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Volvo Cars and Swedish government freeze talks on state guarantee
Stockholm - Volvo Cars, the Swedish subsidiary of US automotive giant Ford, and the Swedish...
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Sprint losses widen less than forecast
New York - Struggling mobile-phone service provider Sprint Nextel Corp posted a first quarter...
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Sony Ericsson posts first-quarter loss
Mobile telephone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a loss for first-quarter 2009 in line...
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Tech Mahindra to take over fraud-hit IT firm Satyam
New Delhi - Tech Mahindra Ltd, the technology arm of India's Mahindra Group,...
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Indian IT firm Infosys sacks 2,100 employees
New Delhi - With business shrinking in face of a global economic downturn, Indian...
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US ratings agency Moody's to quit Taiwan
Taipei - Taiwan confirmed Friday that US ratings agency Moody's plans to quit the country in...
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Daimler warns of exposure to Chrysler collapse
Berlin - German automotive group Daimler, which is struggling with a slump in sales of its...
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French government to ban bonuses in state-aided firms
Paris - The French government is to issue a decree next week banning companies that receive state...
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Report: GM subsidiary Saab to continue cooperation with US parent
Stockholm - Although US giant General Motors aims to sell its Swedish subsidiary Saab, the...
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Daimler: Forty per cent of company's workers on short time
Berlin - Just over 40 per cent of the 165,000-strong Daimler workforce in Germany will be on...
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AIG, Obama under fire as Congress, public take aim
Washington - The US Congress tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance giant AIG's...
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Some AIG workers offer to return incendiary bonuses
Washington - In a conciliatory gesture, some AIG employees have offered to return some of the 165...
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Greek government freezes public sector salaries
Athens - The Greek government on Wednesday froze the salaries of public sector employees earning...
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Toyota Cuts North American Production, Offers Buyouts to Workers
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, announced its decision to reduce...
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FDA Approves First Drug Made From Genetically Engineered Animals
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of the first drug made from a genetically...
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Sprint Nextel Is Getting Ready To Let Go 8,000 Employees
Sprint Nextel Corp., the third biggest mobile service provider in the U.S., announced its decision...
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Pfizer Said To Acquire Wyeth For $68 Billion
Pfizer Inc., the world’s biggest drug maker, is said to acquire pharmaceutical...
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Indian government names new board for fraud-hit IT firm
New Delhi - The Indian government on Sunday nominated three members to the new board of information...
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Battered Silicon Valley To Close Shop Over Christmas
San Francisco - The season of good cheer is bringing gloom this year even to the perennial bright...
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Motorola to freeze pensions
New York - Mobile phone maker Motorola said Wednesday it would permanently freeze contributions to...
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Siemens' Bribery Flourished Despite Warnings
Washington - A culture of bribery and impunity flourished at German corporate giant Siemens AG...
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Sony to Cut 8,000 Jobs
Japanese electronics maker Sony Corporation has announced it
would be cutting 8,000 jobs,...
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75% off and Free Shipping for This Year’s Cyber Monday
Online retailers Monday take their turn in offering
doorbuster (or serverbuster, as the online...
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1,500 laid off at Nikon factory in Thailand as exports slow
Bangkok - Nikon Corp's unit in Thailand laid off 1,500 of its subcontracting staff amid signs that...
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OLPC's Give One, Get One Campaign Is Ready To Begin
Through a partnership with Amazon.com, the One Laptop Per
Child organization began today its Give...
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Citigroup to cut more than 50,000 jobs amid global crisis
New York - US banking giant Citigroup said Monday that it was eliminating about 53,000 jobs from...
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Sun Microsystems To Cut 6,000 Jobs
Friday, Sun
Microsystems Incorporated announced that they would be cutting their global
work...
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Siemens Quits Fujitsu Computing Joint Venture
Munich - German electronics company Siemens AG Tuesday finalized plans to quit computer producer...
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Fujitsu acquires Siemens' stake in computing joint venture
Tokyo - Japanese electronics concern Fujitsu is to take over full control of the Fujitsu Siemens...
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Motorola Prepares New Business Plan
There have been several reports and articles about Motorola’s
plans for the future. The Wall...
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U.S.
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US House backs 90-per-cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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US Congress to vote on 90 per cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer stops the presses
San Francisco - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper will print its last edition on...
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Super Bowl Ads Put Pressure on Advertisers
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League. But it’s not just...
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Head of the CDC to Step Down
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping down, according to an...
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Director of Disease Control Centers, Dr. Julie Gerberding, Resigns
Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned. Dr....
