FIGHTING BACK: Figures for last month show Microsoft only attracted 11 percent of US Web searches compared with Google's 57 percent and Yahoo's 23 percent
Microsoft Corp, the No. 3 Web search provider in the US, is rolling out changes to its search engine aimed at narrowing the gap with market leader Google Inc.

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: The German giant also plans to launch new models including a Mini estate, a Mini sports utility vehicle and a smaller Rolls Royce
German car group Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) might set up a fourth passenger car brand in addition to its current BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce lines, a press report said yesterday.

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British Airways said yesterday it had ordered 12 Airbus superjumbo A380s and 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes.

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Honda and Toyota offered car owners the highest average fuel efficiency of the 2007 model year vehicles, the US government reported.

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BIG MONEY: The investment fund is being created as unease about China's growing economic and military might worries the US
A government fund that is to invest part of China's US$1.3 trillion in foreign currency reserves is due to be officially launched tomorrow, according to news reports.

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