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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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IeCacheExplorer 1.4 |
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IeCacheExplorer displays the details of all cookies that Internet Explorer stores on your computer and reads all information from the history file on your computer, displays the list of all URLs that you have visited. It also allows you to clear history, delete cookies and temporary internet files. The tool is designed with a user-friendly interface and i... |
[License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Icon Seizer 1.9 |
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Icon Seizer is a user-friendly icon tool, with which you can explore, view and extract all available icons from lots of different file formats like .icl, .dll, .exe, .ocx, .cpl, .drv, .scr, .ico, etc. Icons can be saved to disk file or be copied to clipboard. The program is intuitive and very easy to use.... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Network Mechanic 2.6 |
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Network Mechanic optimizes your Internet connection up to 300%, providing faster download speeds and fewer delays while browsing. Network Mechanic modifies a wide series of parameters that control how your TCP/IP stack operates. It acts as an accelerator for your network connection. It works with MSN, AOL, and all private ISP hosts.Features:Optimizes TCP/... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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4Diskclean 3.0 |
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Free up valuable hard-drive space and protect your privacy. Delete unnecessary files, temporary folders. Speed up boot time, free up to 3 GB. Erase all tracks of your Internet activity : History, cache, cookies - (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera). Autoclean internet cache on browser exit. Repair your system, prevent errors. Erase recent documents list. ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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CacheBoost Server Edition 5.00 |
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CacheBoost Server optimizes the Windows cache-management and the performance of your system under Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista and .Net Servers. The result is that your programs will run faster and be more stable than ever before! It monitors and controls processes that take place in the memory and reclaim wasted memory on your computer.Features:Graphical ... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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ActivIcons 4.0 |
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Lets you easily change default Windows icons, cursors and other icon-related desktop parameters (such as: make text labels transparent, animate icons, restore desk layout, change icons on individual folders).Quickly change default mouse cursors, rebuild Windows' icon cache, increase cache size, change drive and other icons, restore default icons, more.... |
[License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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4Diskclean Pro 5.5 |
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The most complete package for Windows maintenance Clean and optimize your System Delete unnecessary files, temporary folders. Speed up boot time, free up to 3 GB. Erase all tracks of your Internet activity : History, cache, cookies - (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera). Autoclean internet cache on browser exit. Safe and easy to use Registry cleaner. Repai... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Proxy+ |
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Proxy+ works as firewall proxy server and mail server. All workstations
can use Proxy+ services via the TCP/IP protocol. Some features are:
Firewall increases security by separating LAN from the Internet, Disc
cache with advanced manageability, Mail server with intranet mail
capability, Automatic sorting of incoming messages, Automatic
dialing/hangin... |
[License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000] |
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System Analyser 5.3p |
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System Analyser gives information about:
Bios, Network, Dos, CPU/FPU, Cache, Memory, SPD, Video, AGP, Monitor,
Drives, partitions, IDE, ATAPI, SATA, CD-Rom, DVD, Blue-ray Disk, RPC2,
Lpt, Rs232, Mouse, Keyboard, IEEE 1284, Modem, Fax, ISDN, Sound,
ASPI/CAM, SCSI, DMI, PCI, PCI Express, PCMCIA, Plug and Play, APM,
ESCD, IRQ, DMA, CMOS, Y2K, ..... |
[License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Cpu-Z 1.41 |
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CPU-Z is a freeware detection program base on the Panopsys hardware detection engine.Cpu-Z allows you to get some info on your computer, including: Processor name and vendor Core stepping and process Processor package Processor current core voltage Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier Partial overclock detection Processor features, including sup... |
[License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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