Western Digital Corp. recently announced a new environmentally friendly GreenPower family of WD desktop, enterprise, CE and external hard drive products. The new GreenPower (GP) family will ship in capacities from 320 gigabytes (GB) to one terabyte (TB), and will save up to 40% in hard drive power consumption, or as much as $10 per

In its annual report on the European Union, Moody’s Investors Service says the European Communities’ Aaa ratings and stable outlook reflect the EU’s prudent financial policies, sound loan portfolio, and the firm support of member states. Moody’s Aaa rating applies to the EU’s three borrowing entities, the European Community (EC), European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom),

Motorola has introduced the TalkAbout T9580RSAME series of two-way radios — the industry’s first radios that combine dependable FRS/GMRS radio communication with Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) technology, helping to provide consumers with a unique, all-in-one emergency preparedness communication device. SAME technology helps filter out distant warning broadcasts and monitors only programmed localized areas, helping

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the long-term foreign currency deposit ratings of eight Saudi Arabian banks to A1 from A2 and affirmed their Prime-1 short-term ratings. This rating action follows an earlier upgrade of Saudi Arabia‘s foreign currency bank deposit ceiling to A1/Prime-1, with a positive outlook. The outlook for the banks’ A1 deposit ratings

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today it assigned its ‘AA’ senior unsecured debt rating to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi’s (AA/Stable/A-1+) inaugural US$1 billion bond maturing in August 2012. “The ratings on Abu Dhabi are supported by the government’s very strong asset position, providing significant financial flexibility, and by the country’s high level of

The CSE Main Market Index closed the week at 5080.68, 2.9% lower than the previous week’s close of 5234.02. The average daily trading volumes amounted to €22.4m compared with €24.0m the previous week. For the y-t-d the Main Index is up 27.5%. In its weekly market roundup, Sharelink Securities & Financial Servicves Research said the

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KEVE) handed a list of 180 businesses, which have signed the fair pricing code ahead of the adoption of the euro on 1 January 2008, to the Nicosia Deputy District Officer, during a special ceremony in the presence of Minister of Finance Michalis Sarris.Sarris thanked KEVE for its

Cypriots are now better informed about the euro, their new currency as of January 1 next year, and are more friendly disposed towards the European currency, saying it will be beneficial to them and to the local economy.A recent survey, conducted on behalf of the Central Bank of Cyprus, concluded that 59 percent of Cypriots

Blog owners can now offer NanoScan, Panda Software’s new online virus scanner, to their readers. To do this, all they need to do is send an email to [email protected] and ask for the code, which they can simply copy and paste on their web pages. By doing this, bloggers and webmasters can offer significant added

Epson has launched the Stylus C91, an A4 entry level home printer for everyday printing such as, documents, presentations, internet pages, homework and photos featuring four individual ink cartridges, making it cost-effective as only the colour that is used needs to be replaced. It delivers a fast print speed of up to 25ppm and also