Peugeot to shed 10,000 jobs
The French car maker Peugeot said last night it would shed 10,000 jobs over the next year in a drive to cut costs and raise the profitability of the company.Europe's second biggest automotive group also announced plans to reduce... 
© 2025 NZ Herald Wed, 27 Sep 4:30pm Australian rules: Swans happy to be underdogs
Sydney utility Nick Malceski says his team is happy to go into Saturday's AFL grand final against West Coast at the MCG as underdogs.The Eagles are favourites for the match despite losing to the Swans at Subiaco Oval in their...
© 2025 NZ Herald Wed, 27 Sep 4:30pm IBM to Web-publish patent applications
Comparing their effort to that of the open-source community, IBM has announced that it will begin publishing its patent applications online. The goal, at least in part, is to stem the flood of patent-infringement lawsuits plaguing the industry.
© 2025 ComputerWorld US Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm HIV measure called into question
Measuring viral load may not be an accurate way of predicting HIV progression, research suggests.
© 2025 BBCWorld Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm Blair 'won't be back-seat driver'
Tony Blair will not be a "back-seat driver" when he leaves No 10, says former spin doctor Alastair Campbell.
© 2025 BBCWorld Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm Paris Hilton in drink-driving rap
Paris Hilton is charged with drinking and driving, following her arrest earlier this month in Los Angeles.
© 2025 BBCWorld Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm First zero-gravity human surgery
French doctors set off to carry out the first operation on a human being under zero-gravity.
© 2025 BBCWorld Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm  Google offer could cut power bills
Google, the internet search engine giant whose service is powered by hundreds of thousands of servers, is lobbying the computer industry to improve the power efficiency of its products.Simple changes to PC power supplies could...
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Changes at the top for Birthcare
Maternity hospital owner Birthcare is under new management.In fact, it's one of the present owners, but Birthcare director Roy Younge has decided to buy out his business partner and go it alone.Mr Younge said today he has...
© 2025 NZ Herald Wed, 27 Sep 4:30pm League: Smith set to replace injured Crocker
Jeremy Smith looks set to come into the Melbourne Storm line-up for the injured Michael Crocker for Sunday's NRL grand final against the Brisbane Broncos in Sydney.Crocker will miss the decider after sustaining a serious knee...
© 2025 NZ Herald Wed, 27 Sep 4:30pm  Intel keeps chasing chip speed
Intel Corp. plans to continue to building high-speed processors that will be needed to meet future software and hardware needs.
© 2025 ComputerWorld US Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm  Football: Arsenal beat Porto
Arsenal stroll to a comfortable win over Porto to go two points clear at the top of Group G.
© 2025 BBCWorld Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm 'Hitler' art auctioned in England
Artwork attributed to Adolf Hitler is auctioned in England for higher prices than expected.
© 2025 BBCWorld Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm N Korea hits out at US sanctions
North Korea blames US financial sanctions for deadlock in multilateral talks on its nuclear programme.
© 2025 BBCWorld Wed, 27 Sep 4:10pm Europeans urged to eat less fish
The key to saving dwindling European fish stocks is for people to consume less fish, conservationists say.
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