The government says the nation’s airlines set records for arriving on time in November. The Transportation Department said Thursday that 88.6 percent of November flights arrived on time, beating the record of 88 percent set in September 2002. Hawaiian Airlines had the best record, followed by United and Southwest. The airlines were helped by lower traffic which made terminals and runways less crowded than they were in previous years. The government says airlines did a better job handling baggage, with fewer bags going missing or damaged.
Acer recalls 22,000 laptop computers
Taiwan’s Acer Inc. is recalling about 22,000 laptop computers that could overheat and cause burns. Though no injuries have been reported, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that a short circuit in an internal microphone wire under the palm rest has damaged three machines. The recall covers the several Aspire series of notebooks: the Acer AS3410, AS3410T, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG. The computers were sold between June and October of last year. The commission said owners should stop using the computers immediately and call Acer for a free repair.
Sears opens Web site to third-party sales
Sears Holdings Corp. says it’s letting third parties — including some competitors — sell things on its Web site. The change adds more than 10 million products from 1,500 vendors to those available at the company’s Web sites. A spokesman says that will more than double the number of products available on Sears.com. The service officially began Thursday. It puts Sears in the company of Wal-Mart.com and Amazon.com, which already sell millions of items from third parties.
Boeing makes changes to its defense unit
The Boeing Co. has renamed its defense division and made moves to become more competitive in the global defense and security market, the company said Thursday. Boeing Defense, Space &Security will continue to serve its defense and space customers but will broaden the division’s horizon to compete in emerging cyber-security, energy and intelligence areas.
T-Mobile won’t offer home Internet phone
T-Mobile USA says it will stop selling its home Internet phone service, ending a near two-year attempt to enter the landline market. The cellular carrier said Thursday that it will soon discontinue new sales of the At-Home calling service because of changing customer needs. The service costs $10 to $15 per month for T-Mobile wireless subscribers. T-Mobile says it will continue to support current subscribers. In October, Verizon Wireless ended sales of a similar product after less than a year on the market. The market for landline phone service is rapidly shrinking.
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