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Goldman Sachs reports first losses since market entry
New York - Goldman Sachs said Tuesday the global financial crisis had pushed it into the red for...
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Workers' Sit-In at Chicago Factory Ends after Banks Agree on Loan
The sit-in at a Chicago window factory ended after five days during which laid-off workers...
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Obama's inauguration brings booming business to US capital
Washington (dpa) - Ticket scalpers, hotels, airlines, bus services and some Washington residents...
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Free Obama Inauguration Tickets Selling For 5 Figures
Tickets for the Barack Obama Inaugural gala of 2009 are
supposed to be free, cannot be reserved...
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Job Cuts at DHL
After failing to gain share in a market dominated by United Parcel Service and FedEx, Deutsche Post...
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What Obama’s and McCain’s Health-Care Plans Would Bring to the Nation’s System
The two
candidates for United States president have long turned in their
essays on reforming the...
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Obama versus McCain: It’s No Longer about Them, It’s about Their Health-Care Plans
Choose a
health-care plan and stick to it. Your options: the Democratic Party’s
presidential...
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The U.S. Presidential Battle Has Moved Exclusively On The Health-Care Field
On November
4, United States citizens with the right to vote will not only
be electing the...
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U. S. Presidential Nominees’ Health-Care Plans: Behind the Scenes
Over the
past month, there has been much ado about the United States presidential
nominees’ views...
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Health-Care Plans Might Be the Ones to Tip the Scale in the U.S. Presidential Elections
Ten days
and counting. The 2008 United States presidential elections are closing
in on American...
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3 Percent Of American Children Are Unisured, With An Insured Parent
More than 2 million American children have
no health insurance because their parents can’t afford...
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Obama Ad Takes Aim at McCain’s Health Care Plan
The
Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Barack Obama is preparing to launch, as
part of his...
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Senator Ted Stevens Stands as Own Star Witness
Senator Ted Stevens decided to take the matter of his court defense into his own hands and appeared...
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New "Working Poor" in United States Cannot Make Ends Meet
Washington - The new "working poor" in the United States have all the things expected of...
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Obama And McCain On Reforming The Health Care System
On November
4, 2008,
American citizens are called to vote and elect their new president....
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Health
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FDA Clears First Drug from Genetically Engineered Animals
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared the first medicine made from...
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Air-ambulance Pilot – A Dangerous Job
According to experts on this kind of problems, air-ambulance helicopters have the worst fatal crash...
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Delphi Seeks to Cut Health Benefits for Retirees
Auto supplier Delphi Corp. has sought U.S. Bankruptcy Court permission to eliminate health care...
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Former Health Commissioner Accused of Forcing State Employers to Work for Her
A former U.S. surgeon general is facing allegations that she forced state employees to work...
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Smoking Ban Proves Effective in Pueblo, Colo., Cuts Heart Attack Rate
A study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that...
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U.S. Issues Controversial Conscience Rule
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services today issued a regulation that gives employees...
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New Rule Protects Doctors Exercising the “Right of Conscience”
The Bush administration on Thursday announced new protections for health care providers who...
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Gas Generator Poisons Families
An attempt to stay warm almost had fatal consequences for eight people, five of them children,...
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Rate of Uninsured Kids Declines, More Children Living in Poverty
According to a report released Nov. 25 by
Families USA, the number of American children without...
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UTMB Announces 3000 Layoffs Because of Damage Caused by Hurricane Ike
The University of Texas Medical
Branch will begin notifying 3,000 workers on
Tuesday that they...
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The U.S. Presidential Battle Has Moved On The Health-Care Field
On November
4, United States citizens with the right to vote will not only
be electing the...
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U. S. Presidential Nominees’ Health-Care Plans: Behind The Scenes
Over the
past month, there has been much ado about the United States presidential
nominees’ views...
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3 Percent of American Children Are Unisured, with an Insured Parent
More than 2 million American children have
no health insurance because their parents can’t afford...
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Obama Ad Takes Aim At McCain’s Health Care Plan
The
Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Barack Obama is preparing to launch, as
part of his...
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John McCain and Barack Obama on the Improvement of Health
One has to attentively analyze what the two candidates have to offer in their programs. John McCain...
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McCain, Obama Have Different Views On The Health Care System
Democrat Barack Obama’s plan would cover 34
million of the nation’s projected 67 million uninsured...
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Obama Versus McCain: The Health Care System Round
With the presidential
campaigns nearing the end and the elections on November 4,
2008...
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Medicare Won’t Pay For Certain Hospital Errors Anymore
Medicare, the government insurance program for the elderly and disabled, will stop paying hospitals...
