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...geographical area, nor can they dial operators. BT says cable users can save €155 a year; decent but not up to VoIP's potential. Eventually, BT, AT&T et al. could market local service in foreign countries. For consumers, that's worth phoning home about. - By Mark Halper Southern France's Ray Of Hope Citizens in the southern French town of Cadarache will be paying close attention to talks in Washington this week aimed at choosing the site for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the world's biggest and most ambitious fusion-energy project. Wearing...
...boss Tony Ball passed. The only father/son crack appeared when senior said BSkyB will miss a goal of €575 revenue per customer. "We don't see any reason to change those targets," James retorted. Is that any way to talk to your FA - chairman? - By Mark Halper Stock Went Bipolar, Too U.S. drugs giant Merck called an end to clinical trials of its anti-depressant drug aprepitant - six years in the works - after tests showed it failed to treat depression effectively...
...search, Lord St. John of Fawsley, and opposes a payout to ex-CEO Tony Ball. A BSkyB spokesman says James is committed to dividends "in the future." If the Murdochs were to sell tickets to Friday's clash, they could pay dividends now. - By Mark Halper Will The Elves Unionize? L ong before Santa loads up this Christmas, the real work will have been done - but not by Lapland's little helpers. China's 10,000 toy factories - which account for almost three-quarters of the world's production - are, as always, expected to deliver on time. But from...
...than twice the $385 per user at Telecom Italia. The company forecasts a pretax loss of around $300 million for 2003, but Scaglia expects to break even in 2005. He's proving that it can pay to be a technology maverick--even in the post-dotcom era. --By Mark Halper...
...disrespect to the Britneys and whatnot, but there's a backlash to that kind of music," says Beth Halper, the DreamWorks A.-and-R. executive who signed Nelly Furtado. That backlash has taken the form of three solo artists who might be termed the Authentic Girls: Michelle Branch, 19, whose CD The Spirit Room has sold close to a million copies since August, according to SoundScan; Vanessa Carlton, 21, whose first effort, Be Not Nobody, has sold 300,000 copies in its three months of release; and Avril Lavigne, 17, whose first album, Let Go, debuted...