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The following is an excerpt from Jennifer Rooney | May 16, 2013 | Forbes.com |
AT&T T -0.4%‘s “It’s Not Complicated” TV ads have been some of the most talked-about commercials of the past year. Featuring spunky, endearing kids, they’re cute, largely unscripted and a little irreverent. Mostly lauded for their ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from JAY COST | May 20, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 34 | TheWeeklyStandard.com |
At his press conference last month, President Barack Obama employed a trope he often uses—that of a sociologist studying his opposition. Explaining how his agenda has stalled in the Senate, he said:
I ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Time.com | May 15, 2013 |
In the 117 years since the first solar cell was developed and the 110 years since the first powered flight, you’d have thought we would have combined the two technologies by now. When you’re trying to get from place ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Joanna Stern | May 16, 2013 | Yahoo.com |
Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, hit the app jackpot Tuesday afternoon when he pressed the download button on a word game app called Say the Same Thing and sent Apple over the 50 billion app download ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Brandon Griggs | May 14, 2013 | CNN.com |
(CNN) -- Tuesday is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's birthday. He's 29. If that seems insanely young for a billionaire, remember that he co-founded Facebook when he was a teenager.
Zuckerberg has a lot to celebrate. He's amassed ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from GAUTAM NAIK | May 15, 2013 | WSJ.com |
Scientists have used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, an experiment that may revive the controversy over human cloning.
The researchers stopped well short of creating a human clone. But they showed, ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Will Oremus | May 15, 2013 | Slate.com |
"OK, Google": Forget Web Search, Now You Can Hold a Conversation With Your Computer
Forget “OK, Glass.” As of today, the hot new voice command is “OK, Google.” As in, “OK, Google: Show me things to do ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from AP | May 15, 2013 | cbsnews.com |
Smartphones are increasingly popular not only with consumers, but also with thieves who see the devices as another way to tap into bank accounts and other sensitive information, experts say.
Many consumers simply don't realize how vulnerable their ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from LUCIA MUTIKANI | May 13, 2013 | Thefiscaltimes.com |
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in April as households bought automobiles, building materials and a range of other goods, pointing to underlying strength in the economy.
The Commerce Department said on Monday retail sales edged up 0.1 percent ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Andrea Shalal-Esa and Deborah Charles | May 14, 2013 | Reuters.com |
(Reuters) - The top U.S. general in charge of cyber security warned on Tuesday that the United States is increasingly vulnerable to attacks like those that destroyed data on tens of thousands of ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Foxnews.com | May 13, 2013 |
WASHINGTON – Calls are growing for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to return to Capitol Hill -- under subpoena, if necessary -- to answer new questions that have surfaced about her role in the response to the Benghazi ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from BYRON L. STUDDARD | May 14, 2013 | abcnews.com |
For decades, Wall Street has provided investors with a bit of supposed seasonal wisdom this time of year in the form of a rhyming slogan: "Sell in May and go away."
The saying actually originated in ... Read More
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