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Confusion around Health Care Plans Offered by McCain and Obama
Both presidential candidates Barack Obama
and John McCain agree that Americans are spending too...
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San Francisco Healthcare Program Declared Legal
Tuesday, a
panel of federal judges ruled that San Francisco’s
federal labor law that requests...
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Health Care Insurance Costs Grew 5% in 2008, Doubled Since 1999
Health care insurance costs are up again.According to a survey conducted by Kaiser Family...
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The NIH Renowned Director, Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, to Step Down
Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, director of the
National Institutes of Health, announced his intention to...
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Health Care Costs Increase, Family Income Stays The Same
A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation
and the Health Research and Educational Trust found...
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Obama, McCain Have Different Visions of the Health Care System
Both presidential candidates Barack Obama
and John McCain are promising to expand healthcare...
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Manhattan Dialysis Center Closed Down
State Health Department inspectors found blood on chairs and machines at a Manhattan dialysis...
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Barack Obama’s Health Plan Vs. John McCain’s
Medical economists who criticize the plans
of the two presidential candidates say that while...
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Employers Pay More For Insurance, Plan To Make Employees Bear Costs
Employers across the country are paying more for health insurance and are trying to transfer at...
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American Health Insurance, Census Report, Positive and Negative Aspects
As the findings of a recent study
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed, the number of...
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Controversial Census Report Says the Number of Uninsured Americans Declines
As it was reported earlier this week by the
US Census Bureau, the number of Americans without...
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New ITP Drug Approved By The FDA
The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday Nplate,
a drug produced by Amgen Inc. which...
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World
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Sony Ericsson plans to cut 400 positions in Sweden
Stockholm - Mobile telephone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday announced plans to cut 400 jobs in...
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Flu epidemic stifles Mexicans' traditional sociability
Mexico City - A week of measures to combat a flu epidemic - including several cases of swine...
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French Caterpillar workers take four managers hostage
Paris - Workers at a French factory of the US industrial equipment manufacturer Caterpillar have...
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French government to pay 10 million euros to nuclear test victims
Paris - The French government will pay out at least 10 million euros (13.62 million dollars)...
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Huge crowds protest Sarkozy's economic policies
Paris - Up to 3 million people took to the streets of cities throughout France on Thursday to...
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Swiss End Year Still Entangled In Row With Libya
Geneva - In July, employees at a Geneva hotel decided to call the police to complain about the...
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"Will Brussels Kill What Moscow Couldn't?", Poles Wonder
Gdansk - Tourists visiting Poland's Baltic coast often snap photos at the gates of Gdansk's...
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Hong Kong Airlines Faces Crew Rebellion
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific is dealing with significant problems, as...
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Job Cuts Loom As German Auto Industry Battles Slump
Berlin - There's a saying in Germany that when Daimler coughs, the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg...
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German Engineering Strikes Enter 4th Day
Hamburg - Workers in Germany's engineering sector were on a rolling strike for a fourth day...
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Barack Obama Versus John McCain: The Health Care System Round
With the presidential
campaigns nearing the end and the elections on November 4,
2008...
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Obama To Launch Multifaceted Attack On McCain’s Health Care Plan
Barack Obama launched an attack on John McCain’s health care plan Saturday and focused its...
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US aerial attack kills at least 16 in Pakistan
Islamabad - At least 16 people, including two women and a child, were killed and around a dozen...
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Obama and McCain on U.S. Health Care
There are very few issues on which both U.S. presidential candidates agree. One of those issues is...
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Nine Firefighters Missing After Helicopter Crashed in Northern California
Nine firefighters were presumed dead and four were seriously injured when
their helicopter...
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Lufthansa Cuts 70 Flights in Second Day of Strike
More than 4,000 Deutsche Lufthansa employees didn’t went to work Tuesday on the second day of...
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Lufthansa Faces New Employee Strike
Ranking as one of the latest strikes to affect Europe’s largest economy, around
5,000 employees of...
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Angry State Workers Protest Against Governor’s Cut Plan
Hundreds of state workers in California held a rally on the
west steps of the Capitol Thursday, to...
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600-foot Crane Collapses at Texas Refinery Killing 4
A huge crane (600-foot; 182.8-meter) collapsed at a Houston chemical plant killing four people and...
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Barack Obama’s Speech at the La Raza Convention
Sunday, Barack Obama spoke to about 2,000 members of the
National Council of La Raza, a Latino...
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President Bush Tightens Immigration Policy
The U.S.
tightened its policy regarding immigrants who come to work here. President Bush
signed...
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Bank Teller Conspired With NYPD Officer in Heists
A bank teller who was put under arrest on Thursday and charged for conspiring with the NYPD...
