| Business News |
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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Akram Audio Converter 2007 4.1.5 |
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Akram Audio Converter lets you convert among audio files.Convert RAM, RMVB, RA, RM, RMJ files to WAV, MP3, OGG, or WMA files. Convert WAV, MP3, OGG, and WMA files to Real Audio files (RM). Convert WAV, MP3, MP2, MP1, MPEG, MP4, AAC, OGG, AVI, MPC, MOV, QT, WMA, AMR, AC3, AIFF, AIF, AU or 3GP files to WAV, MP3, MP2, ACM, AC3, MP4, AAC, VOX, or AMR files.Th... |
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TeraCopy 1.2 |
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TeraCopy is a free utility designed to copy/move files faster and more secure. Can resume broken file transfers. TeraCopy skips bad files during copy and even shows the skipped files at the end of files transfer.Calculates files CRC checksum on the fly to speed up source and target files comparsion. Seamless integration with Windows Explorer allows you to... |
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Protect Files Pro 3.7.1.1 |
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Protect Files Pro can help you keep your files protected. You can choose who gets access to what files on your computer. This program provides three levels of protection to suit any user : Hidden, Read Only, Full Control.It works with any Windows platforms : 9.x/ME/NT/2000/XP . Protect Files Pro can work with Network folders and fully supports protection ... |
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Easy2Sync for Files 1.18 |
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Do you have the same files on notebook and PC? Easy2Sync is the fast and easy method to make sure that the two computers (or FTP servers) are always in sync. Easy2Sync is easy to use and considers many special cases to protect your files when you synchronize the files. Easy2Sync was designed to regard many special cases to protect your files. More than 20... |
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Crypt4Free 4.7.0 |
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Crypt4Free (freeware) is files encryption software with ability to encrypt files and text messages. Support for ZIP files and ability to secure delete sensitive files. Skinnable user friendly interface. |
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BoxedApp SDK 1.1 |
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A developer library to create virtual files, virtual registry entries and values. BoxedApp SDK creates a virtual file system. Add virtual files and your application will "think" that such files really exist. No temporary files are created! You create a virtual DLL file and then load it. Embed any files, DLLs, ActiveX and OCX into your application. Hide ap... |
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Alloy 4.10.9.2006e |
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Alloy is a programming tool which allows the developer to embed all dependent files within the programmers main exe file. Users of Visual Basic and Visual DialogScript will find Alloy very useful as well as other programmers. When you need to integrate in runtime files or other files such as bitmaps, wav files or resources then Alloy is the best solution.... |
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Restore My Files 2007 |
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Restore My Files is a safe and affordable do-it-yourself data recovery solution that is designed to recover deleted files from all types of media such as Hard Drives, Floppy Drives, SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Memory Sticks, and other types of removable media.Restore My Files recovers files whether they have been deleted from the command line, from within a... |
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Burn My Files 3.0.1.52 |
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Need to burn a CD or burn a DVD fast? Download and try Burn My Files free for 30 days. It is the one click CD and DVD burning software solution. Burn My Files integrates with Windows Explorer. Select your file or folder, right click, and burn a CD or burn DVD. It's that simple. CD burning software and DVD burning software has never been made so easy. No m... |
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Restore Deleted Files 2007 |
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Recover Deleted Files is a safe and affordable do-it-yourself data recovery solution that is designed to recover deleted files from all types of media such as Hard Drives, Floppy Drives, SmartMedia, CompactFlash, Memory Sticks, and other types of removable media. Recover Deleted Files recovers files whether they have been deleted from the command line, fr... |
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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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