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Airbus unions in France on Friday ordered a one-day strike for next week to protest planned job cuts and plant disposals at the European aircraft maker.
When SpiralFrog announced a deal with a major recording company to offer free, ad-supported music downloads, it made headlines as a bold but natural step, giving the label a share of the fast-growing Internet advertising pie, while squeezing out pirates.
Boeing scored a victory in the airliner wars Tuesday when FedEx became the first customer to cancel an order for Airbus's much delayed A380 superjumbo jets and said it instead will buy Boeing 777s.
The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, took to the sky with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday, and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes in the wake of costly delays to the $13 billion jet program.
Nail-biting blind landings in foul weather may soon be a lot less perilous, thanks to a new corporate jet equipment that could also find its way into airliner cockpits.
Airbus scrambled to revive its sagging order book and credibility Monday, announcing a costly and ambitious revamp of its troubled A350 program to take on two of rival Boeing Co.'s best-selling jets.
The four bosses of Airbus parent EADS met for closed-door talks Monday, days after the European defense group was hit by costly new delays to the A380 superjumbo and questions about stock sales beforehand.
The United States faced mounting pressure to slash domestic farm subsidies after the EU said Wednesday it was willing to move toward developing countries' demands by making bigger cuts to its import tariffs.
Apple Computer Inc. could negotiate new deals with record labels and artists to sidestep French government plans to open the copy-protection technology of its iTunes music service to rivals, under a draft Senate amendment to be voted on this week.
Software prices could fall as companies develop subscription sales and distribute increasingly complex programs that run in Web browsers, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
French lawmakers approved an online copyright bill Tuesday that would require Apple to break open the exclusive format behind its market-leading iTunes music store and iPod players.
Apple Computer Inc. faces a serious challenge in France as lawmakers move to sever the umbilical cord between its iPod music player and iTunes online store — threatening its lucrative hold on both markets.
"Call me back on the landline" may soon sound like a quaint, turn-of-the-century instruction to the ears of many mobile phone users.
Virgin Mobile became the first European cellular network to launch a live digital TV service on mobile phones.
Microsoft Corp. has won backing from major cellular networks for a new generation of phones designed to transform mobile e-mail from executive accessory to standard issue for the corporate rank-and-file.
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