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Feb
14
Microsoft’s refusal to bring Office to iPad costing it an estimated $2.5 billion a year
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How Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner Are Making a Hollywood Marriage Work
Label: Lifestyle By Michelle Tauber 02/14/2013 at 07:30 PM EST Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner Ramey He kept his arm tenderly around her back. She beamed as he told her "I love you" from the stage, and when the show was over, gently reminded him to take his jacket. For Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, the...
Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction
Label: HealthBOSTON (AP) — What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a study found. They even get the munchies.It may sound funny, but it could threaten the fish population and upset the delicate dynamics of the marine environment, scientists say.The findings, published online Thursday in...
Feb
13
Wall Street pauses after rally to five-year high
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks drifted in light volume on Wednesday, ending little changed, as investors remained cautious after the S&P 500 index briefly hit its highest intraday level since November 2007. The S&P 500 was buoyed by General Electric after cable company Comcast Corp said it will buy from GE the the part of NBCUniversal it didn't already own for $16.7 billion. ...
IHT Special: Sanctions Chill Reaches Banking Clients in the Persian Gulf
Label: WorldDUBAI — For Syrian and Iranian citizens living in the Gulf, finding a bank to deal with just became a little tougher. Banks like Barclays and HSBC have begun turning away new customers from countries that are facing sanctions. They are closing down some existing accounts, further isolating Syrian and Iranian citizens from the global financial industry. Mary Rose Khamasmieh, a Syrian...
Mom's 'Birth Announcement' for Teenage Son Goes Viral
Label: Lifestyle Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 02/13/2013 at 04:00 PM ET Introducing their bouncing baby … er, teenage boy!After Kelli Higgins and her husband adopted son Latrell and his sister Chanya in 2011, the proud parents realized they would never be able to add their two newest children’s baby photos to...
Clues to why most survived China melamine scandal
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in the gut.In 2008, at least six babies died and 300,000 became sick after being fed infant formula that had been deliberately and illegally tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. There were some lingering puzzles: How did it cause...
Feb
12
Wall Street ends slightly higher, Dow near a record
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed modestly higher on Tuesday, putting the Dow within striking distance of an all-time high, as investors looked ahead to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Investors will be listening to Obama's speech for any clues on a deal with Republicans to avert automatic spending cuts due to take effect March 1. The tone of the speech will also...
After Retirement, Pope Will Live in Vatican City
Label: WorldROME — Though it may have come as a shock Monday to the world’s one billion-plus Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI’s plan to retire on Feb. 28 appears to have been in the works for some time, and was known to a handful of close advisers. Still unclear, however, are some of the practical consequences of Benedict’s decision, Vatican officials acknowledged Tuesday, from how the former pope will be...
Lady Gaga: I Can't Walk Due to Injury
Label: Lifestyle 02/12/2013 at 06:45 PM EST Lady Gaga is feeling like a little monster for postponing concerts because of an injury."I barely know what to say," she writes on her Facebook page, Tuesday. "I've been hiding a show injury and chronic pain for some time now, [and] over the past month it has worsened. I've been praying...
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