Bits and Pieces

2001-07-01T18:36:00.000-07:00

IIMagazine.COM - Money Management - Failed message. Vodafone capitalized on Mannesmann's tactical blunders poor shareholder communications to win the biggest takeover prize of them all.

2001-07-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

DBS has lost half the battle - June 30, 2001 REGARDLESS whether DBS Group Holdings can win the bidding war for Overseas Union Bank, it has already lost a battle on another front - that of investor sentiment.

2001-06-24T22:23:00.000-07:00

IHT: Latin American Economies on the Brink

2001-06-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

FT.com | TotalSearch | Global Archive | Article Most people have heardof pay-as-you-go mobile telephones. But pay-as-you-wash domestic appliances are a novelty.
That will not be so for long, if Merloni Elettrodomestici, Europe's third biggest maker of domestic appliances, has its way. The company has teamed up with Enel, the Italian electricity supplier, to let consumers lease washing machines in their homes and pay for the equipment on the basis of how much they use them.