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The following is an excerpt from KOPIN TAN | April 6, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Investors are worried that the Fed's monetary aid is losing its punch. Fearing a drop in stocks, they're piling into defensive sectors.
A stock market delivered from the brink of depression to record highs in four quick ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from rt.com | April 8, 2013 |
If a nuclear conflict erupts on the Korean Peninsula, Chernobyl would look like a “kids’ fairytale,” Russia’s president said. Tensions have been escalating rapidly, with last week seeing conflicting reports about North Korean nuclear activity.
Speaking at the annual industrial ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from RANDALL STROSS | April 6, 2013 | Nytimes.com |
HERE’S a fraught encounter: one police officer, one civilian and anger felt by one or both. Afterward, it may be hard to sort out who did what to whom.
Now, some police departments are using miniaturized video ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Matt Nesto | April 4, 2013 | Yahoo.com |
Nearly three years after Facebook (FB) and Taiwanese device-maker HTC first offered up the unpopular ChaCha and Salsa phones to highlight the social networking site, they're at it again. Only this time, there's a twist. With ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from LORRAINE LUK, JESSICA E. LESSIN and EVA DOU | April 2, 2013 | WSJ.com |
Apple Inc. AAPL +0.51% plans to begin production of a refreshed iPhone similar in size and shape to its current one in the second quarter of the year, according to ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Daniel Terdiman | April 3, 2013 | cbsnews.com |
Disney may be shutting down LucasArts, the video game arm of the Lucas entertainment empire, laying off its staff and ceasing its development of two forthcoming "Star Wars" games.
"After evaluating our position in the games market, ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Foxnews.com | April 2, 2013 |
The Steve Jobs era may not be over quite yet.
The late Apple founder may have been involved in the design and development of the next two generations of the iPhone.
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón had been interviewing cell ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from DAVID FRANCIS | April 2, 2013 | Thefiscaltimes.com |
Given the tremendous advancements taking place in the field of robotics right now, the increased use of robot soldiers by the Pentagon seems all but inevitable — drastically altering the way the United States wages war. ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from rt.com | April 1, 2013 |
Many 'didn't even know' Exxon pipeline ran under their homes
Residents of Mayflower, Arkansas are shocked, frustrated and discouraged after an ExxonMobil oil pipeline - which many were unaware existed - burst, devastating the small town by flooding its streets ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Maya Shwayder | April 1, 2013 | ibtimes.com |
Citing "a Democratic source close to Clinton," CNN said on Sunday that former U.S. secretary of state and is-she-running-for-president-or-not Hillary Clinton will give her first post-government tenure speech at the National Multi Housing Council in Dallas ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from KOPIN TAN | March 30, 2013 | Barrons.com |
With stocks at record highs and investors unconvinced that the milestone is deserved, the throngs looking to "sell in May and go away" seemed raring to go…in April.
That impulse is particularly strong this spring. In each ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Nidhi Subbaraman | April 1, 2013 | msnbc.com |
Parrot, a French company that makes small quadricopter drones that you can control with a smartphone app, seemed ready to put newspaper delivery boys out of business.
Parrot had teamed up with a local postal service and ... Read More
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