The New York Times reports that "Yahoo and three other technology companies are to testify Wednesday before a [U.S.] House [of Representatives] subcommittee."

Since SDL announced it was acquiring Trados, rival translation agencies have worried about buying software from a competitor. Some buyers we have spoken with acknowledge a concern with co-mingling data.

USA Today reports that "Thanks to his time helming General Motors’ (GM) Brazilian operations, GM’s Rick Wagoner speaks Portuguese. But he’s a corner office exception: Wal-Mart’s (WMT) H. Lee Scott, ExxonMobil’s (XOM) Rex Tillerson, Ford Motor’s (F) Bill Ford and Jeffrey Immelt of General Electric (GE) — none of these highly paid executives can make a contact or negotiate a deal in another language."

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