It has come to this: Beginning Sept. 2, United Airlines will no longer hand out complimentary pretzels and cookies to economy class fliers across North America. The airline is also dropping complimentary meals in domestic business class, effective Oct. 1,

MONTREAL@ _ Bombardier Inc. shares fell nearly seven per cent Thursday as the company (TSX:BBD.B) warned that orders for its business jets will slow in the coming months after contributing significantly to a profit turnaround in the second quarter.

With voters sour on the status quo, Republican John McCain plans to spend the next five months arguing that he has a history of fighting to reform government and that Democrat Barack Obama talks of change with nothing to show for it.

THIS cabinet that I had was the worst in history," said President Robert Mugabe this week after the opening of parliament. He said most of the ministers were unreliable, they were incompetent and spent time attending to personal business. Many abused the

With the rise of the services economy, Service Science Management and Engineering (SSME) is the new academic discipline for the 21st century, writes OU SHIAN WAEI, managing director of IBM Malaysia.