Orange targets immigrants with international phone deal (Belfast Telegraph) Orange has launched a cheap international phone service that will allow millions of foreign workers and immigrants in the UK to call abroad from a mobile phone at better rates than offered by international calling cards....more...(AFX UK Focus) 2007-05-17 16:33 GMT: Paris shares flat in hesitant holiday trading; Wall St sees profit-taking (Interactive Investor) PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Share prices were flat late afternoon, coming off morning gains, in hesitant trading on today's Ascension Day holiday in France and following an early drop on Wall Street, dealers said....more... How much is too much for Internet access? (China Daily) The World Bank recently released a report called "China's Information Revolution: Managing the Economic and Social Transformation"....more... O2 delays broadband launch for second time (Guardian Unlimited) The service is now not due to roll-out until September at the earliest, nine months later than originally planned. By Richard Wray....more... Today in the press (RTÉ News) RADIO TRIO WORTH MORE THAN ¤200m - The Irish Times quotes an information memorandum circulated to interested buyers as valuing Emap's Irish radio stations at more than ¤200m, based on profit forecasts....more... Greens in bid to broker SNP and Lib Dem coalition (The Scotsman) THE Scottish Greens have begun behind-the-scenes manoeuvring in an attempt to bring the Liberal Democrats and the SNP together in coalition, it emerged last night....more... Faith, hope and tragedy, but who was the real Angelika? (The Scotsman) Trial has left conflicting images of the young Polish woman killed in Glasgow, writes STEPHEN MCGINTY...more... Labour to challenge poll result (Scotland on Sunday) THE Labour party is planning to snatch electoral victory from the Nationalists by preparing a legal challenge over a Holyrood seat which the SNP won by a handful of votes....more... Salmond hails wind of change as poll goes to wire (The Scotsman) ALEX Salmond took his party's key target seat of Gordon from the Liberal Democrats but, thanks to technical gremlins, nobody knows who has won the Holyrood elections....more... |