Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10 March 2010 – Travelport, one of the world’s leading providers of global distribution systems (GDS) and operator of the Galileo and Worldspan platforms, has today announced that it has teamed up with Marriott International Marriott International for hotel training courses designed for the Middle East travel trade. See the original post here: Travelport Teams...

Bipartisan Senate support expected for jobless aid, business tax breaks Business – United States Senate – United States – Tax – Accounting See the original post here: Senate to Pass Jobless Aid, Business Tax Breaks (ABC News)

SYDNEY: Australian home loans fell the most in nearly eight years in January, hit by the scaling back of government grants to buyers and higher mortgage rates, suggesting past increases in interest ra… Continue reading here: Australia home loans dive, belie strength elsewhere (MalaysiaNews.net)

March 10 (Bloomberg) — Transnet Ltd.’s multiproduct pipeline in South Africa will cost 2.75 billion rand ($371.5 million) more because of increased engineering and other costs, Business Day reported, citing Neville Eve, Transnet’s general manager for project development and execution. Read more: Transnet Pipeline Costs Increase by 22%, Business Day Reports (Bloomberg)

March 10 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is facing a renewed push against his health-care legislation as a coalition of business groups plans to spend as much as $1 million a day on advertisements to pressure lawmakers into voting “no.” Read more: Obama’s Health-Care Push Gets Challenge From Business Coalition (Bloomberg)

Google opened an online shop for business software hosted as services in the Internet “cloud.” Read more: Google opens virtual shop for business software (AFP via Yahoo! News)