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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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ALTools Haunted House Halloween Desktops Series-12 |
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Trick-or-Treat with these Spooky Haunted House Halloween Desktop Wallpapers. The ALTools Eggheads are out trick-or-treating this Halloween when they find a spooky haunted house.Dare they approach the foreboding mansion? Does Old Man Skelly give children candy? Or does he eat small children like everybody says? Find out in these high-quality Halloween desk... |
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1st Screen Lock 7.1 |
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1st Screen Lock is a password-protected desktop security utility that lets you lock your desktop with a password on boot, or at the time you are leaving your PC. You can use the built-in spy utility that works in background and enables you to spy on your PC users by fixing all user moves in a log file.This is very useful, when you need to know what your c... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Desktop Forum Manager 2.0 |
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Desktop Forum Manager will help you join and participate in an unlimited number of forums and message boards right from your own desktop. Joining forums is a great way to gain credibility as an expert in your field and generate tons of incoming one way links to your website. Placing your website links in your forum signature file, provides you with mul... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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ABF Wallpaper Changer 3.80 |
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Tired of boring desktop wallpaper? Want to try something new? Want to have an adjustable calendar highlighting holidays, birthdays and other important dates on your desktop? Want to download new high-quality wallpapers from the Internet? Then ABF Wallpaper Changer is for you!Using ABF Wallpaper Changer you can:Place a flexible adjustable calendar on your ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Google Desktop 5.0.0611.15590 |
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Google Desktop will offer full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you've viewed.By making your computer searchable, it puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails, and bookmarks.Google Desktop Search introduces new ways to access relevant and timely inf... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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MagicDrop 1.0 |
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MagicDrop allows you to increase capability of the Drag&Drop technology. Program creates on desktop windows, you can drop files, text or other data in. Also you can change appearance, command or transparency of the window. MagicDrop is effective tool to automatize your job. |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Aston Secure Desktop 1.9.6 |
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Aston Secure Desktop is a security build of Aston 1.x branch. It possesses all the features of regular Aston shell, but constrains the ability to alter the admin-defined settings.
This restricted version is highly recommended to Internet-cafes and kiosks administrators, colleges and companies authorities, and parents willing to find their Desktop setti... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Active Multiw 3.73 |
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Tired of boring desktop wallpaper? Want to try something new? Want to have an adjustable calendar highlighting holidays, birthdays and other important dates on your desktop? Want to download new high-quality wallpapers from the Internet? Then Active Multiwallpaper Changer is for you!Using Active Multiwallpaper Changer you can:Place a flexible adjustable c... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Xdrive Desktop 5.1.158 |
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Xdrive Desktop is a powerful tool that lets you to protect, manage, and access your photos, music, and videos from anywhere. This desktop software integrates seamlessly with your computer--just like an external hard drive--allowing secure access to your important files on Xdrive.Quickly transfer large files and entire folders using drag and drop from your... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Fake Progress Bar 1.1 |
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A Fake Progress Bar for your desktop. Ever wanted your computer to look busy so that you could do something else? Read the paper perhaps? Stare into space? Features include fully cutomizable titles, icons, speed and progress messages. It can also disable your screensaver. |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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