Archive for May, 2008

Govt holds to planned fuel price increases

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Despite protests nationwide, the government will continue with its plan to increase fuel prices by an average 28.7 percent, a ministry official says. The government will raise the per-liter price of premium gasoline from Rp 4,500 (48 U.S. cents) to Rp 6,000, diesel from Rp 4,300 to Rp 5,500 and ...

Sempra To Buy Indonesia LNG For Mexico Plant Starting 2Q 2009

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

MEXICO CITY - Sempra Energy (SRE) has locked in a 20-year contract with BP PLC (BP) to supply its Costa Azul terminal in northern Mexico with liquefied natural gas from Indonesia, a company spokesman said Thursday. The Indonesian LNG - from the Tangguh project - will begin supplying Costa Azul in ...

Google looks to be more up front on its search algorithms

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

The company says that the reason why it's been so secretive is competition. However, at the same time, it realizes questions remain over how it is providing search results. In a post to the official Google blog, search quality chief Udi Manber said that the company has been purposely quiet on ...

Third Point to pressure Yahoo

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Third Point, a US$5.7 billion hedge fund headed by activist Dan Loeb, has recently accumulated a stake of over 5 million shares in Yahoo and is supporting investor Carl Icahn's proxy battle, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday. Third Point, which held 1 million shares in Yahoo as of ...

Yahoo! Gives New Hire Experience at Onboarding Talent Conference

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Yahoo! (R), one of the most recognized brands in the world, will be taking attendees through its new hire experience at IQPC's Onboarding Talent conference, taking place June 17 - 20, 2008 at the Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, California. At its campus tour, ...