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France Telecom reports profit jump but sales slip France Telecom reported a 45.4-percent leap in net profit for the first six months on Thursday driven by capital gains despite a slip in sales, and the share price rose 3.96 percent. Defense lawyers in Smart kidnapping case want trial out of Utah SALT LAKE CITY -- Defense lawyers for the man charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart will ask a judge to move a November trial out of Utah to another state. France Telecom CEO: No Plans For Large Buy Or Merger France Telecom CEO: No Plans For Large Buy Or Merger Vietnam strives to link regional power systems Vietnam currently has 15 power projects with other ASEAN countries, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Of the projects, four have been put into operation, three are under construction and eight are in the making with feasibility studies already underway. Vietnam restricts online games after murder cases Vietnam has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people committed murder or robbery to get money to pay to play, an official said Thursday.
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