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PowerPoint has taken a lot of flak recently, especially from the US military, for its overuse at presentations and its failure to help communicate complex topics. Now for the good story from researcher Sarah Kaplan, of the Joseph L. Rotman School of ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Europe has spooked stock investors. Will it spook shoppers, too?
Lately Americans have started spending a bit more, giving a lift to the economy and confounding doomsayers and even logic. After all, unemployment is still near double d...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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Make no mistake. Bonds are debt. The principal has to be paid back with interest. Bonds may be publicly traded, bought and sold on a stock exchange, or realised through a private placement deal but they are still debt. Who or what backs up that debt?...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Deflation and a lost decade can be avoided it seems; all we need are perfect central bankers, sensible politicians, a biddable electorate and cooperative investors.
Nothing to worry about there, then.
In a speech on Monday, Bank of England Monetary P...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Signet Jewelers Limited ("Signet") (NYSE and LSE: SIG), the world's largest specialty retail jeweler, today announced its results for the 13 weeks ended May 1, 2010 ("first quarter fiscal 2011").
First Quarter Highlights
-- Same store sales: up 5.8%
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DATE: May 28, 2010
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Ever wished there was somewhere you could go to retreat from the madness of the day and experience a few minutes of stress-free peace?
Deryn Higgins hopes that her new store — appropriately named My Sereni-tea — will be just such a haven for many peo...
DATE: May 27, 2010
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Laptops in a classroom can increase engagement, attentiveness, participation and learning, according to a study of college students, published by this month's edition of the journal Computers & Education.
However, like any other aid to education, the...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to snag even more customers for the electronic books it sells by releasing a version of its Kindle e-reader software for phones that use Google Inc.'s increasingly popular Android operating system.
The f...
DATE: May 26, 2010
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The combination of stress and economic pressures appears to be playing a role in the weight gain of the labour force, according to a survey published by CareerBuilder last week.
Overall, 44 percent of workers surveyed say they have gained weight in t...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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British Airways has declared a summer sale with round-trip fares to London starting at $673, excluding taxes.
The company also announced yesterday that the Bermuda-London flights will continue to run normally, despite five-day strike by cabin crew th...
DATE: May 25, 2010
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