Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:10:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Members of a smuggling group hold the leashes of horses carrying alcoholic drinks during a smuggling operation to Iran at the border near Sulaimaniya, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad January 26, 2012. Border security forces repeatedly clash with smugglers who use the dark and rugged area to facilitate their operations. Picture taken on January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CRIME LAW ANIMALS)
Nokia seen struggling in early days for Windows Phone
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:10:12 +0100 HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, is expected to remain barely in the black in the fourth quarter, with its new Windows Phone models yet to compensate for diving sales of its legacy smartphones. Nokia is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings per share falling 82 percent from a year ago to 0.04 euros and to forecast a weak start to 2012, when it releases results at around 1100 GMT. Nokia unveiled a high-profile strategy shift to Microsoft software on its smartphones last February in a bid to rival to Apple and Google's Android. ... (Source: Reuters)
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:50:11 +0100 (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co announced a new business structure on Tuesday that divides its film group into its two other business units as the once-iconic photography company tries to refocus as a digital company to help fend off financial difficulties. Its shares jumped after the news and closed up 50 percent at 60 cents. Separately, on Tuesday the company filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc, accusing it of infringing four patents related to digital camera images. It also filed a related complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Taiwan's HTC Corp. ... (Source: Reuters)
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:40:14 +0100 Negotiators from Europe, tiny islands threatened by rising oceans and the world's poorest countries sought to keep alive the only treaty governing global warming and move to the next stage, struggling against an unlikely alliance of the United States, China and India. (Source: AP)
Palestinians inspect the damage outside a smuggling tunnel following ...
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:50:02 +0200 (AP) - Palestinians inspect the damage outside a smuggling tunnel following an overnight Israeli airstrike in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. Israeli aircraft struck five targets in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing 1 militant and wounding four other Palestinians, according to a Palestinian official. The Israeli military said the targets were hit in retaliation for rocket fire on southern Israel on Monday night that caused no injuries. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)