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NEW YORK— Microsoft Corp. took great pains to improve security in its newly released computer operating system, Windows Vista, redesigning it to reduce users’ exposure to destructive programs from the Internet. Outside researchers commend the retoole...
DATE: Dec 11, 2006
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LONDON (AP) — The Seminole Tribe of Florida is buying the Hard Rock business, including its massive collection of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, in a US$965 million (euro725 million) deal with Rank Group PLC, the tribe announced yesterday.The Hard Rock b...
DATE: Dec 08, 2006
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Four enforcement officials at the US Securities and Exchange Commission rejected allegations by a former agency attorney of political interference in an insider-trading investigation of Wall Street executive John Mack and a major he...
DATE: Dec 07, 2006
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Exhausted and triumphant from what was surely a ten-mile run through the neighbourhood, you get into your car to retrace your route and clock the distance.You check the car's odometer. Eight miles, it reads. Only eight miles? How...
DATE: Dec 06, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — American International Group Inc., one of the world’s largest insurers, and a company headed by its former chairman announced yesterday they had settled disputes involving specialised insurance agencies that handle marine, energy and ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft Corp. launched its first new computer operating system in five years yesterday, saying that despite delays, the product’s emergence is perfectly timed for PC users who increasingly need to coordinate information from a dizzy...
DATE: Dec 01, 2006
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PLANO, Texas (AP) — Clutching a plastic J.C. Penney bag in one hand and reaching for her four-year-old daughter with the other, Cathy Lewis sized up the department-store options for shoppers on a budget.“I like the quality and price of the children’s...
DATE: Nov 27, 2006
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The makers of video game consoles may someday develop a machine that delivers on all the pre-launch hype, but we’re not there yet.
The new PlayStation 3 from Sony Corp., the Wii by Nintendo Co., and even the year-old Xbox 360 from Microsoft are not m...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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This is one in an occasional series on maths for consumers:
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Making Sense of Cents and Percent. Even though we hate to admit it, for most of us, including me, it has been a long time since we really thought about these pesky math concepts s...
DATE: Nov 18, 2006
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This is one in an occasional series on maths for consumers:Making Sense of Cents and Percent. Even though we hate to admit it, for most of us, including me, it has been a long time since we really thought about these pesky math concepts such as recip...
DATE: Nov 18, 2006
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