Amazon halves free shipping limit to $25
Seattle: Amazon.com on Monday said it will start offering free shipping on orders of more than $25, halving its previous threshold as the the No.1 Web retailer cuts prices to boost growth.
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Server market down in Q2, Sun, IBM share up
San Franciso: International Business Machines widened its lead in a shrinking market for powerful server computers in the second quarter, raking in nearly 30 per cent of revenue worldwide, technology researcher Gartner Dataquest said on Monday.
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US firms don't plan to take on more staff in Q4
Chicago: US employers do not expect to pick up the pace of hiring in the fourth quarter, a survey released on Monday said, signaling a full jobs recovery after last year's recession could be a ways off.
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America Inc. gears up for reform
Washington: Corporate governance and accounting reform in the US will be on the front burner on Tuesday, as new faces at the Securities and Exchange Commission and chairman Harvey Pitt begin implementing the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act to clean up big business. 
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Earth Summit gets under way
Johannesburg: The United Nations development and environmental summit opened on Monday with a call for coordinated international action to fight poverty and protect the world's natural resources. 
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