By Kate Holton Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone group by sales, increased its full-year guidance on Tuesday due to favourable foreign exchange movements and said customers had continued to use mobiles during the downturn. The news, combined with Vodafone just beating its third-quarter revenue forecasts, sent shares in the group up over 6 percent higher. Vodafone also said it was making good progress with its wide-ranging cost-savings programme but said this would inevitably result in some job losses. The results were based on good performances from Germany,...
What to do with graduation money
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
It's the season for graduation gifts. And for most high-school, college and grad-school grads, there's one gift that's king: cash. With friends and family happily piling on, many grads will find themselves sitting on a...
Currency: NZ dollar back in US64c range
NZ Herald
NZ Herald
New 9:20AM Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 The New Zealand dollar rose more than 1-1/2c overnight against the greenback, which was heavily sold off. From a low around US62.55c yesterday evening, the kiwi peaked around US64.15c...
Save park for our children , why sell it for money
Papua New Guinea Post
Papua New Guinea Post
DEMOCRACY means government of the people, by the people and for the people and means those elected are there for a period of five years. MPs term in office is to serve nothing but the interest of the people who have...
Long-term-care reform could save big money
The Columbus Dispatch
The Columbus Dispatch
We understand the monumental challenge Gov. Ted Strickland and the legislature face as they work to close the projected $3.2 billion deficit in Ohio's upcoming biennial budget. We write to urge a partial solution that...

