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May 8th 2007 From Economist.comA power-sharing government, at last AFP  Get article backgroundWILL Tuesday May 8th be marked, in years to come, as a day of celebration in Northern Ireland? There are many reasons to hope so. After generations of bloodshed, followed by nearly a decade of angry…

May 9th 2007 | DELHI From Economist.comAmerica apologises for killing more civilians in Afghanistan AFP  Get article backgroundTHE American army delivered an apology and blood money on Tuesday May 8th to the families of 19 Afghan civilians killed in March by marines. As in similar cases in…

Conquistadors on the beach May 3rd 2007 | BARCELONA, LA CORUÑA AND MADRID From The Economist print editionAFP Spanish companies have gone global, but now trouble is brewing at home with concerns over a property crash IT WAS the early 1980s and a wholesale fashion business was booming around…

Military spending May 8th 2007 From Economist.com Saudi Arabia's military expenditure amounted to 8.8% of GDP in 2005, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a think-tank. America spent 4% of GDP, though its total was $495.3 billion, compared with the Desert Kingdom's $25.4…

The week ahead May 6th 2007 From Economist.comWhat may make the news Reuters/AFP • POPE BENEDICT XVI takes a four-day trip to Brazil, his first long-haul journey since becoming pope two years ago. At a conference of bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean, which is meant to set the…

The opposite of Wal-Mart May 3rd 2007 | TALLAHASSEE From The Economist print editionA thriving grocery chain provides a telling contrast with Wal-Mart WITH the rise of Wal-Mart, smaller supermarkets across America have struggled to compete. But not Publix Super Markets, which recently opened its…

A battle at the checkout May 3rd 2007 | MOUNTAIN VIEW AND SAN JOSE From The Economist print editionClaudio Munoz PayPal dominates electronic payments, but Google's growing checkout service may prove a vigorous challenger Get article backgroundIN HIS celebrated book, “The PayPal…

Apple has recently discovered that some batteries used in its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks may have battery performance issues. Apple is offering a software update that is designed to improve battery performance.The battery update is available immediately via Software Update or downloadable…

[Bild: microsoft.com] Das neue Windows- Betriebssystem Vista entwickelt sich zur absoluten Verkaufsbremse. Jetzt bietet Computerriese Dell seinen Kunden wieder Windows XP an. Anzeige [20 Minuten] -  Grund sei eine entsprechende Nachfrage, erklärte das Unternehmen auf…

Apr 26th 2007 | LIUZHOU AND SHANGHAI From The Economist print editionThough struggling at home, General Motors is doing well in China THE industry saw it coming, but it is a symbolic milestone nonetheless. Figures released this week show that General Motors has been overtaken by its Japanese…