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NYPD Officer Was Also Serial Bank Robber
On his way to become a New York City police officer, Christian Torres, a 21-year-old "model...
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Arrested School Teacher Planned to Marry Student
An Akins High School teacher who was arrested Monday evening
for having an improper relationship...
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Tornado Wreaks Havoc in Little Rock, Arkansas
Arkansas' capital city, Little Rock and its suburbs were struck by a powerful tornado on Thursday....
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UC Hired New President Mark Yudof for $828,000 a Year
University of Texas chancellor, Mark G. Yudof, was appointed as University of California’s new...
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Spitzer Linked to Second Prostitution Ring
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is being linked to a second
prostitution ring, “Wicked...
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Starbucks Must Pay Back Tips Worth $105 Million
Starbucks, the largest coffeehouse company in the world, must pay $105 Million to current and...
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Ex-Chief Of Staff Of Alaska Gov Pleads Guilty To Fraud
On Monday the chief of staff for former Alaska Gov. Frank
Murkowski pleaded guilty to fraud in a...
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Russians Vote For Medvedev, Putin’s Chosen Successor
Russia is expected to vote for
Dmitry Medvedev in the Sunday’s presidential elections, who is...
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Sony Ericsson posts first-quarter loss
Stockholm (dpa) - Mobile telephone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a loss for first-quarter...
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Two more executives "boss-napped" in France
Paris (dpa) - Employees at a French factory belonging to the US auto equipment supplier Molex held...
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Financial Incentives, a Strong Reason to Quit Smoking
Would you quit smoking for money? A new study suggests that money may be a strong reason to...
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Study: Financial Incentives Push People to Quit Smoking
A new study has revealed that financial incentives determine more people to quit smoking,...
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Former Health Chief Used State Employees for Personal Duties
A report released this week by the New York State Inspector General alleges that a former US...
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“Lipstick Jungle” Stage Manager Charged With Theft
The Brooklyn district attorney's office has informed that a stage manager for the NBC show...
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Google Is Laying Off Recruiters
It seems that the world financial crisis has begun to be quite menacing, as the other days Nortel...
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Nortel Is Filed For Bankruptcy
The world financial crisis has taken its toll on big companies and now it’s Norte’s...
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Warm Welcome for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has become some notorious for some time now. The parade is set...
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3,800 UTMB Workers to Lose Their Job
Some US
institutions have not been able to catch up with things after the Hurricane
Ike. One of...
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Gypsy Musicians Serenade Berliners throughout the Year
Berlin - Fifty years ago, organ-grinders were commonplace in Berlin, churning out the music of a...
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Scripps Conducts Study to Asses the Effects of Genetic Testing on Lifestyle Habits
San
Diego’s Scripps Translational
Science Institute announced its decision to conduct a study...
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How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?
A 20-year, landmark study involving 10,000
participants, funded by a research group and three...
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Tickets to Joel, Springsteen Fundraiser for Obama Online Hit
The Obama fundraising concert featuring Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen that will be held in...
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EBay Cuts More Than 1000 Jobs, Acquires Bill Me Later
More than 1,000 permanent eBay.com employees and several temporary workers will start searching new...
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Cisco to Acquire Instant-Messaging Company Jabber
Cisco Systems will acquire Jabber. The purchase of the open
source instant messaging company will...
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Google Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary
Like all good ideas, Google quickly went from being a Stanford graduate school project, operated...
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New York Sun Newspaper Might Close Due To Financial Problems
The New York Sun, a Manhattan daily newspaper launched six
years ago, might close at the end of...
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Bush Plan Would Protect Doctors Who Oppose Abortion
Federal health officials have proposed a new regulation that would offer protection to doctors,...
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George Steel: From Miller Theatre To Dallas Opera
After a year of vacancy, the general director position at
the Dallas Opera is finally filled....
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American Airlines Partners with Komen in Breast Cancer Research
American Airline Inc. announced on Monday that it is joining
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a...
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The Nine Firefighters Missing in Northern Cal Chopper Crash Confirmed Dead
Authorities confirmed Thursday
the deaths of the nine people unaccounted for in the Trinity...
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Goshen Scout Camp Closed Following E. coli Outbreak
After fourteen Boy Scouts and one adult contracted E. coli
infection while attending a popular...
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Fla. Businessman Paid Hit Man to ‘Delete’ IRS Agent
The owner of a central Florida construction company reportedly tried to pay a hit man to eliminate...
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Bill Banning Gifts to Doctors Half Cleared in Massachusetts
More than a month after Massachusetts Senate President
Therese Murray filed a bill banning...
