| 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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Synchromat 6.1.3 |
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Synchromat synchronizes files among all your computers, and their local, network and removable devices, ensuring that you always have your most current files wherever you are. With just a few clicks, you can set up this powerful and reliable utility. Use it to synchronize your documents, photos, MP3 library, software archives, contacts, e-mail and any oth... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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Biometric Handpunch Manager Professional 6.12.44 |
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Biometric Handpunch Manager allows you to manage all of your Handpunch devices in seconds. Backup, Restore, Synchronize, Date and Time Setup, Bell Schedules, Device Calibration, User Enrollment and Transfer - do it all right from your desk.Features:Backup and Restore Handpunch Settings;Backup and Restore User database;Synchronize Device Date and Time;Set... |
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Llama Carbon Copy 1.2 |
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Llama Carbon Copy watches one or more folders on your PC or network for changes and then copy any changed files to a folder on your USB drive, second hard drive, external hard drive or network drive. Llama Carbon Copy helps you save time and gives you peace of mind by keeping an up to date copy of your important files. The easy to use interface maximizes ... |
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On-Time Atomic Clock Sync 2.0 |
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Synchronize your PC's clock with internet atomic clock servers |
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Active Backup Expert 1.93 |
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An easily mastered tool maintains backups of files in zip or cab format on hard and removable disks (CD, Zip drives etc.), in a LAN or WAN.A Wizard guides you through the steps of the backup-set creation: supplying the paths and filters for the included and excluded files, specifying the storage folder and compressing ratio, selecting the incremental or d... |
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ABF Outlook Express Backup 2.5 |
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ABF Outlook Express Backup is backup program for Outlook Express mail client. The program enables you to backup Outlook Express emails, address book, settings, accounts, mail rules, signatures, and even Internet Explorer favorites (including IE7). ABF Outlook Express Backup can be also easily used to move, export and synchronize Outlook Express data betwe... |
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Auto FTP Manager 4.11 |
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Auto FTP Manager is a powerful FTP client that allows you to establish a connection to any FTP server and automate file transfers. You can schedule transfers, synchronize directories, and manage files on the FTP server. The intuitive interface lets you drag and drop files and directories between your local system and an FTP server. Command-line control le... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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EZOutlookSync Pro 2.0 |
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EZOutlookSync Pro is the next step in MS Outlook Synchronization. It delivers industry strength for lightning fast and robust synchronization of large Outlook files between two or more computers. The program offers two main synchronization modes: both-way and unilateral. EZOutlookSync Pro can perform full backup of your Outlook profile. It can also facili... |
[License: Shareware, Rating:  , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP] |
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FastTrack Backup 2.75 |
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FastTrackBackup is an easy-to-use tool that allows you to backup your data. The program provides high performance backup, copies files and folders from one location to another on the same drive, another drive, ftp server or across the network, supports writing to Floppy, Zip, Jaz, CDR, CDRW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW compatible media, has the abili... |
| [License: Shareware, Rating: , Operating system: Windows 2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista] |
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CompareData 1.3.5.88 |
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CompareData is a native Windows cross-dbms application that allows you to visually compare and synchronize data between two SQL databases using ODBC drivers. You can retrieve all/some data for a table/view from two databases and compare the data visually to see differences highlighted on the screen.You can also compare the data of two sql queries:Compare ... |
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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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