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British Airways to pay thousands for Web airfare glitch
Written on Mon, 11/30/09 - 11:49am
You knew this one was too good to be true: British Airways offering US-to-India for $40? Well, 1,200 people tried to take advantage of the offer within minutes of its posting on the air carrier's Web site only to have their bookings cancelled after BA realized the error (the lowest US-India fare being...
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US exports $214B worth of high-tech goods in 2007
Written on Mon, 09/22/08 - 11:59pm
In 2007 US companies exported $214 billion worth of high-technology products - everything from semiconductors and computers to photonics and communications gear - a loss of three percent over 2006. Unfortunately, high-tech imports totaled $333B in 2007, up by three percent, resulting in a US trade deficit...
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Cisco to give India $100M and 20% of its top talent
Written on Tue, 10/30/07 - 3:51pm
Cisco expects a lot out of India.  The network giant today it would be investing another $100 million  to its venture investment in the country and said up to 20% of its “top talent” will work there in the next four years. And by the way,  including India, China the company expects 60-70% growth...
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Hillary Clinton pitches US to India business leaders
Written on Tue, 07/10/07 - 10:48am
U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton continued to court Indian business leaders last week by reiterating her call for more H-1B visas and said Americans need to prepare for technology careers.
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Layer 8 is written by Michael Cooney, an online news editor with Network World
 

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