Connectivity

Canada's 9-1-1 emergency
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 2 hours 20 minutes ago
A dispute over who should pay to fix outdated emergency dispatch systems is delaying a solution for slow response times and costing lives.

Porter: the little airline that could
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 4 hours 32 minutes ago
Porter Airlines was supposed to flop. But owner Robert Deluce has beaten back cutthroat competition, hostile locals and political foes to pose a serious threat to the big airlines in his market niche.

Wire Technology
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 7 hours 51 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets.

AP State Business News
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 7 hours 51 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets.

Wire Business News
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 8 hours 6 minutes ago
MINNEAPOLIS -- Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren't going at all.

Uncertainty surrounds briquette companies due to nationalization delay, Venezuela, Metals, news
BNamericas | 9 hours 11 minutes ago
Venezuelan briquette producers Matesi, Comsigua, Orinoco Iron and Venprecar, which are all in the process of being nationalized, are still waiting to find out what the government's official agenda for the process will be.

Swisscom first to offer Smartphone WiFi service and mobile communication solutions in hotels
Buyer Interactive | 9 hours 12 minutes ago
WiFi mobile phones are increasingly used in hotels.

Authorities drawing up plan to prevent floods, store rainwater, Uruguay, Water & Waste, news
BNamericas | 9 hours 40 minutes ago
Uruguayan state-owned entities are working together on a plan to prevent floods and store rainwater to combat drought, an official from the country's public works and transport ministry (MTOP) told BNamericas.

Copri Sets April 1999 Toromocho Sale, Peru, Mining, news
BNamericas | 10 hours 8 minutes ago
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Central America a bright spot for SAP's SME sales, Regional,Mexico,Central America, Info. Technology, news
BNamericas | 10 hours 8 minutes ago
Software purchases by Central American SMEs are growing in spite of the global economic slowdown, the head of SAP's (NYSE: SAP) Mexico and Central America division, Ali Hamid, told BNamericas.

Cerro Colorado union accepts pay offer, BHP Billiton avoids strike, Chile, Mining, news
BNamericas | 10 hours 8 minutes ago
The union at BHP Billiton's (NYSE: BHP) Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile on Friday voted to accept the company's pay offer to renew labor contracts for 41 months starting February 1, 2010, union president Gustavo Tapia told BNamericas.

Mission Speakers To Return To U.S.
TWICE | 10 hours 21 minutes ago
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Swisscom Offers Smartphone WiFi, Mobile Communication Solutions For Hotels
HotelsMag.com | 11 hours 10 minutes ago
WiFi mobile phones are increasingly used in hotels. In lobbies, guest rooms and conference areas, guests want to update their email, Podcasts, music and video libraries easily and instantly without incurring roaming charges. The new Swisscom enabled Smartphone WiFi service responds to these needs. Fully integrated with the hotel?s property management system, it enables guests to connect seamlessly and hoteliers to promote their own services through their guests? preferred devices.