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Most americans say that the ipods best feature is the navigation and interface. The apple company just paid 100 million dollars to Singapore Creative Technology. These two companys have been at dispute for a couple of years, but now they have made up. There is five lawsuits pending between the two. Creative is the worlds second largest mp3 maker. This agreement can greatly benefit both companies. Apple can now sell bettter ipods, while Creative has gone up 32.8% this quarter.http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article1221651.ece

Belgium SA, the biggest telephone company in the country, is going to buy Vodafone Group P.C's twenty five percent stake in Proximus. By doing this, Belgium SA expect to increase profit by at least six percent. They said they want to focus on the core market, which is a gateway for other markets as well. Stock brokers are telling their clients that isn't cheap, but its well worth the risk. Fixed phone lines isn't producing enough profit because of cell phones popular use, so they have to make a move.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4140877.html

Mike Roberts, Mcdonalds fast food president, resigned yesterday surprisingly. He has not gave a reason yet for leaving the worlds largest hamburger chain. He was a major part of Mcdonalds big business boost almost four years ago, but the new president seems like a more perfect fit. Because of the inflation on every day needs, such as petroleum, less and less people are eating out. Which is why there is a concerning low in restauraunt sales. Burger king and starbucks also report a very low record sales. It seems that every business is suffering except for gas companies.http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14501571/