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NEW YORK (AP) — What does Angelina Jolie have in common with Josef Stalin and Thomas Edison as well as two out of every five Americans between the ages of 26 and 40?
They all have tattoos.
Once seen as a silent cry of rebellion, tattoos now posess a ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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It could be the final word in going green - dehumidifying the air around you and turning the collected moisture into clean, filtered drinking water.
As recycling goes a new machine being rolled out on the Island appears to have it all sussed out.
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DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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ATLANTA (Bloomberg) — International Business Machines Corp., the world's second-largest software maker, will sell instant-messaging programs to small and medium-sized companies to woo them away from Microsoft Corp. products.
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DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP)— If you're scarfing down Christmas candy while stuck at your desk, consider the Walkstation, a combination desktop/treadmill that lets you work and work out at the same time.
The idea behind it is that a little movement over long period...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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–NEW YORK (AP) - The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display websites is driving an effort launched tomorrow by leading news organisations and other publishers to revise a 13-year-old technology for restricting access.
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XL Insurance, the global insurance operation of XL, has completed the purchase of Global Asset Protection Services from Swiss Re.
GAPS is a provider of unbundled loss prevention consulting services, offering individually tailored risk management solu...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many hedge funds have had a rough ride this year, particularly in August and November, but a number have benefited from the market volatility to produce substantial gains, fund managers and others said yesterday.
Some large firms...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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KeyTech boosted its profits by almost $3.5 million over the six-month period to the end of September, mainly due to the improved financial performance of its five subsidiaries.
The utilities company's consolidated net income for the six month period ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — Tesco PLC, the British grocery chain that recently began a rollout of stores in the United States, reported yesterday that its burgeoning international operations underpinned strong third-quarter sales.
Sales at Tesco's stores in Britai...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - Citigroup Inc.'s Sedna Finance Corp. had $867 million of junior-ranking debt downgraded 12 levels to CCC by Fitch Ratings after declines in the structured investment vehicle's assets.
The cut from Fitch comes as Moody's Investors...
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