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| The "Viacom Vs Google" Match Continues |
A few days back, YouTube was ordered to give Viacom its user log records; a tidal wave of stupefaction started washing off the Internet scenery, as user privacy issues have been brought up by the decision. It has been said however that the situation is not that problematic, as only history logs will be handed out to Viacom. The lawsuit filed by Viacom over one year... |
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 On Tuesday, Intel and DreamWorks Animation SKG announced their collaboration which is expected to boost the latter’s 3-D authoring tools. As 3-D animated feature films are becoming more and more popular, those involved in their making are always looking for new ways to...
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| Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen AG said
Thursday it had received the green light from anti-trust authorities
for its 2. 8-billion euros (4. 4-billion dollars) bid to take majority
control of giant Swedish truck manufacturer Scania AB.
Approval for the German-based VW's move to acquire the majority stake
in Scania was required from monopoly authorities in several nations as
well from the European Commission. 'We are delighted that
Scania will now become the group's ninth... |
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 Getty, photographic agency, has closed a deal with Flickr, Yahoo’s photograph-sharing website, that will enable the former to access the latter’s pictures for pursuing... |
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 As the US economy is struggling to recover from the crisis it never yet managed to exit, this summer season, long- awaited by teens, who want to get a summer job, does... |
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 The price of crude oil fell overnight on the New York Mercantile Exchange to less than 127 dollars, which is almost 10 dollars per barrel lower than the record... |
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 Last Friday marked the beginning of the summer travel season, but things do not sound too good for travelers, since several airlines announced more or higher fees.... |
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 The only OPEC member from the Southeast Asia, Indonesia, will likely pull out of the group, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources announced on Wednesday. Purnomo... |
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The German cabinet decided
Wednesday to extend a block on workers from new members of the European
Union in eastern Europe into 2011. The cabinet simultaneously
decided to ease restrictions on highly qualified workers, effectively
opening its borders to those with university or higher technical
qualifications from the 10 countries...
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South Korea and the
six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have agreed to reach a free
trade agreement (FTA) by the end of next year, officials said
Wednesday. 'This week's meeting will be focused on laying the
foundation for an early completion of the free trade talks,' South
Korean deputy Trade Minister and chief negotiator...
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The European Union's finance
ministers agreed the official exchange rate for the euro against the
Slovakian koruna Tuesday: from January 1, 30.126 koruny will buy one
euro. The ministers also gave formal approval for Slovakia to
become the 16th country to join the eurozone at the beginning of 2009.
The 1:30.126 rate was the one...
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The contemplative peace of
the idyllic resort of Toyako on Japan's northern Hokkaido island has
been shattered temporarily by the G8 summit. The 10,000
residents of the village surrounded by stunning nature have never
before experienced such an invasion of journalists, politicians and
police officers. Everywhere you look there...
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Taiwan and China completed
the first weekend charter flights across the Taiwan Strait on Monday,
paving the way for launching daily charter flights and eventually
regular flights between the two sides. Under the pact signed
on June 13, with endorsement from Chinese President Hu Jintao and
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan...
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All nine defendants in the
BAWAG bank were found guilty on Friday in the trial on Austria's
biggest banking scandal on Friday, as the bank managers were held
responsible for high losses arising from speculative investments.
Former BAWAG CEO Helmut Elsner, 73, and other bank managers were deemed
guilty of having hidden losses...
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Buoyed by strong demand from
Asia, Germany's key chemical sector is expecting a 5.5-per-cent rise in
sales this year,the industry's association (VCI) said Thursday.
The VCI forecast production to grow 2.5 per cent despite increasing raw
material prices and the threat posed to German chemical makers' foreign
orders by the strong...
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 On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp proudly announced that its Xbox 360 managed to go past the 10 million unit mark in the U.S. before Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii and Sony Corp's PS3."History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle," Don Mattrick, a Microsoft senior vice president,...
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 Filmmaker Spike Lee has teamed up with Nokia in a project that consists in making a movie composed of cell phone footage recorded by regular people. The film will be made up of three acts; each of them will have a certain theme that will be made public online in due time, so that cell phone users would have four weeks to record and send...
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 The space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth last night
after a very successful 16-day mission. Although the landing was scheduled at
7:05 p.m. EDT, 33 minutes before sundown at Kennedy
Space Center
in Florida,
due to last minute weather modifications, namely cloud formations, the ship
touched the ground a bit later than expected,...
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1.988 |
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0.009 |
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| Symbol | Last | Change | | Dow | 14,047.31 |  40.24 (0.29%) | | Nasdaq | 2,747.11 |  6.12 (0.22%) | | S&P 500 | 1,546.63 | 0.41 (0.03%) | | 10-Yr Bond | 4.529%
| 0.028 | | NYSE Volume | 3,112,411,000 | | Nasdaq Volume | 1,795,889,000 |
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 New BMW-6 Series Coupe and convertible
BMW has launched a convertible and new coupe of the 6-Series
featuring several advanced drive technologies and driver assistance
safety systems.
Both the coupe...
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