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...INDICATORS Printer Jammed Shares in Hewlett-Packard slid after third-quarter net earnings of $586 million came in below market expectations. Citing poor performance at the computer maker's business server and storage unit, CEO Carly Fiorina promptly fired three executives...
...easier. Increasing numbers of Europe's holidaymakers are opting to build their holidays on the Web: online travel spending in the U.K. rose by 159% in the first quarter of this year. Not surprisingly, traditional operators are feeling the pinch. Shares in Germany's TUI, Europe's largest, have slid by almost 30% since January. And debt-laden British package operator MyTravel recently announced it would cut its aircraft fleet to slash costs, with rival Thomas Cook dropping winter package prices to try to cut losses. But travel sites aren't necessarily thriving. U.K.-based lastminute.com last week announced...
...carried read, referring to the former Vermont governor whose initially promising bid for the Democratic nomination swiftly disintegrated after the first primaries in January and February. “Kerry’s a loser.”But asked about his purpose, Bob Barrett, 36, of Lynnfield, Mass., slid the first sign away to let another show...
...birthplace, was wedged into the flight plan. The pilot dipped the plane's wings, and Nancy called out, "Quick, get Ron and Patti to take a look." They gazed silently out the windows. The tiny cluster of buildings on a land-sea of vivid green summer corn quickly slid beyond view. "A lot of corn," said Nancy. Mike Deaver, who had served Reagan so loyally, wore the cuff links that he had given Reagan on his 75th birthday. Nancy had recently returned them. Deaver wore them for the first time on this flight. "I don't think I will wear...
...discounts on to consumers. Damage to the consumer "hasn't been fixed at all," griped Alain Bazot, UFC's president. Not as fixed as Sarkozy's political ambitions. - By Peter Gumbel Hitting The Brakes China 's efforts to slow its rapid industrial growth are on track: new car sales slid 19% in May from a month earlier; the country's steel imports fell by more than 30% year on year last month; and imports of iron ore dropped by 600,000 tons over the same period...