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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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MobFinance(EU Edition) v1.1.2 |
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Mobfinance(EU Edition) is a new generation of Cell/SmartPhone based investor assistant specifically designed for European investors. It offers a broad range of trade information about stocks, mutual funds, and derivatives from 14 European markets (including Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Germany, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, OSLO, Paris, Stock... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows XP] |
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Insider 3.02 |
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Everybody has a right to privacy. Your confidential information can be saved as a file (photo, document, program, music or video file etc.). You do not want anyone to know your secret and anyone to suspect you have a secret. Insider allows the user to conceal details (of their private life or business) from unauthorized viewers. If the user needs to conce... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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BlueSoleil VoIP (Vista Compatible) Version 3.2.2.8 |
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BlueSoleil VoIP Vista compatible is specially designed for Skype, including all features of BlueSoleil (Std). You can answer a Skype(2.x) call at anytime and anywhere, even when you are listening to music. With the unique Bluetooth AV/Mono data channel co-working feature, BlueSoleil supports users to enjoy music and talk via normal Bluetooth Stereo/Mono h... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Mobile Master 7.0.2 |
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Mobile Master, the easy to use and award winning Cell phone and handset manager for Windows - synchronizes all your data between the handset and your computer.Features:Easy to useQuick area for quick and easy access to the main functionsComfortable editing of the phone book, calendar and note itemsSetup Wizard for easy configuringSMS send, archiveCopy... |
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Samsung SGH-E900 Contacts Copier 1.1 |
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Samsung SGH-E900 Contacts Copier v 1.1Features:Copy contacts from one phone to anotherBackup contacts from the connected phone to your PCRestore contacts from PC to your phone... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Recover Memory Card 3.0.1.5 |
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SDHC memory card data recovery software is read only yet easy to use and constructive utility to repairs and undeletes your important lost audio, video folder, erased data images from commonly used memory card even if the media is corrupted or card accidental removable from the on camera. File restoration tool supports all JPEG, JPG, GIF, RIFF, TIFF, BMP,... |
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Macromedia Flash 8 |
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Create effective rich content and applications across desktops and devices.ActionScript really took a big step towards a professional language with Flash MX. With MX 2004, Macromedia sort of splits the language into two; ActionScript and ActionScript2. The new forms-based layout tool should also attract a lot of new developers.ActionScript2This is of cour... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Firefly Softphone 3.0 |
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FireFly is an Internet Phone program, that allows you to talk to
friends anywhere in the world, using the Internet and the free Firefly
software. The interface is very easy to use, just punch the number of
your (Firefly) contact, or select it from the address book. The program
also includes a voicemail feature to keep track of calls while you are
awa... |
| [License: Freeware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Easy Photo Recovery 1.3.1 |
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Easy Photo Recovery is a fast and easy tool to recover any deleted or unreadable photo or video file. Unique to this software is the support of all photo and video formats. In addition, it is compatible with various media storage devices, such as digital cameras, hard drives, CD/DVD disks, mobile phones and all types of flash cards. Total simplicity and h... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Digital PhotoRescue Professional 4.4.1 |
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Recover lost data from a host of multimedia devices ranging from digital cameras, PDAs and mobile phones to PC Hard Drives.The program supports recovery from CompactFlash cards (type I/II), IBM Microdrives, SmartMedia cards, MultiMedia cards (MMCs), Secure Digital (SD) cards, Memory Sticks and CD/DVD disks and can recover a wide range of file formats: JPE... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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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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