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US rig count increases by 23 (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 23 this week to 1,396. ...
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Fri Mar 2010
House panel says Toyota shows no proof yet of study (Reuters)
Categorie : World Business NewsReuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) has not adequately supported its contention that it has rigorously evaluated electronic throttle systems for possible problems, lawmakers said on Friday. ...
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Finding the Humor in B-School (BusinessWeek)
Categorie : World Business NewsBusinessWeek - Welcome back, dear readers, to the third installment of Jonathan Stern's Adventures in Business School.In our last chapter, I was in the midst of what I described as the busiest time of my life.Now, as I sit here at my keyboard, mere hours from the start of my second quarter at the An ...
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US Apple iPad launch slightly delayed to April 3 (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned. ...
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Waste watchers? UK group fears trash bin spies (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away. ...
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AP IMPACT: Toyota secretive on 'black box' data (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts. ...
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FCC to propose reforming Universal Service Fund (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Federal regulators trying to bring high-speed Internet connections to all Americans will propose tapping the government program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas. ...
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New Windows phones won't run current apps (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a "clean break" with the past. Now it's clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won't run any applications written for older versions of Microsoft's phone software. ...
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Airport body scanners spreading across US (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - The Transportation Security Administration on Friday announced nine more U.S. airports that will receive body-scanning technology, as the U.S. heightens its effort to detect hidden explosives and other weapons amid a threat highlighted by an attempted bombing on Christmas Day. ...
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Google takes aim at Microsoft with DocVerse acquisition (Reuters)
Categorie : World Business NewsReuters - Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp's productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft users to edit their documents on the Web. ...
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Xbox Live lifts taboos on race-sexual preference (AFP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAFP - Xbox Live users are now free to express their race, religion, nationality and sexual orientation in profiles at the popular online videogame community. ...
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PCTEL posts narrower loss in 4th quarter (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - PCTEL Inc., a supplier of wireless service-related products, reported that it narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter because ...
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