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Private Eye, Pellicano, Wiretapped His Own Clients
During the opening statements of the trial of private eye
Anthony Pellicano on Thursday, a federal...
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Michael Jackson to Auction His Beloved Neverland?
One hefty debt amounting to nearly $25 million that Michael
Jackson has got on his hands could...
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Leno Will Pay Laid-Off Staff
After workers on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” were announced Friday that they were dismissed, host Jay...
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Dow Jones Union Seeks Alternative To Murdoch’s Offer
It’s not sure if the media mogul Rupert Murdoch will add
Wall Street Journal to his media empire,...
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Technology
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Did Apple Just Lay Off 1,600 Retail Employees?
The tough economic times are felt everywhere and Apple Inc makes no exception, despite the fact...
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Google announces 200 layoffs
San Francisco - Internet giant Google said Thursday that it planned to cut 200 jobs in sales and...
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Cisco Launches New Server Strategy - Unified Computing System
Networking solutions developer and provider Cisco has launched a new strategy called Unified...
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Microsoft Demands Laid-off Employees To Return Overpayments
It’s hard enough losing a job, but paying back some of the money received through severance...
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Security Breach At The FAA Recently Announced
Even if nobody would have thought, it seems that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had...
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The FAA - The New Target For Hacker Attacks
According to an announcement made by the Federal Aviation...
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FAA Computer Server Hacked Last Week
The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that their computers had been hacked last...
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Former Employee Plants Logic Bomb At Fannie Mae
It looks like a former engineer at the mortgage finance company Fannie Mae was found responsible...
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Microsoft Launches Vista SP2
Microsoft has just delivered a preliminary release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2...
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Blogosphere Guru Michael Arrington Gives In To Threats, Announces Break
The pressure of being the co-founder of an influential technology blog has become unbearable for...
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Microsoft Shuts Down Flight Simulator Studios
Microsoft has recently announced 5,000 layoffs, but some reports indicate that the giant software...
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Microsoft Cuts Jobs, Local Businesses Fall
On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it would send away over 4,000 people from all the...
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Sony Lays Off 8,000 People
Sony has announced that it will reduce its work force by 4%, slashing 8,000 jobs. The company is...
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No More Free Communication Over The Phone For Barack Obama
Verizon Wireless admitted late Thursday that several of its employees broke company rules by...
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Sun Lays Off 6,000 Employees
Sun Microsystems has recently announced that a massive restructuring is underway and that the...
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‘Anonymous’ Hacker Faces 10 Years In Jail For Scientology Attack
The conflict between the group Anonymous and the Church of
Scientology is a secret to no one, but...
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Space Premiere: Private Company SpaceX Successfully Launches Rocket Into Orbit
The private space industry sector has been growing and
developing quite rapidly during these...
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Government Employee Struck By Curiosity
“Idle curiosity” was the end of Lawrence C. Yontz’s 20-year
career in the government. A former...
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Best Buy Paid $121 Million for Napster
Napster has agreed to be acquired by electronics retailer Best Buy for $121 million. But since...
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Microsoft in Denial: Forrester Report Blasting Vista is "Schizophrenic"
Microsoft's Chris Flores, a Director working on the Windows Client Communications Team, wrote on...
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Low Key, Brings Vista Code Injection Risk Fix
Microsoft has issued its advance notification of security bulletins that the company intends to...
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Schwarzenegger and Tesla Motors to Unveil New Sedan
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tesla Motors will host a press conference tomorrow...
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WWDC 2008: AppStore, iPhone’s (Not So) Secret Weapon
iPhone: 3G, video chat, GPS, new colors, different design…Forget
about them! The next best thing...
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CBS Brings CNET On Board
The mainstream media conglomerate CBS announced on Thursday its decision to acquire the online...
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AOL Grabs Context Search Company Sphere Source
AOL has announced that it bought contextual display company Sphere Source Inc for a undisclosed...
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Google Rids of DoubleClick's Search Marketing Unit
Google, seeking to avoid possible conflicts of interest, has decided it is to rid of DoubleClick's...
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Intel, STMicro Push Numonyx As The Best Memory Solutions Provider
Intel announced on Monday the done deal with STMicroelectronics
and the private equity firm...
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iPhone SDK Hits 100,000 Downloads Milestone
It seems like there are a lot of people ready to build and
create applications for Apple’s...
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RIM Sues Motorola Over High Licensing Fees, Patents
Research In Motion Limited (RIM) has moved to sue Motorola Inc. over patent infringement related to...
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Polaroid Could End Instant Photo Technology Era
Polaroid Corp., the company become famous for its instant cameras and photos, has decided to close...
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