| 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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Avant Browser 11.5 |
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Avant Browser is a multi-window (tabbed) browser based on the Internet Explorer core. It allows you to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously, block popup windows, block Flash advertising, and offers additional mouse functions for faster navigation. Key features:Online Profile StorageAutoFillsPopup/AD BlockersRSS ReaderMouse GesturesProtects PrivacyFlas... |
[License: Freeware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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EZDetach 5.5 |
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Save and categorize Outlook attachments with one mouse click. This easy-to-use yet very powerful Outlook plugin makes saving attachments a snap. Use it to save time on handling attachments and to reduce mailbox/PST size.Features:Integrated with Outlook for one-click access.Easily save attachment(s) from one or multiple messages (or folders) with a mouse c... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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Zoommy 5.3 |
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Zoommy is a highly flexible on-screen magnifier. You can zoom out to 4x and zoom in up to 30x, measure the selected area in various units, make its screenshot and know the color of the pixel.The tool allows you to vary the size of the lens as well as fine-tune brightness, contrast and the color mode. Each function can be easily adjusted in one click. Zoom... |
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Nowatrade Agent 1.1.0.0 |
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If you are looking for an online service that will allow you to quickly and efficiently locate potential customer and trade partners, take a closer look at Nowatrade - a great product for managers of logistic departments and wholesalers! Nowatrade features a compact downloadable agent that enables you to search global exporters, suppliers, manufacturers a... |
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File Drawer 1.0.1.3 |
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IKIC File Drawer is used to quick start programs, quick open files, quick open folders, quick open website, just do these with File Drawer. Very fast and convenience just by drop your target into File Drawer. It is the best quick start product.
why you should use File Drawer?
First, when you want to open a file in a deep folder, it will take you mu... |
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CryptoLead File Encrypter 2.01 |
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CryptoLead File Encrypter will protect any your file from unauthorized use. Make up the password, click on the right mouse button on the file icon, select item "Encrypt with CryptoLead" and encrypt the file very fast! CryptoLead will always stand guard over your secrets! CryptoLead encrypts the files using the strong algorithms, such as RSA, RC4, MD5 and ... |
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GreenBrowser 3.7.1203 |
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GreenBrowser is yet another IE based browser that offers tabbed, multi-page browsing and many additional features including grouped pages, ad filtering, search engine integration, privacy cleaner, form filler and much more. The interface is clean and uses many of the standard IE icons, so it should look familiar for most of it. Additional features include... |
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Takeoff Live 1.0 |
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Introducing Takeoff Live - the full featured electronic takeoff software from eJobCost. With this amazing tool you can use virtually any digital file for your quantity surveys and calculate lengths, areas, counts, and depths all with your mouse.Got a circular slab? No problem! Just trace around the arc of the circle and presto!...an area and perimeter a... |
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iFufi2 2.1.0.0 |
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iFufi2 - PC alarm and presence simulator. This program can be used as alarm and to scare thiefs. It uses your microphone and mouse as sensors and your speakers as alarm siren. You can add your personal alarm sounds (wav, mp3). A series of alarm sounds and a dog barking sound included. |
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fpHelp Builder 3.2.1 |
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Authors can use fpHelp add-in for Microsoft FrontPage to create windows helps for a software application or content for a multimedia title.As an information delivery system, HTML Help is suited for a wide range of applications, including training guides, interactive books and newsletters. In a few mouse clicks you will receive the CHM file from your Fro... |
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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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