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Chrysler and Fiat reach merger deal

Chrysler and Fiat reach merger dealWashington - Struggling US carmaker Chrysler

In challenge to cellphone companies Skype goes mobile

In challenge to cellphone companies Skype goes mobile San Francisco  - In a move that could ring in big changes in the way customers use their mobile phones, internet telephone company Skype will introduce its free software for the iPhone on Tuesday, with versions for other smartphones following in May, the New York Times reported Monday.

Skype already boasts that 400 million customers around the world are using its peer-to-peer telephone system that allows free calls to other Skype members and cheaper rates than other phone companies for calls to landlines and mobile phones.

ROUNDUP: US ultimatum for carmakers: restructure or face bankruptcy

US ultimatum for carmakers: restructure or face bankruptcyWashington  - The struggling US car industry will be given one last chance to restructure operations or lose the government's support, President Barack Obama announced Monday, declaring that General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC had so far failed to prove that they can survive.

In a dramatic government intervention in the industry, Obama called for a series of changes in the two companies' outdated business models and forced out long-time GM chief executive Rick Wagoner, who will be replaced by the company's president Fritz Henderson.

1ST LEAD: US ultimatum for carmakers: restructure or face bankruptcy

US ultimatum for carmakers: restructure or face bankruptcyWashington - The struggling US car industry will be given one last chance to restructure operations or lose the government's support, President Barack Obama announced Monday, declaring that General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC had so far failed to prove that they can survive.

In a dramatic government intervention in the industry, Obama called for a series of changes to the car industry and forced out long-time GM chief executive Rick Wagoner, who will be replaced by the company's president Fritz Henderson.

EXTRA: US ultimatum for carmakers: restructure or face bankruptcy

US ultimatum for carmakers: restructure or face bankruptcy Washington - The struggling US car industry will be given one last chance to restructure operations or lose the government's support, President Barack Obama announced Monday, declaring that General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC had so far failed to prove that they can survive.

In a dramatic government intervention in the industry, the White House forced out long-time GM chief executive Rick Wagoner, who will be replaced by the company's president Fritz Henderson.

"Hero" policeman prevented more deaths at small-town nursing home

"Hero" policeman prevented more deaths at small-town nursing home Washington  - A man who went on a shooting rampage at a small-town nursing home in North Carolina was apprehended by a local police officer who stormed the facility of his own accord, police said Monday.

Seven elderly people and a nurse were killed Sunday in the shooting at a health and rehabilitation centre that has shaken the tiny town of Carthage in the US state of North Carolina.

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