BRIEFCASE.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services Intel bumps up chip shipments SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. -- Intel Corp. is moving up the planned shipment date of a computer chip that will compete against one from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Intel officials told analysts during a conference call Friday that the company expects to ship its Tulsa chip in the third quarter instead of the fourth quarter. The microprocessor is one of Intel's latest for server systems, one of the markets in which AMD's Opteron chips have made recent gains at Intel's expense. Satellite TV sells Internet access See how to access the Internet. NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Targeting rural homes, satellite-TV providers EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Inc. will resell broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a via satellite from WildBlue Communications Inc., WildBlue said Friday. The agreement is a big deal for WildBlue, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Greenwood Village, Colo. It has about 60,000 customers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . EchoStar and DirecTV have 27 million customers combined, many in rural areas with access to few, if any, choices for broadband Internet. In addition to this newest distribution agreement, WildBlue inked a pact with AT&T Inc. last month. As part of the latest agreement, EchoStar and DirecTV agreed not to team up with any other satellite-broadband provider for the next five years. Delphi expands worker buyouts DETROIT -- Delphi Corp. said Friday it has reached a deal with the United Auto Workers The United Auto Workers (UAW), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union and General Motors Corp. to offer buyouts to hourly employees who aren't eligible for early retirement. The automotive parts supplier said it also was expanding its previously announced early retirement incentives to include more workers. Delphi is GM's largest supplier and has sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. GM is helping to fund the buyouts, Delphi said. 18-year-old drug law now enforced WASHINGTON -- Drugs will have to be tracked every time they change hands from the factory to the pharmacy under provisions of an 18-year-old law the government is just now ready to enforce. The Food and Drug Administration had long put off enforcement of the provisions in response to concerns from secondary wholesalers that the tracking requirement could put them out of business. The slow pace in the adoption of enabling technology led to further delays. The regulatory agency regulatory agency Independent government commission charged by the legislature with setting and enforcing standards for specific industries in the private sector. The concept was invented by the U.S. now says those concerns have either dissipated or no longer justify staving off enforcement any further. |
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