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Topic: No-Snow Winter Sends Skiers Golfing |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:34 pm Subject: No-Snow Winter Sends Skiers Golfing |
The golf course is getting plenty of use this month at the private Woodmere Club on New York’s Long Island, which has had to adjust to the unseasonably warm and dry winter on the U.S. East Coast.
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Topic: Greek President Slams German ‘Insults’ as Talks Stall |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:33 pm Subject: Greek President Slams German ‘Insults’ as Talks Stall |
Greek President Karolos Papoulias slammed Germany’s finance minister for recent comments about his country as stalled bailout talks stoked tensions between Greece and the northern European countries f ... |
Topic: Lin’s Win Streak Has Vegas Cutting Knicks’ Odds |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:33 pm Subject: Lin’s Win Streak Has Vegas Cutting Knicks’ Odds |
Jeremy Lin has sparked a winning streak in New York that’s prompted sports books to slash the Knicks’ odds of winning the National Basketball Association championship by more than 50 percent.
The L ... |
Topic: Google Rallies Opposition to Anti-Piracy Bill |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:16 pm Subject: Google Rallies Opposition to Anti-Piracy Bill |
Internet companies led by Google Inc. (GOOG) are using their online clout to stoke opposition to Hollywood-backed anti-piracy measures in the U.S. Congress that they say will encourage censorship and ... |
Topic: Obama Admin Said to Reject Keystone Pipeline |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:16 pm Subject: Obama Admin Said to Reject Keystone Pipeline |
The Obama administration will likely announce rejection of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline later today or tomorrow, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The rejection will pro ... |
Topic: Seven Charged in Insider Trading Probe |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:15 pm Subject: Seven Charged in Insider Trading Probe |
Seven people were charged in Manhattan federal court with counts including securities fraud and conspiracy as part of a five-year insider trading investigation by the FBI and the Justice Department.
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Topic: China Import Growth Slide Deepens Global Risks |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:51 am Subject: China Import Growth Slide Deepens Global Risks |
China’s import growth fell to a two- year low in December, underscoring a slowdown in the fastest- growing major economy that deepens risks for the global outlook.
Imports (CNFRIMPY) rose 11.8 perc ... |
Topic: Wall Street Weighs Pay Freeze for Junior Bankers |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:50 am Subject: Wall Street Weighs Pay Freeze for Junior Bankers |
Wall Street’s biggest firms, facing a slump in investment-banking revenue, are considering freezing compensation levels for some junior bankers, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
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Topic: Goldberg: To Avoid All-Out War Give Iran One Last Chance |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:50 am Subject: Goldberg: To Avoid All-Out War Give Iran One Last Chance |
Three years ago, President Barack Obama came into office with a very good idea: He would reach out to the mullahs in Iran to see whether they were interested in rethinking their hate-based relationshi ... |
Topic: CES: Vizio Aims Low-Price Wrecking Ball at PCs |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:20 am Subject: CES: Vizio Aims Low-Price Wrecking Ball at PCs |
Vizio Inc., the television maker that helped drive higher-cost rivals out of the business with rock- bottom prices, plans to bring the same mayhem to the personal- computer market.
Vizio will unvei ... |
Topic: Hormuz Bypass Oil Pipeline Delayed as Iranian Tensions Mount |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:19 am Subject: Hormuz Bypass Oil Pipeline Delayed as Iranian Tensions Mount |
A pipeline that would allow oil from the United Arab Emirates to bypass the Strait of Hormuz separating it from Iran has been delayed because of construction difficulties, two people with knowledge of ... |
Topic: Did Psychopaths Take Over Wall Street Asylum? |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:18 am Subject: Did Psychopaths Take Over Wall Street Asylum? |
It took a relatively obscure former British academic to propagate a theory of the financial crisis that would confirm what many people suspected all along: The “corporate psychopaths” at the helm of o ... |
Topic: Hackers Dream Up Censor-Proof Satellite Internet Grid |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:33 am Subject: Hackers Dream Up Censor-Proof Satellite Internet Grid |
A group of computer enthusiasts have begun working on creating a satellite network that could be used to thwart censorship on the Internet.
Called the "Hackerspace Global Grid" (HGG), the ... |
Topic: Wendy Deng and Twitter's Tenuous Hold on the Truth |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:33 am Subject: Wendy Deng and Twitter's Tenuous Hold on the Truth |
Wendi Deng, wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, started out the year by discovering that her name had been hijacked by a spoofer on Twitter. Twitter had apparently verified the account, "Wendi_De ... |
Topic: MS Exchange Practices Most Companies Should Still Shun |
hurricanemaxi
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Forum: General Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:32 am Subject: MS Exchange Practices Most Companies Should Still Shun |
ver a year ago, we presented a list of the top 10 worst practices that you should avoid if you want to maintain the performance and uptime of your Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Exchange email system.
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