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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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DC Form Translator 1.01 |
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Form Translator is the only program that gives you multi-language
functionality without rewriting your code or redesigning the entire
form. Developed by EgyFirst Software, it allows you to support Eastern
languages and adapts your form design to accommodate foreign
characters. Form Translator is perfect for programmers writing in
multiple languages a... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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HSLAB Free Logger 3.5.0 |
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HSLAB Free Logger - The complete solution for the background control and logging the users activity.
This software allows to record actions of the user (users) of a computer on start
the applications, opening documents, access to the Internet and usings removable media.Using this software to become possible to receive the information about user's actio... |
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Forms Data Loader 2 |
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Tool to load data into Oracle Apps through front end forms. It provides an easy to use and cost effective solution for loading test or legacy data into Oracle Applications. Although it is specially built for loading data into Oracle, It can be used to load data in any application running under Windows. Requires no special technical knowledge and can be us... |
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Google Web Toolkit 1.2.22 |
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Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is an open source Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language. Writing dynamic web applications today is a tedious and error-prone process; you spend 90% of your time working around subtle incompatibiliti... |
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.NET Framework version 3.0 |
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The Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 redistributable package
installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files required to
run applications developed to target the .NET Framework v3.0.
The .NET Framework version 3.0 improves scalability and performance of
applications with improved caching, application deployment and updating
with ClickO... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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VerifyMyPC 2.5 |
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VerifyMyPC is the change tracking and management tool that watches for important changes to computers running Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Reduce technical support times from 2 hours to 5 minutes by tracking important changes made to systems. Start with the high-level summary of easy-to-understand sentences and optionally drill down to files a... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Minimize to tray 1.5.1 |
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Minimize, hide any application to system tray, you can use it like boss key. Hide them all! You can minimize application by shortcut key. You may choose applications which will be always minimized to tray, it's really easy to use. Minimize them all now!You can hide them too! It does not require any additional configuration. Minimize To Tray supports Windo... |
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AnVir Task Manager 4.0 |
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Task Manager is utility software that gives users a comprehensive set of tools to put them in full control of their computer. It gives you detailed information about every process that is running, and about applications running automatically on Windows startup including all hidden applications. Tray icon with HDD and CPU usage information. Protection aga... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Uninstall Tool 2.05 |
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Uninstall Tool is a quick, powerful and reliable alternative to standard Windows Add/Remove program. It's fast, secure and convenient way to remove unneeded applications and to improve your computer efficiency. 3 times faster than standard Add/Remove program! You can easily browse your software using 3 applications categories (Software, System and Hidden)... |
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DevForce Express 3.3.0.3 |
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DevForce Express is a free .NET productivity solution that is fully integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and is designed for development of basic data-intensive client/server applications. DevForce Express-based applications may be developed, deployed, and resold royalty-free.
DevForce Express is part of the DevForce Productivity Suite from IdeaBla... |
[License: Freeware, 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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