Jonathan, 11, is in the school library after school on a Friday, but it isn't detention; he's playing computer games that help him think. "It's fun," he says. "It's a nice way to end the week," chimes in schoolmate Sasha, 11. The two are ...
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Pakistan Steel spokesman said that a ship carrying 55,000 tonnes of coal for Pakistan Steel reached Port Qasim Pakistan Steel Jetty after a long journey from Australia.The unloading of coal has been started through the 4.2 kilometer ...
A federal judge has rejected BancorpSouth's plan to use contractual agreements with customers as a shield against liability claims stemming from an online heist of some $440,000 that was illegally wire-transferred from the account of one of ...
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Downgrade rights will be critical to Windows 8's acceptance in the enterprise, but if they're exercised by consumers, it's a sign Microsoft's newest OS has pulled a "Vista," analysts said today. For consumers, downgrade rights, which let ...
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Arch Biopartners has signed an agreement to buy a new diagnostic technology, which identifies irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The technology helps clinicians to diagnose IBS that causes frequent abdominal discomfort, pain and ...
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Dragon Dance , which originated from China, are traditional Chinese folk activities and folk dance forms. Dragon Dance is also known as "Playing dragon lantern" and "Dance of dragon lantern", with the "Dragon" made of grasses, bamboos ...
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Chinese automotive components manufacturer Wanxiang is planning to invest $450m in A123 Systems under a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU). The investement is expected to create the capital structure necessary for the company ...
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Dixi Drama, usually called "sorcerer's dance in a trance ", is a kind of local drama spreading in Anshun City of Guizhou Province, whose birth is closely related to the station troops in Anshun who came from Anhui Province, Jiangsu ...
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The US Department of Treasury is planning to sell $5.8bn worth of its shares in American International Group (AIG), further reducing ownership stake to 61% from 70%. The department has agreed to sell 163.93 million shares at $30.50 per ...
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Personal wellness products manufacturer Omron Healthcare has announced the availability of a Strapless Heart Rate Monitor which can be worn on the wrist while exercising for continuous monitoring. The HR-500U monitor's optic sensor ...
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Brazilian beef firm JBS has entered into an agreement that will see its US business assume operational control of the Canadian operations of XL Foods, the company at the centre of a large-scale food scare. JBS USA will take management of ...
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China provides many opportunities to entrepreneurs all over the globe especially with the country's revolutionary industries,budget friendly labor force,and its consistent policy environment.As of today,quite a lot of people are entering ...
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The Cabinet Office has ditched plans to publish regular'gateway'reports on the progress of major public sector IT projects. The decision,according to reports,follows complaints from senior civil servants,whose compliance Cabinet Office ...
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Broadband providers have "editorial discretion" to give priority to their own Web content, and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules limiting that discretion is a violation of providers' free speech rights, two ...
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Even after Stanley Black & Decker shareholders rejected the tool and security company's executive pay plan last spring, the company paid Nolan D. Archibald, its executive chairman and the former CEO of Black & Decker, a total of $64.4 ...
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