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Officials back off -change rule Boston Globe
NEW YORK -- City health officials yesterday backed off a plan that would have allowed New Yorkers to switch the on their birth certificates without undergoing -change surgery. The city's health commissioner, Thomas Frieden said the issue would require further study. (AP)
3G licences to be issued 'very soon' China Daily
HONG KONG: China could "very soon" award domestic telecom operators licences to build 3G (third generation) mobile phone networks, the country's top telecom official said yesterday.
USA Technologies Issues Letter to Shareholders Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
MALVERN, Pa.----USA Technologies issued the following Letter to Shareholders today:
CIC Holding Co., Inc., Korea's Leading Children's Apparel Company, Receives $6 Million Investment Commitment PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6, 2006 -- Formed in 1999, CIC Holding Co., Inc. has developed into the leading children's apparel company in Korea. CIC's premium brands are known for their style and quality and are sold in the leading retail apparel stores in Korea, China and Japan.
EU: Connecting the Global Village; the European View on Telecommunications PublicTechnology.net
Viviane Reding, member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media has spoken on her vision for telecomms, at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong.
Aliant Launches Cellular Manager Service CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading information and communications technology provider, today announced the launch of a unique mobile service called Cellular Manager. The new service gives parents the ability to better manage their children's cellular phone by staying connected with their kids and allowing them to set boundaries that work with their individual situations.
MARKETS-MALAYSIA-STOCKS =2 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News
- Malaysia's main ruling party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), will emerge as a major shareholder behind virtually all of the nation's mainstream Malay-language newspapers after the merger of publishers New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd and Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd , the Star newspaper said.
Letters to the Editor Berkeley Daily Planet
Some cities around the United States have turned their declining downtowns into vigorous, exciting places including pedestrian malls. It is inspiring to read their stories. Success seems to follow a long sustained collaboration of citizens, merchants and government.
Telecom IPOs Blossom in Asia/Pac Light Reading
Telecom companies in the high-growth Asia/Pacific region are closing out the year with a rash of IPOs to finance their expansion. Indonesian operator PT Mobile-8 Telecom made its debut on the Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday, listing 19.9 percent of its equity at a price of 225 Rupiah ($0.025) per share.
Markets Nov 28 The Hindu
Tata Indicom's `One Nation' plan Tata Indicom, has launched a tariff plan that offers all domestic calls (local and STD) at Re 1 a minute and all domestic calls to Tata Indicom phones at Re 1 for three minutes. This `One Nation' tariff is for its post-paid Walky
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