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Apple Will Start Taking Orders for IPad Today at 5:30 a.m. California Time Apple Inc. will begin taking pre- orders for its iPad multimedia tablet computer today at 5:30 a.m. California time.

British Airways Union Plans to Stage Seven Days of Strikes in Late March British Airways Plc’s 12,000 flight attendants will strike for seven days starting on March 20 after talks about pay and lower staffing levels broke down.

IYogi Karma Needs More Work on PC Fix-It Service: Tech by Rich Jaroslovsky It’s late at night, and technology is tormenting you. Something’s wrong with your computer. Blood pressure climbing, you try your PC maker’s tech support, or maybe Microsoft’s. They say the glitch has nothing to do with their stuff -- it’s somebody else’s problem. Yours. What to do?

Nissan’s Ugly Cube Exudes Gen Y Dorky Coolness: Jason H. Harper Man is that thing ugly. Not just homely -- willfully, thoughtfully, ugly. I kind of like it.

Bentley Fetches Top Price at $1.5 Million Classic-Car Auction A 1950s Bentley was the top lot in a U.K. auction of classic cars last night that raised a total of 1 million pounds ($1.5 million). Bidders were encouraged by vehicles with low estimates and avoided some with higher prices.

IYogi Karma Needs Work on PC Fix-It Service: Rich Jaroslovsky It’s late at night, and technology is tormenting you. Something’s wrong with your computer. Blood pressure climbing, you try your PC maker’s tech support, or maybe Microsoft’s. They say the glitch has nothing to do with their stuff -- it’s somebody else’s problem. Yours. What to do?

Mint Manages Money for the Attention-Impaired: Rich Jaroslovsky In Mint.com’s creation story, as recounted on its Web site, founder Aaron Patzer started the free online personal-finance service after a tedious 2005 session with Intuit Corp.’s Quicken budgeting software. These days, any complaints about Quicken should be directed at Patzer himself.

Mexican Street Food Adds Spice to Sun-Starved London: Interview Mexican food had barely made its presence felt in London until recently, unless you count tourist joints where the fare bears as close a relation to the cuisine as Walkabout bars do to fine Australian dining.

Top London Chefs Compete for Bids to Cook in Homes: Food Buzz Twenty leading chefs helped raise a total of 400,000 pounds ($600,000) for leukemia care when they prepared dinner and auctioned off their services for private dining at the annual Leuka charity dinner on March 8 in London.

Vineyard Defaults Surge as Lost Land Values Undermine Napa Wine In California’s Napa Valley, producer of the most expensive U.S. wines, 2010 may be a vintage year for foreclosures as the industry is squeezed by falling land values and a consumer shift to cheaper brands.

After Earthquake Chilean Wineries Count Damage, Trust Exports Last week’s massive earthquake in Chile caused widespread damage to the country’s wineries, although current supplies should help avert significant disruption in export sales.

Nixon, Bare Flesh on Fifth, Addams Family: Great N.Y. Weekend Peter Strauss does a terrific impersonation of legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee in “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers.”

Kim Cattrall Flirts, Clowns in ‘Private Lives’: London Stage Kim Cattrall transformed the monochromatic role of Samantha in “Sex and the City” into a portrayal of sexual self-confidence. Maybe any actress with a certain va-va-voom could have done the same. Va-va-voom will never be enough to tackle Noel Coward’s “Private Lives.”