Reuters Business News: Google offers business software via subscription - MSN Money

Reuters Business News: Google offers business software via subscription - MSN Money
Google Apps-Premier Edition costs $50 per employee account per year which covers telephone technical support up to 10 gigabytes of data storage per user and guarantees that e-mail services will run at least 99.9 percent of the time. Google Apps introduced six months ago as a free service already offers a collection of Web-based programs including Gmail e-mail a shared calendar program and Google Talk instant messaging.

Reuters Business News: Shopkeepers protest as Wal-Mart checks out India - MSN Money

Reuters Business News: Shopkeepers protest as Wal-Mart checks out India - MSN Money
Small shopkeepers fear Wal-Mart’s arrival could put many of an estimated 40 million Indians who depend on the retail sector out of work. “Go back Wal-Mart Long Live Justice ” protesters shouted waving placards demanding: “Save Small Retailers.” Vice Chairman Michael Duke led the Wal-Mart team that was set to visit a hypermarket in the financial hub Mumbai and hold talks with government and Bharti officials in New Delhi.

Reuters Business News: Mass. bill would make retailers pay for data leaks - MSN Money

Reuters Business News: Mass. bill would make retailers pay for data leaks - MSN Money
Now banks usually get stuck with credit-card fraud losses which last year totaled more than $2 billion the paper said. If passed the Massachusetts bill the first of its kind would make any company be it retailer bank or data processor financially liable if it is the operator of the system that is hacked the paper said.