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House passes housing bill; Bush lifts veto threat
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The House of Representatives passed
a massive housing rescue bill on Wednesday while the White
House dropped a threat to veto it, paving the way for measures
aimed at shoring up the worst U.S. housing market since the
Great Depression.
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Amazon Q2 net profit doubles, sales up 41 percent
(Reuters)
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday
quarterly net income doubled on a 41 percent rise in revenue,
helped by higher operating profit margins.
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Fed says price pressures gain, growth slackens
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The United States faced increasing
inflationary pressures in recent weeks amid slowing economic
growth, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, as it described
conditions in some areas as "grim," "morose" or "bleak."
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Pulte Homes second-quarter loss narrows
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pulte Homes Inc posted a
smaller quarterly loss on Wednesday, but said buyer confidence
remained shaky.
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Wall Street rises on oil drop, housing plan optimism
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday as financial
shares climbed on optimism about a rescue plan for mortgage
finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and as the price
of oil fell.
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Waiters pick up part of LongHorn's labor costs
(AP)
 AP - With the cost of everything from air conditioning to whipped cream rising, many restaurants have been raising prices. LongHorn Steakhouse is passing on part of the tab to its servers.
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Gaia Wallpaper Desktop 1.20 |
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This wallpaper manager offers intelligent desktop management and cool wallpaper effects. Customize your wallpapers per category. User-friendly interface with personalized advanced features. Enhance your desktop by adding life to your wallpapers.
It resizes your wallpapers intelligently, whatever your screen resolution and the dimensions of your wallpap... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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SupportSmith Free 1.5.3 |
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SupportSmith is an integrated platform that provides Remote Desktop access and Live Customer Support, establishing secure SSH/2 AES 128-bit encrypted connections between computers, through NATs, firewalls and proxies. SupportSmith also complements the functionality of Microsoft Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance, allowing them to quickly and safely esta... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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12Ghosts SaveLayout 8.11 |
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Keep changes to your desktop icon layout once and forever. This is the final answer to the Windows desktop imperfection, keeping a strong backlog of icon layouts. Restore at resolution switching, or when the taskbar is moved.Optional tray icon, hotkey, and command line options for automated backups. Comes with a one-click accessible desktop simulation too... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Chameleon Clock 4.0 |
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Chameleon
Clock is a desktop clock which purpose is to be useful, user-friendly,
and beautiful. It is where the power of both features and interface is
combined with simplicity.
Check how
Chameleon Clock makes a standard Windows tray clock a tiny piece of art
by using Winamp skins and bitmap digits. Several ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Desktop Calendar and Planner Software 2007.2.1.17 |
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Desktop calendar and planner software will help you manage appointments, to-do lists, schedules, and more.
Make appointments and set up alarms to remind you of upcoming events, meetings, parties, vacations, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. It allows you to view all your events in a daily, weekly or monthly overview. You can also print your calendar in da... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Weather Widget 2007 2.1 |
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Desktop weather widget displays current weather conditions and allows users to view forecasts for over 140,000 US cities. This cool little widget can be dragged across your desktop and placed over any window or can be a part of your desktop background.The On Screen Display functionality gives you detailed weather conditions by just hovering your mouse ove... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Desktop Adviser 5.6 |
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Desktop Adviser is an invisible and easy-to-use PC activity monitoring tool that captures screenshots of the active application window or the entire desktop at the predefined time intervals varying from 1 second to several hours and saves the recorded images to a specified directory on the hard drive in image or video format.Features:Capturing Windows Des... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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DESKonTOP 1.00 |
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Solve window clutter, speed-launch desktop shortcuts and access icons on your computer desktop easily. With just one mouse click you'll get a small copy of your desktop with all shortcuts and icons.Another click will launch a shortcut. No need to minimize or move windows around. No need for Start menu exploration. No playing hide-and-seek with your window... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Freedapps Desktop Drape 2.0 |
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Freedapps Desktop Drape instantly blanks your computer screen, except an area of the screen you want to focus on (such as a YouTube video, a photo or a text editor). Use it to focus on your current task and make all other windows (or ads) disappear, without having to manually clean up your desktop or close any window. You can also use it to take screensho... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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12Ghosts SetColor 8.11 |
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Great tool to set the icon colors suitable to your wallpaper image. Change the desktop icon's text color and the desktop icon text's background color, even to transparent! Now with Windows XP shadow support. A handy tool, with a functionality not possible before in Windows.General IssuesThis does not switch a color setting because there isn't one in Windo... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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