.Zimbabwe makes the US economy look robust... --------------------------------------- ''The country's acting finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, made the announcement in a government gazette released Saturday....
"Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit - keeping their blood vessels feeling younger. Advanced heart disease patients have arteries which have effectively aged faster than the rest of their bodies. University of Cambridge...
It has been long known that a daily half tab of soluble aspirin helps those with heart problems by thinning the blood. Experts have now determined the age at which doctors should urge their patients to take a...
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Where are the Conservative Journalists? Over at the Politico, Jonathan Martin writes, "GOP losing the new-media war." The article is generating some thoughtful discussion from conservative tech folks inside...
"Eight days after Apple’s new iPhone went on sale, an international team of programmers announced on Saturday that the device had been “pwned” — hacker jargon for “controlled” or “compromised.” The...
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"Oprah Winfrey remains No. 1 on the Celebrity 100, a power ranking based on both earnings and fame. Despite weakening television ratings and magazine circulation, Winfrey earned $275 million before taxes in the...
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A pair of 20-somethings have been charged in a counterfeit scheme worth more than $4 million (in fake Canadian twenties)."Whoever says "crime doesn't pay" has never tried making bank notes.But Police say that's just what two Toronto area suspects did. Two people were...
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"Let us dwell on three key US statistics, one of which is no longer published to cover the national embarrassment. The synthetic recreation of M3, the former lode star of monetary aggregates, shows a year-to-date increase of 16.7 per cent. That crudely means there are 16.7...
"Let us dwell on three key US statistics, one of which is no longer published to cover the national embarrassment. The synthetic recreation of M3, the former lode star of monetary aggregates, shows a year-to-date increase of 16.7 per cent. That crudely means there are 16.7...
The Economist takes us deeper into the dying world of newspapers. For those who are too young to remember, newspapers were once the way that people read about the news and the world around them.Circulation...
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"New Delhi (ABC Live): The Down wards trend in world's economy has shaken the confidence of investors. Now they are searching for new avenues to make money."
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"Individuals in our country can't print their own money, but there is a private bank that can. It's called the Federal Reserve. And they do. And then they lend it to our government with interest. There are nearly 26 dollars in circulation now for every 1 dollar in circulation...
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EditorsWeblog reports on the Financial Times success with circulation, as other outlets' readership falls. Besides integrating their staff from print and online into a single operatio where all reporters do print and online stories, they use "a uniform commisioning structure"...
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The US is finally smartening up and taking a page from Canada's currency playbook. Colourful money is not only pretty, it makes for lightning fast transactions and adds valuable seconds to our busy lives. (Insert...
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The use of Tasers by Police won by a slim majority in a recent Canadian Poll with Quebec being the most outspoken 6-10 against the use of Tasers. The Poll also showed an overwhelming disapproval by all...