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Markets await Bernanke as central bankers gather
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke tackles financial stability in a key speech on
Friday but economists doubt he will provide solid clues about
future policy action to calm the credit crunch.
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Fannie and Freddie debt gains, deep share dive abates
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Investors' growing belief in the
likelihood of a federal bailout of home-funding giants Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac triggered a rally in the
debt prices of the two companies on Thursday while a steep fall
in their shares prices abated.
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Oil up 5 percent on global tensions, soft dollar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oil prices rose nearly 5 percent on
Thursday, the biggest percentage gain in more than two months,
driven by rising tensions between the United States and energy
behemoth Russia.
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Three big banks settle with NY state over ARS
(Reuters)
Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
on Thursday said Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , Deutsche Bank
(DBKGn.DE) and Goldman Sachs have agreed to settlements
regarding their auction rate security sales practices.
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FINRA probes 40 firms on auction rate securities: source
(Reuters)
Reuters - Financial industry enforcement agents
will review the auction-rate debt operations of about 40 firms
industrywide starting next week, sources familiar with the
investigation said on Thursday.
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Trends & Innovations - Wednesday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The proportion of working-age Americans facing medical debt rose to 72 mil or 41% last year, up from 58 mil or 34% in '05, according to a new survey by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. About half of those facing health debt have up to $2,000 in bills, while 12% have more than $4,000 in debt and another 12% have more than $8,000. The survey also found most of those with medical debt said they had exhausted their savings, with some also tapping into credit cards, home equity or cutting back on food or heat to cover health care costs.
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Software Catalog 2.2.1 |
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Software Catalog is a Windows utility designed to help keep your applications up-to-date. With the latest features and most current bug-fixes installed on your computer, you can ensure that you're using the most stable, feature-rich versions of all of the programs that you've purchased.
As an application database, Software Catalog stores version info... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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miniTrezor 2.0.5 |
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The miniTrezor program is a Windows-based application that creates a protected, safe store (a so-called vault or trezor) for the user's data: the data are encrypted, password protected, and physically may be stored in several copies (located on several discs, or even several computers). It is a one-user application, and may only be run from one single com... |
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TrackerGold 1.1.57 |
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Tracker Gold makes it simpler than ever before for business or home users to quickly create different applications easily.The application gives the user the building blocks to create databases, finance calculators, projects, application launchers, document controllers, date reminders and much more with great ease.TrackerGold gives the business or home or... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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DBSync for MS Access and MSSQL 2.0.0 |
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DBSync for MS Access & MSSQL performs MS Access (mdb) to MS SQL and MSSQL to Access database conversions with synchronization and ability to choose particular tables to be converted simply by configuring several options in the wizard-like application.Ability to organize application work using command line parameters is supplemented with scheduler so you c... |
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Proxy Log Explorer 1.0 |
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Proxy Log Explorer is the fastest and most powerful analysis application for monitoring the efficiency corporate Internet usage of your Proxy server. This application creates dynamic reports on-the-fly. Also, you can easily get virtually any subreport by just right-clicking the item you need and selecting the subreport you need. Needless to say, it can re... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Flexiblesoft Launcher 3.0 |
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Flexiblesoft Launcher is a small program that allows you one mouse-click access to a pop-up menu of your favorite shortcuts, minimizing use of valuable desktop space and system resources. By extending mouse functionality, your customized pad of shortcuts appears with the click of a mouse- or a combination that you specify. Click one of the shortcuts on yo... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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ID Application Protector 1.2 |
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ID Application Protector is a security program specifically designed to encrypt Windows executables. It protects them against reverse engineering or cracking, safely compressing and shrinking their sizes by as much as 70%, securing them against possible attacks.Features:Encodes executable filesCompresses files, shrinking 70% of their sizeDecompresses with... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Minimize To Tray 1.2 |
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MinimizeToTray allows you to minimize application you want to system tray. You can minimize application by shortcut key. You may choose applications which will be always minimized to system tray. MinimizeToTray is easy to use.It does not require any additional configuration. From version 1.2 MinimizeToTray supports all applications under Windows Vista. ... |
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DBSync for Access and MySQL 5.0 |
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DBSync for Access & MySQL performs MS Access (mdb) to MySQL and MySQL to Access database conversions with synchronization and ability to choose particular tables to be converted simply by configuring several options in wizard-like application. Ability to organize application work using command line parameters is supplemented with scheduler so you can run ... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Advanced Password Generator 2.95 |
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Advanced Password Generator is a Windows based application designed to generate passwords of any length or character content.
This application is used by network administrators, internet service providers and others to create and administer passwords. It is fast, small and easy to use.Advanced Password Generator gives users a choice of random number gen... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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| Software News |
Microsoft enlists Seinfeld for ad campaign: source
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will star
in a $300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft Corp aimed
at burnishing the image of its computer operating system, a
person familiar with the effort said on Thursday.
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Photosynth Stitches Photos Into a 3-D Web Canvas
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft's name has never been synonymous with photography, visual imaging or innovative online applications. But its release Wednesday of Photosynth -- a hybrid software/service that allows users to create 3-D environments by stitching multiple photographs together -- suggests the company has more than a few cards up its sleeve.
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Apple tries to de-bug iPhone
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Apple acknowledged that a software update for the iPhone partly fixes the connection snags that have caused a global firestorm for the new iPhone 3G.
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Salesforce.com stock drops on cautious outlook
(AP)
AP - Salesforce.com Inc. kept its financial guidance within the range of analyst estimates Wednesday, disappointing investors who expected a more bullish forecast from one of the Internet's most popular software services.
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Microsoft Eases Server-Virtualization Restrictions
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft has elected to jettison certain licensing restrictions that previously discouraged its customers from moving the software giant's server applications within a server farm at will.
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Google Invites Security Researchers To Debug Android
(NewsFactor)
 NewsFactor - In a move that could help it avoid an iPhone 3G-like software drama, Google wants bug hunters to test its Android mobile platform. On Monday, the Android Security Team posted a message to introduce itself to the security research and vulnerability communities.
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