Reuters - Stocks fell in skittish trading on
Wednesday, led by financial services company shares, while
rebounding oil prices fed concerns about the toll of higher
energy costs on business and consumer spending.
Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co will
determine exactly how much of its stakes in BlackRock Inc
and Bloomberg LP to sell based on how deep its second
quarter loss is, a person briefed on the matter said on
Wednesday.
Reuters - It is hard to know how far the
global financial crisis still has to run, with the extent of
further credit losses hinging on what happens to the U.S.
housing sector, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on
Wednesday.
Reuters - Germany's GfK Holdings AG said
on Wednesday it wants to make a better offer for Britain's
Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS than Martin Sorrell's
advertising group WPP.
Reuters - Oil rose $2 to around $138 a barrel on
Wednesday, partly recouping a $5 drop in the previous session,
after Iran said it had test-fired missiles that could reach
Israel and U.S. bases in the region.
Reuters - A flurry of visits by Chinese leaders
to cities hit by sluggish exports and a reported tax rebate for
textile exporters are being interpreted by the market as
signals that Beijing might cautiously ease tight economic
policies.
TEMPUSFUGIT is a nice program displaying time in Roman numerals and date in Latin in the Windows systray that you can use as a learning tool for educational purposes or just to remember school time with your friends. Main features are: Runs on Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/NT 2000 Display hours, minutes, seconds (or only hours and minutes) in Roman numerals.
You can set Roman script mode (4=IIII, 9=VIIII, etc.) or medieval script mode (4=IV, 9=IX, etc.) Latin dates are displayed in Tooltip. You will be able to choose Roman year (from the foundation of Roma: 753 BC) or Christian year display. The font name, font colour, font size, background colour can be setup using a contextual menu (rigth click on the display zone) Language : Latin (settings in English). Enjoy and send to friends.
Features:
Runs on Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/NT 2000/XP/Vista
Display hours, minutes, seconds (or only hours and minutes) in Roman numerals
Set Roman script mode (4=IIII, 9=VIIII, etc.) or medieval script mode (4=IV, 9=IX, etc.)
Display Latin date in Tooltip.
Can choose Roman year (from the foundation of Roma: 753 BC) or Christian year.
Set font name, font colour, font size, background colour using a contextual menu (rigth click on the display zone)
Warning: the Taskbar must be horizontal (up or down)
Language : Latin (settings in English)
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corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage
other companies to sell the software company's products.
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regulator's request for more information on its Take-Two
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buying its rival.
VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth
(AP)
AP - VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.