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 Fund View: Consumers on the Ropes (Reuters)
Reuters - The day is drawing near when Americans
will likely be forced to cut their rate of consumption, a
scenario that paints a dire picture for certain consumer
stocks, according to Brett Gallagher, the head of U.S. equity
at Julius Baer Investment Management LLC.
Wall St. Week Ahead: Inflation, Rates Eyed (Reuters)
Reuters - Stocks could show some weakness this
week as earnings season winds down, while inflation and
interest-rate worries stoke investors' concerns about future
profits.
MergerTalk: Retailers Go Shopping (Reuters)
Reuters - Retailers have gone shopping for
one another as they search for new ways to increase revenues,
combat competition from discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores
Inc. and lure consumers growing bored with shopping
malls, analysts said.
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Relics of Computer History in New York Auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Computer geeks who love history have a chance to get their hands on rare documents and technical relics at "The Origins of Cyberspace" sale in New York next week, Christie's auction house said on Friday.
Mobile Phone Virus Found in United States
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The world's first mobile phone virus "in the wild" has spread to the United States from its birthplace in the Philippines eight months ago, a security research firm said on Friday.
TiVo's Success Breeds New Competition and Products
NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc.'s TIVO.O days as the coolest TV technology on the block may be over, as the pioneer of digital video recorders begins to look more and more like an acquisition target as bigger electronics players start moving onto its patch.
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Pathway to Glory
Reviewed and Released. Southern Europe, 1943. The Allies are fighting for every inch against the Axis powers. Take control in Nokia's first exclusive N-Gage game. This turn based strategy game is one of the first to push the N-Gage to the limit in terms of gameplay, content, online interaction and gaming kudos. Has the greatest Vapourware on the N-Gage been worth the wait? Damm right it has. Pathway to Glory, the first Mega Game on All About N-Gage
Asphalt: Urban GT
Reviewed and Released.Could this be the first racing game promising as much action and speed as Claude Lelouch's Parisian petrol fest "Rendezvous?" Fingers crossed the customised Lamborghini rattling up the Champs-Elysée can beat Jacky Ickx when you try out the the free demo from Nokia yourself.
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West Africa Launches Anti-Polio Drive (Reuters)
Reuters - Three West African countries at
the center of a polio epidemic launched an immunization drive
on Sunday to help stop the spread of the crippling disease by
the end of this year.
West Africa Launches Anti-Polio Drive
SEME, Nigeria (Reuters) - Three West African countries at the center of a polio epidemic launched an immunization drive on Sunday to help stop the spread of the crippling disease by the end of this year.
Genes Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDayNews) -- Dutch researchers report they have found a pattern of 76 genes, something geneticists call a "signature," that can predict the return of breast cancer.
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Move Over, Martha Stewart
Kmart, the nation's third-largest discount retailer, is vying to become the next word in budget chic.
Just Like a French Chateau, Only Plastic
In the Oregon countryside, Stanley Mazor has finished building the first two-thirds of a French chateau, modeled on a 17th-century structure in Normandy.
Taming Spaces: Living Large
When a room gets too giant, it loses its connection with its inhabitants. The goal is to make it at once intimate and grand.
Condos Break Sound Barrier
As developers in hectic real estate markets run out of land, new condominiums and rental apartments are going up in some earsplitting places.
Sun Valley Surprise: Chalet So Spare
Allied Works managed to sneak an aggressively contemporary house into Sun Valley, where the architectural style might be called hunting-lodge chic on steroids.
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Five Reasons to Teach Budgeting in the Teen Years
While budgeting can be taught in bits and pieces when children are young, the ins and outs of a true monthly budget is best learned when children are in their teenage years. Here are five reasons why....
Drug Testing
Information on the different types of drug testing, when employers use drug testing and if you should use drug testing on your teenager. Please also see our Index of Drugs of Abuse or our Drug Use Resource pages....
Newest Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Rumors
The book will be out in July, does your family have your pick of who the 'half blood prince' will be? My daughter Bri is still undecided, but I really think it will be a new character. Check here for...
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S.Africa Tries to Lure Its White Diaspora Home
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - If South Africa's campaign to lure millions of people like 20-year-old Zander Smit back home is going to work, it must convince them whites still have a future in the country.
Former Child Soldier Battles Horrific Memories
MADRID (Reuters) - To a hungry 8-year-old runaway in Uganda, the host of children marching on a makeshift parade ground looked like a tempting group of new friends.
Colombians Flee to Cities Amid Refugee Crisis
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - She knew she had no future in her village when she found herself serving coffee to the men who had killed her father three days before.
US Presbyterians Consider Divesting Over West Bank
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A threat by the biggest U.S. Presbyterian church group to dump investments in companies profiting from Israel's occupation of the West Bank and related strife has set off a wave of dissent in the church and angered American Jewish leaders.
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Runesocesius
Runesocesius is the Lusitanian god of darts.
Tongoenabiagus
Tongoenabiagus is the Lusitanian god of oaths fountain.
Mars Cariocecus
The Lusitanian god of war. Cp. Cariocecus and Mars.
Ares Lusitani
Ares Lusitani is the Lusitanian god of horses.
Nantosvelta
Nantosvelta was a goddess of nature of the Lusitani. She was also worshipped by the Gauls (Mediomatrici and others).
Fisher King
A title of the Grail Keeper. It occurs without explanation in in Chretien de Troyes but Robert de Boron has the title originate with Bron, brother-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea. Bron catches and places a symbolic fish upon the Grail table and becomes ...
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Train Hits Ambulance in Ark.; Three Die (AP)
AP - A train slammed into an ambulance that apparently tried to get out of its path, but stopped at a rail crossing, killing all three paramedics on board. The patient in the vehicle survived, officials said.
Iwo Jima Re-Enactment Held in Texas (AP)
AP - As the sound of artillery filled the air, about 200 performers carrying M1 carbines climbed a muddy hill on a central Texas ranch marking the nation's largest 60th-anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Storms Batter California With Rain, Hail (AP)
AP - Powerful thunderstorms hammered already saturated Southern California on Saturday with soaking rain and hail, flooding roads and homes, knocking out power to thousands of customers and raising the threat of mudslides.
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Shipping, Not Drilling, Main Oil Risk for Arctic (Reuters)
Reuters - A major oil spill from a tanker is the
main danger to the Arctic environment if oil exploration
increases in the region, not drilling which is increasingly
clean, the author of an eight-nation survey said.
Shipping, Not Drilling, Main Oil Risk for Arctic
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A major oil spill from a tanker is the main danger to the Arctic environment if oil exploration increases in the region, not drilling which is increasingly clean, the author of an eight-nation survey said.
U.N. Panel Backs Anti-Cloning Resolution (AP)
AP - A bitterly divided U.N. committee approved a resolution calling on nations to ban all forms of human cloning incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life.
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Pioneer HTZ-740DV
This stylish, have-it-your-way HTIB features virtual or bona fide surround sound.
Dell Inspiron 6000 Notebook Computer for Business
The Dell Inspiron 6000 is adequate for basic home or small-office use, but there are less expensive alternatives.
Tekkeon ezTalker Mini
The Tekkeon ezTalker Mini headset does all the things a Bluetooth headset should, and it does them well.
ClearOne Max EX conference phone
ClearOne's Max EX is a good choice for businesses that require a flexible conference-phone system that can grow along with their company, but it lacks certain features we expect from this class.
Dell Inspiron 6000 for Home
The Dell Inspiron 6000 is adequate for basic home or small-office use, but there are less expensive alternatives.
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