Posts Tagged ‘U.S.’

THINK City Car Coming to U.S. in 2011

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Cable Subscribers Fleeing Providers In Massive Numbers

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – There is increasing evidence that people are doing away with paying for cable. Providers are hemorrhaging subscribers by the droves. Consumers’ willingness to go without pay television could be a sign that Internet TV services such as Netflix and Hulu convinced [...]

Rogers Telecom To Foray Into Home Monitoring Systems

AHN News Staff Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications will soon foray into home security systems. Rogers President and Chief Executive Officer Nadir Mohamed said Wednesday at the Economic Club of Toronto that the firm’s entry into the field will redefine and upgrade home security. Mohamed said that while many Canadian [...]

Recall To Fix Electrical Flaw On 2.1 Million Nissan Cars

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Tokyo, Japan (AHN) – Japanese carmaker announced Thursday the recall of 2.1 million cars worldwide, including 762,000 trucks and SUVs in the U.S. and Canada, to fix a flaw in electrical systems that may stall engine. Armadas and Titans made from 2004 to 2006, Infiniti QX56s made from [...]

China Supercomputer Becomes World’s Fastest

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Beijing, China (AHN) – A Chinese supercomputer that ranked seventh in the world’s top 10 list of fastest supercomputers in June has taken the lead and unofficially dislodged the U.S. from the No. 1 spot. The Tianhe-1′s 2.5 petaflop per second calculation speed announced Thursday was better than [...]

Iran Braces For Popular Backlash As Subsidies Slashed

The Media Line Staff Tehran, Iran David Rosenberg – From President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to housewives and shopkeepers, all of Iran is on tenterhooks as the government prepares to slash subsidies that have kept down the cost of everything from gasoline to flour. Ordinary Iranians, already hard-pressed by inflation and unemployment, are hoarding goods and wondering [...]

FBI Investigates Murder of U.S. Guardsman in Mexico

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Texas, El Paso, United States (AHN) – The FBI and U.S. military authorities are investigating the assassination Wednesday afternoon of an American National Guardsman in Juarez City, Mexico. The Guardsman, identified as Pfc. Jose Gil Hernandez Ramirez, 22, was shot to death with a Mexican man outside a home, [...]

Al Shabaab Bans Mobile Banking Service

Abdi Hajji Hussein – AHN News Correspondent Mogadishu, Somalia (AHN) – Al Qaeda-inspired group Al Shabaab on Sunday imposed a ban on Zaad Service, a mobile banking service recently launched by Hormuud, Golis and Telesom telecommunications companies in Somalia. Zaad allows customers to use their mobile phones for money transfers, purchases, payment of bills, and [...]

Toronto Transit Commission Ties Up With Google

AHN News Staff Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The Toronto Transit Commission and Google announced on Tuesday a partnership in which Google would include in its transit trip planner TTC schedules for all bus, streetcar and subway routes. Beginning 2011, Google will expand the services by providing free real-time data for the arrival information of [...]

Wage-Cut Pact Allows GM To Make Sub-Compact Car At Profit

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Orion, MI, United States (AHN) – An agreement between General Motors and auto unions to cut wages in half for hundreds of workers paves the way for the automaker to produce a low price subcompact car at a profit using union labor in the United States. United Auto Workers [...]

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