South Africa will host the 17th conference of parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2011, the chair of the Copenhagen climate talks, Connie Hedegaard, said on Wednesday. The 2010 conference will take place in Mexico
LONDON - Budget airline easyJet announced on Wednesday that Andy Harrison will step down as chief executive next year. Andy Harrison, chief executive officer, has indicated his desire to leave the company in order to seek new challenges, easyJet
Andy Harrison, EasyJet chief executive, is to step down and Sir Michael Rake, the senior independent director and deputy chairman, is to become chairman as part of the latest boardroom shake-up at the low-cost airline. Mr Harrison, who has been at t
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen AG announced Wednesday it would buy a 19.9 percent stake in Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. by January 2010, with Suzuki also acquiring a stake in the German auto giant. No financial details were released but a statement said that
Volkswagen is in talks to buy a stake in Japan’s Suzuki Motor in a deal that would create the world’s largest carmaking alliance.Osamu Suzuki, Suzuki’s chief executive, on Wednesday confirmed long-circulating rumours that that the groups were negoti
PARIS - French lottery group La Française des jeux is looking into buying Camelot which runs the country's National Lottery, it has been reported. Economic dailies Le Figaro Economique and Les Echos said FdJ had until early 2010 to make a bid, but
The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded secrets related to airport passenger screening practices when it posted online this spring a document as part of a contract solicitation, the agency confirmed Tuesday.
SecureWorks has acquired DNS Limited, a U.K.-based provider of security services. The acquisition, announced Tuesday, gives the Atlanta-based SecureWorks a foothold in Europe. DNS runs an operations center in Edinburgh and has offices in London. Sec
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