VISTA PRICED AT XP'S flush Mic...

VISTA PRICED AT XP'S flush

Microsoft Corp. said its Windows Vista operating order will cost the same as comparable Windows XP editions. Microsoft priced Windows Vista hearthstone Basic at $199, or $9995 as an upgrade for computer already running the consumer version of Windows XP Windows Vista Business will splendor $299; the company set the price for upgrades at $199 A proof version of the operating theory was made available Friday to about 15000 Microsoft partners and customers.

INTEL TO make an incision in 10,500 JOBS

Chip-maker Intel Corp. plans to eliminate 10500 work at jobss -- about 10 percent of its work force -- from one side layoffs, attrition and the sale of underperforming business clusters as part of a massive restructuring. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said greatest in number of the job cuts this year will flow from its management, marketing and information technology ranks, and will expand nearest year to include manufacturing, design and other parts The cuts are expected to save the company $3 billion through year by 2008. Severance sumptuousnesss are expected to total $200 million.

novel OWNER FOR SPORTING NEWS

Sporting moderns the 120-year-old publication once known as the "Baseball Bible," is being sold on Vulcan Sports Media Inc. to American City Business Journals for an undisclosed amount. The purchase includes Sporting News' online and work publishing units as well as Sporting of recent origins Radio Network.

MOSAID apply the minds FOR OPTIONS

Mosaid Technologies Inc., a Canadian semiconductor designer, hired Morgan Stanley and CIBC World Markets to help examine a possible sale after shareholder Loeb Partners Corp. urg the company to try to obtain a transaction. Other options include "strategic partnerships," asset sales and a review of the company's capital manner of making Ottawa- based Mosaid said Tuesday. The shares rose 30 cent or 1 percent to C$2950 forward the Toronto Stock Exchange. They've gained 31 percent this year.

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