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September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Commenting on the announcement today (Thursday) by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) of its new plan for the future of the business, Unite national secretary for the automotive sector, Dave Osborne said: "Earlier this year, this company and our union agreed a framework agreement intended to support JLR through this tough economic period. Our members said then that JLR could not be trusted to uphold that agreement.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - - Move signals Shutterstock's expansion into the credit-based stock photo market Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

May 28th, 2009 PARIS - Today MobiLuck is one of the Largest and the Fastest Growing Location-Based Mobile Social Networks in the World With More Than 1 Million Members and 6 000 New Joiners a day Mobiluck (www.mobiluck.com), a privately-held mobile services company that offers a location-based mobile social network, announced today that it has exceeded one million members worldwide since the launch of its service two years ago. MobiLuck allows users to find nearby friends, people and places using simply their mobile.

May 27th, 2009 KARLSRUHE, Germany - Until now, RapidSolution Software AG has been known in the trade and on the basis of the Internet page audials.com as the manufacturer of Radiotracker, Tunebite and AudialsOne. With AudialsMobile Version 2, the company has now released a software which uses the mobile phone to record free music from social radios directly per UMTS.

May 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - Former iStockPhoto Co-Founder Tapped to Head Up Rival Microstock Agency's Operations in US Today, Fotolia (www.fotolia.com), one of the world's leading sources for high quality microstock imagery and video, announced the expansion of its executive team with the hire of Patrick Lor, co-founder of rival firm iStockPhoto, as the company's new President for North America. The hire will bring Lor out of retirement, after his company sold to Getty Images in 2006.

May 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - Leading source for legal, low-cost imagery announces launch of microstock video collection Fotolia (www.fotolia.co.uk) one of the world's leading sources for legal, low-cost imagery announced the launch of its microstock video collection, which will supplement its current library of more than five million images and illustrations with a collection of more than 10,000 royalty-free video clips at microstock prices. "Fotolia has been, for years, one of the world's most trusted sources for high-quality, low-priced, legal imagery and illustration," explains Oleg Tscheltzoff, co-founder and president of Fotolia, LLC.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Parents looking to send their children to private schools should not simply assume that the costs will be unaffordable but they should rather thoroughly research the costs and implications of independent education, according to Jane White, the co-founder of a new website ( www.allaboutschoolfees.com) which helps parents do just that. www.allaboutschoolfees.com is a one-stop source of information for anyone who has committed to, or is considering, private education for their children or grandchildren.

March 29th, 2009 SAN JOSE, California - Windows Embedded software-plus-services platform with developer services provides simplified access to the latest tools, resources and help available from Microsoft and its global partner ecosystem. Tuesday, during an industry address at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley 2009, Microsoft Corp.

March 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - The rapid growth of Shutterstock's footage collection has company poised to capitalize on the global surge in video use Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock image agency, just announced that Shutterstock Footage has added its 100,000th clip to its rapidly expanding online library of high quality royalty-free stock footage. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: www.prnewswire.com/mnr/shutterstock/37593/ Shutterstock was the first company to offer affordable, royalty-free stock video clips by subscription when it launched Shutterstock Footage in 2006.

March 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - Shutterstock Expands Services to Appeal to Rapidly Expanding Base of Subscribers in Russian-Speaking Countries Shutterstock(R) (www.Shutterstock.com) announced today that its website is now available in Russian. This newly translated site makes it easier for the creative community in Russian-speaking countries to access Shutterstock's extensive collection of royalty-free photos, vectors, and illustrations.

March 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom regulator Thursday asked direct-to-home (DTH) service providers to carry out repairs of equipment during the warranty period free of cost and leave packages unchanged in the first six months of enrolment of a subscriber. 'Visiting charges and maintenance charges of DTH equipment will be carried out free-of-cost during the warranty period.

July 29th, 2009 Time Warner Cable 2nd-quarter profit risesNEW YORK — Time Warner Cable Inc., one of the nation's biggest cable TV system operators, said Wednesday higher subscription revenue helped boost its second-quarter profit by 14 percent, beating Wall Street expectations. Quarterly profit rose to $316 million, or 89 cents per share, in the three months ended June 30, up from $277 million, or 85 cents per share, a year ago.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel Monday announced the launch of two new entry packages for Digital TV, its direct-to-home (DTH) service. The packages, priced at Rs.1,850 and Rs.2,000, offer a three-month free subscription to various bouquets of channels and interactive services.

July 28th, 2009 AIG sells life insurance premium finance businessNEW YORK — Insurer American International Group Inc. said on Tuesday that it closed the sale of its life insurance premium finance business for $679.5 million in cash.

September 15th, 2009 Coming to mobile phones: Wall Street Journal feesNEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal plans to start charging as much as $2 per week to read its stories on BlackBerrys and other mobile devices. The mobile fees will be imposed in the next month or two, according to Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of the Journal's owner, News Corp.

June 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC), the country's largest life insurer, is targeting 20 percent growth in premium this fiscal, a top official said here Tuesday. "Last year we have received total premium of Rs.155,000 crore.

September 15th, 2009 Health insurance premiums rose modestly in 2009Researchers say the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance is rising modestly again this year but bigger increases may lie over the horizon. The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 5 percent in 2009 to more than $13,000, mirroring last year's increase.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom regulator Friday made it mandatory for operators to twice seek confirmation from cell phone users before they subscribe to value-added services (VAS). Under the amended rules, subscribers will be required to first confirm their subscription by pressing any cell phone key other than '*' (star) or '9'.

July 16th, 2009 IATA: Premium air travel down 23.6 percent in MayMINNEAPOLIS — Global airline passenger travel dropped faster in May than in the previous months, a trade group reported on Thursday, suggesting that things are not getting better for air carriers. The number of passengers flying on premium tickets fell 23.6 percent in May compared with May 2008, according to the International Air Transport Association.

April 25th, 2009 LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has warned current and former international cricketers against signing up for the proposed American Premier League (APL), the Daily Times reports. A statement issued by the ICC, clearly states that the APL, being organised on the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL), would not be authorized by the ICC and would have the same status as the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).