Amazon.com is challenging French competition law
The bookseller is paying a daily €1,000 fine rather than drop its free-shipping offer.
- Amazon benefits from music industry's anger at Apple

EMI Group is said to plan major job cuts
Terra Firma, the private equity firm that recently acquired EMI Group, plans to announce a major restructuring of the music company Tuesday.

IBM profit easily exceeds expectations
International operations have so far insulated the company from a slowdown in computer spending.

Samsung chairman's office raided as part of inquiry
The move was a highly unusual one in a country both proud and suspicious of the growing power of its giant family-controlled conglomerates.

MySpace in U.S. deal to deter child predators
The safeguards are designed to help prevent sexual predators and others from misusing the social networking site.

"American Idol" is secret weapon for Fox
Despite the screenwriters' strike - or perhaps because of it - the program is drawing higher advertising rates.
- Reality shows bolster networks during writers' strike
- Elections 2008: With shows like these, forget reruns

Come visit, U.S. localities urge foreigners
Many places in the United States are having a hard time attracting foreign tourists, despite the attractions offered by the weak dollar.

Spare parts via the Internet made painless
Advances in business-to-business Internet transactions in the spare parts industry are helping consumers to find replacement lids, chargers and remote controls, and repair technicians to find obscure parts on short notice.

Yahoo gets a makeover, sort of
Yahoo chief executive and co-founder plans to expand the Internet stalwart to make it "a starting point" for consumers.
- Santa lifts traffic to Google from iPhones

Buying papers with a smart card in Britain
Instead of handing over a coin or two, readers touch a card onto specially equipped devices at newsstands in a new program in London.

French for the world from France's media
President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to eliminate English and Arabic programming at the national broadcaster France 24, bucking a global trend among broadcasters offering versions of their programming in the more widely used languages.