultra-wired house in Eindhoven, where live-in guests test-run the company's latest gadgets. Coming soon: a stereo that recognizes the tune you're humming and plays the song. Come to think of it, that might be handy in the bath, too. - By Michael Brunton...