Microsoft has been ordered by a United States federal court to turn over a customer’s emails and other information stored in a Dublin data centre.

In a US election dominated by multimillion-dollar donations, Democratic President Barack Obama’s campaign is about to give small donors a new weapon by starting to accept text message donations for the first time in history.

Dublin: Paddy Power Plc, Ireland’s biggest bookmaker, said it will raise its offer to sponsor golfer Tiger Woods after a previous bid worth as much as €55 million over five years was rejected.

Wall Street ended a temperamental session widely mixed today after investors grappled with JPMorgan Chase & Co’s government-backed buy-out of stricken investment bank Bear Stearns.