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UK joint venture brings hope to embattled retail sector, despite delay of launch till 2010

Software vendor tells US senator that redundancies will be judged on need, not nationality

Games make up largest single segment

All 567 US stores are closed for good, after liquidation announcement in January

Study finds banks have withdrawn overdraft facilities from a third of the UK?s largest firms, jobs at risk

Infrared sensors detect facial movements, will change music accordingly

Microsoft plans to make both operating systems available to let the market decide

Staff blame lack of advertising for low customer interest

New strategy threatens to cut out the third party

Leverages financial division's strength to help resellers offer leasing options to SMB customers

Vendor puts the relaunched, strictly B2B Gateway brand in reseller's hands

Publisher reviews positioning of titles in effort to boost flagging sales