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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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Desktop Budget 1.2.0.16 |
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Desktop Budget lets you take control of your budget, and let’s you manage all your finances including your checking, your credit cards, loans, savings accounts, and any debts you might have, all with easy to use, self explanatory windows and applications. Desktop Budget will tell you when your bills need to be paid. You can create forms and transactions t... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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The KJV Desktop Bible Book 1.0 |
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Beautiful Mediaeval-Styled KJV desktop bible book. Easily navigatable with verse search or phrase search . You can bookmark verses to which you can add topics and notes. Aesthetically pleasing to read. Highlighting colours and text size can be changed. |
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Christmas Candlelight Living Desktop 2.5.0 |
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Christmas comes alive on your desktop with these beautiful candelit Christmas scenes. Photorealistic flickering candlelight illuminates five different holiday scenes sure to brighten your desktop and your holiday season. Each scene is unique and features up to four beautiful moving candle flames casting light over the whole scene in real time right befo... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Access Controller 3.23 |
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Access Controller is a desktop locking security utility you can use to protect your desktop when you are not near your PC. To activate protection, define a password in Options, and select the Lock command. Password protection can be automatically activated on boot or with a click of an icon in the system tray. You can also log access attempts and enforce ... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Easy Desktop Keeper 1.9 |
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Easy Desktop Keeper gives you the ability to save, restore, manage and lock your desktop layout including files and folders located on your desktop, placement of desktop icons, desired wallpaper and screen saver. If you choose to lock your desktop layout, every time you reboot your PC, the program will restore your desktop icons and bring them back to the... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Desktop Assistant 1.7 |
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General possibilities of "Desktop Assistant" are quick search of a program or a document by part of their names; start of program with the rights of Administrator; support of the "hot keys"; search of running processes in the RAM; support such functions as safe quick shuting down and rebooting of a computer; high compatibility with other programs of quick... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Google Desktop Search |
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Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer
and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full
text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and
web pages that you've viewed. By making your computer searchable,
Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees
you ... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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LG Desktop 3.0 |
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LG Desktop is a management software tool for private information such
as Contacts, Calendars, Todo, and Memo. LG Desktop allows you to add
and edit Contacts, Calendars, Todo, and Memos. It also allows you to
export data created in LG Desktop to a mobile handset or import data
from a mobile handset to LG Desktop by using its synchronisation
function.L... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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My Simple Desktop Home Edition 1.0.1 |
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MSD is a powerful, yet easy-to-use security solution that permits administrators to protect desktops the way they need, and make sure users have a simple way of accessing permitted resources.Stop students/workers/family members from messing with desktop settings and wasting time. Decide which programs are available to users. Make it easy to run them. Limi... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Easy Desktop Keeper 1.81 |
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Easy Desktop Keeper gives you the ability to save, restore, manage and
lock your desktop layout that includes files and folders located on
your desktop, placement of desktop icons, desired wallpaper and screen
saver. If you choose to lock your desktop layout, every time you reboot
your PC, the program will restore your desktop icons and bring them
ba... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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