EU Calls For Lower Mobile Roaming Fees

European mobile phone companies are charging customers too much when they send text messages or check email while traveling, a top European Union official said Monday.Viviane Reding, the European commissioner responsible for media and telecommunications, told industry executives that she would introduce new rules unless they decreased data roaming charges voluntarily by July 1st.

Purchase Of WebMD May Not Take Place

Whether it's a matter of strange planetary alignments, something in the air, or our wobbly economy, it's hard to say, but in any event, these past few days haven't been great for acquisitions.  The latest one to look ill is the proposed takeover of WebMD by HLTH Corporation.

HarperCollins To Offer Free Books Online

HarperCollins will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books online in an effort to increase sales. The idea is to give readers the chance to sample books online in much the same way they would if they were in an actual physical bookstore. "This is analogous to removing the shrink wrap from a book," said Jane Friedman, President and CEO of HarperCollins…