US' big upstream operator Newfield Exploration has opened its long-awaited data room for its Malaysia and China assets, three months after announcing it would exit its overseas operations to focus on North American resource plays, its CEO ...
Northbrook Public Library's summer program has been revised to promote children's creativity and as part of the effort is asking for donations of constructive toys. "Game Outside the Box" is for children of all ages interested in science, ...
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The tangram is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat shapes, called tans, which are put together to form shapes. The objective of the puzzle is to form a specific shape (given only an outline or silhouette) using all seven pieces, ...
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BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices. Analysts regarded the move -- announced today at BlackBerry Live -- as mostly positive, since it could help an improving BlackBerry expand its ...
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Editor’s Note: The following column By Mike Feinstein, vice president, sales and marketing, Digital Lumens, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column. The series features ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, ...
VTech® today announced that its InnoTab 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet, one of the first children's learning based tablets with Wi-Fi, has received the 2013 Seal of Approval from The National Parenting Center. The Seal of Approval is ...
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A vinyl floor is available in two types: sheet vinyl, which is cut to fit your particular room, and square tiles of vinyl which are laid edge to edge to fill a room, sort of like a regular tile floor, but without all the messy mortar and ...
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Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used? That's a question Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & ...
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Ongoing planting delays continued to keep potential sellers at bay this week, which allowed the market to trend higher. West Texas is still too dry, while parts of the Mid-South and Southeast have experienced wet and unseasonably cool ...
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Many tech companies have called for Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions. Yet, many veteran IT tech workers say they can't find jobs. More than a ...
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Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff. ...
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My heart rate monitor has been sitting, unused, at the bottom of my gym bag for months. I couldn't get used to putting on the chest strap that comes with it, especially during winter workouts when that chest strap was ice cold from being in ...
This trick or treat season, Rubie’s is expanding its Halloween kids collection with gruesome new editions to its fancy dress range. The new Zomboy and Zombet costumes are designed to deliver a fright with their scary prints and ...
IT support services firm Caleris has this message on its homepage, "Outsource to Iowa. Not India," against a picture of a corn field and farm houses. Caleris' message could not be clearer. The company is competing from rural Iowa, with ...
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Texas Instruments (TI) and its brand ambassador – actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik – are joining thousands of math educators at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2013 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo., to ...
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