Category Archives: Dr. Mulli’s Business Blog

France Telecom targets rural Africa

By Ben Hall in Paris Published: November 9 2010 17:53 | Last updated: November 9 2010 17:53 France Telecom is aiming to become the “champion of rural Africa” with a range of low-cost products and services aimed at doubling its … Continue reading

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Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic

By JOHN MARKOFF MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that … Continue reading

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Toyota’s U.S. Sales Decline Signals ‘Uphill Battle’

By Alan Ohnsman and Keith Naughton Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp.’s U.S. sales slid to a 10-year low in January as the company’s worst-ever recall crisis took its most popular models off the market and made drivers wary. … Continue reading

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Kenya plans to put up 10 MW wind energy project

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya invited on Tuesday tenders for the construction of a 10 megawatt wind power project on the outskirts of the capital, after receiving a 20-million-euro ($28.60 million) loan from Spain. “The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) invites … Continue reading

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Chrysler Says Combination With GM Remains Its ‘Best Option’

Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — Chrysler LLC, seeking $5 billion in additional U.S. aid to avoid liquidation, told the federal government the company’s “best option” remains a merger with General Motors Corp. Chrysler is in talks only with Italy’s Fiat SpA about … Continue reading

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Tokyo luxury hotels report record-low occupancy in January

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Occupancy rates at some of Tokyo’s most prestigious hotels fell to never-before-seen lows last month as business and tourism visits declined, according to a Japanese media report. The Imperial Hotel Tokyo saw its occupancy rate fall … Continue reading

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Japan’s corporate bankruptcies rise 16%

     Japan’s corporate bankruptcies rise 16% TOKYO, Feb 9 – Japan’s corporate bankruptcies rose 15.8 percent in January from a year earlier to 1,360 cases, a six-year high for the month, hit by a deeper economic crisis and the effects … Continue reading

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World growth ‘worst for 60 years’

World economic growth is set to fall, warns IMF 

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