EUROPE

E.U. ANTITRUST REGULATORS RAID INTEL OFFICES

BRUSSELS, Belgium – European regulators raided Intel offices in Britain, Germany, Spain, and Italy yesterday, two weeks after rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices filed lawsuits in Japan and America claiming Intel violated antitrust rules. Investigators also visited offices of companies that make or sell computers. Dell offices in Britain were among them, said company spokesman Jess Blackburn in Austin, Texas. Sparked by complaints from AMD, the European Commission has for more than four years been investigating claims that Intel used unfair business practices to persuade clients to buy its microprocessors to the exclusion of rivals’ chips.

– Associated Press

AIR TRAVEL

JETBLUE TO LAUNCH ROUTES FROM NEWARK AIRPORT

JetBlue Airways announced yesterday that starting this fall, it will offer flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Puerto Rico and five destinations in Florida. Newark is the latest hub for the Forest Hills-based discount airline carrier, which also has routes radiating from LaGuardia and Kennedy airports. Flights from Newark to the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Tampa, and Fort Myers are set to begin in October, and service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be added on November 17. In an introductory offer, the airline has priced fares from Newark to Florida at $69 each way if passengers book tickets before July 26. Flights to San Juan start at $99 each way. Including the Newark flights, JetBlue will offer a total of 77 flights from New York to Florida every day, according to a statement.

-Special to the Sun

HUMAN RESOURCES

STUDY: WOMEN EXECUTIVES MORE PERSUASIVE, MORE LIKELY TO TAKE RISKS

They still hold a minority role in the ranks of top corporate leadership, but a new study suggests women executives come to the job with traits male executives would be wise to gain. Caliper, a management consulting firm based in Princeton, N.J., combined personality assessments, a demographic analysis, and in-depth interviews with 59 women leaders from large companies in America and the U.K. Among the findings:

* Women leaders are more persuasive than male counterparts.

* Women learn from adversity and persist with an “I’ll show you” attitude.

* Women develop an inclusive, team-building leadership style to solve problems.

* Women are more likely to ignore rules and take risks. “These qualities combine to create a leadership style that is inclusive, open, consensus-building, collaborative, and collegial,” said Herb Greenberg, president and CEO of Caliper.

– Associated Press