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Pakistan Flood-Relief Efforts Stuck at 1.0
The U.S. response to the disaster pales in comparison to Haiti, and that could be a huge problem given Pakistan's strategic importance.
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Toll-free hotline for those losing COBRA, needing health insurance
The federal COBRA subsidy introduced in March of 2009 was designed to cover 65 percent of COBRA health insurance premiums for up to 15 months for persons who lost their jobs as the result of a lay off occurring between September 2008 and May 2010. Each month since June 1, 2010, more COBRA...
Insurance - Health insurance - Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 - Financial Services - Business
Insurance - Health insurance - Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 - Financial Services - Business
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Schumer Asks Fed to Limit Pitching of Business Cards
The senator wants the Federal Reserve to look more closely at credit-card issuers marketing business cards to consumers
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Live Blog: Apple's iPod, Music Event
Apple is likely introducing a family of new iPods (and maybe a revamped Apple TV) today at its annual music event in San Francisco. Refresh this post for live updates as the event unravels.
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Swisscom Weighing Options on Buying Out FastWeb Minorities
Swisscom AG is weighing its options on buying out minority interests in FastWeb SpA and hasn’t decided yet, Carsten Roetz, a spokesman for the Swiss company, said in comments e-mailed to Bloomberg.
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BRICs, Indonesia to Double Internet Use, Report Says
Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia will double their Internet users to 1.2 billion by 2015, fueling growth at media companies and phone carriers, according to Boston Consulting Group Inc.
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Aviation Thinks Outside the Black Box
Fifteen months after Air France Flight 447 went down over the Atlantic, there's still no sign of the plane's black box recorders. That has the industry wondering if it's time to update the technology with a satellite-based system.
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Sept. 1, 1974: New York to London in Less Than 2 Hours
On a flight to the Farnborough Air Show outside London, Maj. James Sullivan and Noel Widdifield fly the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird from New York to London in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds. The 1,806-mph flight still holds the transatlantic speed record between the two cities.
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Investing in Wind Power Is Smart — But Not How We're Doing It
Wind farms are popping up in rural areas that can't use that electricity — could the promising form of alt energy be labeled another boondoggle for farm states?
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Found: The Future of Playgrounds
A bungee jungle gym! A 10-g merry-go-round! A rocket swing! It's 2024, and this is no ordinary playground (just make sure you sign the waiver on your way in).
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Found Photoshop Contest: Retirement Homes of the Future
As all the baby boomers age (dare we say it!?), they must be considering what retirement homes will look like a decade from now. But what about many decades from now? Will nursebots and flying Rascals be a part of the plan?
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Astronaut's Eye View: Time-Lapse Videos of Earth
An astronaut took over 85 time-lapse videos of Earth from the International Space Station. We have some of the best here, including an aurora and a satellite launch.
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Telecom Italia May Have to Pay 429 Million Euros in Tax Probe
Telecom Italia SpA, Italy’s biggest phone company, may be required to pay an additional 429 million euros ($546 million) in relation to a tax probe involving its Sparkle unit, according to its half-year report.
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Hostage-Taker Besieges Discovery Channel, Posts Demands on Web
Authorities were negotiating Wednesday with an armed man who has taken an unknown number of hostages, who might have an explosive or “metallic device” at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Amazon.com Girds for Combat With Netflix
The world's top online retailer has approached Time Warner and other studios to start an online video subscription service that would vie with Netflix, Hulu and Apple
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RIM’s India Deal Likely to Fuel More Concessions, Analysts Say
Research In Motion Ltd.’s concession in giving Indian authorities access to BlackBerry e-mail and instant-messenger correspondence means it’s likely to do the same for other governments, analysts said.
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Motorola Unit to Be Spun Off With $3.5 Billion
Motorola Inc., the communications- equipment maker that’s splitting in two, said it plans to put $3.5 billion into the mobile-phone and set-top box units that will be spun off together in the first quarter of next year.
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Apple to Livestream Press Conference — to Apple Customers Only
Breaking with a longstanding but unstated policy, Apple has decided to publish a live video stream of Wednesday's press conference. The stream will be optimized for Mac, iPhone and iPad users only.
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New Technique Finds Gaseous Metals in Exoplanet Atmospheres
Using a new technique at a new telescope, two separate groups of exoplanet scientists have discovered potassium in the atmospheres of two hot Jupiters more than 190 light-years from Earth.
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