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- SCO Group gets $50 million investmentLINDON (AP) -- The SCO Group on Thursday said it has received a $50 million private investment led by BayStar Capital.The investment was structured as a private placement of non-voting preferred shares, convertible into common equity at a fixed conversion price of $16. |
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PUSH (Oct 17 2003 22:13 GMT) - PUSH urges fairness in auto finance ratesBy Sarah A. WebsterKnight Ridder Newspapers(KRT)DETROIT -- Auto dealers, financial organizations and carmakers must stop charging minorities excessive interest-rate markups when they buy cars and trucks, the Rev. |
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- WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators Thursday proposed mandatory testing and warning labels for baby bath seats, which have been linked to the drowning deaths of more than 100 infants since 1983.The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the seats can be dangerous when they tip over or when children climb out or slip through leg holes and become trapped. |
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- WASHINGTON -- Rates on benchmark 30-year mortgages, which had been going down, went up for the second straight week amid signs that the economic rebound is gaining strength.For the week ending Oct. 17, the average rate on 30-year mortgages increased to 6. |
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- WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices rose by a modest 0.3 percent in September for the second month in a row, mostly reflecting higher gasoline prices that put a dent in motorists' wallets. At the same time, production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rebounded. |
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Densley (Oct 17 2003 22:13 GMT) - I recently had a conversation with the head of Envision Utah. He wanted to know what I loved about Utah Valley and how I would change it if I could. We launched into a two-hour discussion on making positive choices for the future. What would be the best course of action to follow for the generations to come? It was a question that all of us need to examine. |
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FORD (Oct 17 2003 22:13 GMT) - Ford's 3rd-quarter losses much less than a year agoBy Jamie ButtersKnight Ridder NewspapersFord Motor Co. sparked a rally in automotive stocks Thursday when it released profit figures that surpassed Wall Street's expectations and said it would end 2003 in better financial shape than it originally projected. |
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- WASHINGTON -- Former employees of HealthSouth on Thursday portrayed intimidating bosses and fearful workers and countered ex-chairman Richard Scrushy's assertion that he was unaware of financial manipulations at the medical services company now engulfed in a $2. |
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- NEW YORK -- The judge in the trial of Frank Quattrone clarified the charges Thursday, telling jurors the former star banker didn't have to be aware of government probes into his bank to be guilty of witness tampering.The instructions from U.S. District Judge Richard Owen came in response to a note sent by jurors Wednesday in their first day of deliberations, asking him |
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GM (Oct 17 2003 22:13 GMT) - GM reports strong profit, mostly from mortgages(HAS TRIM)By Jeffrey McCrackenKnight Ridder NewspapersGeneral Motors Corp. once again made little on the sale of new cars and trucks but reported stronger-than-expected profits Wednesday, due to another strong quarter of refinancing mortgages at its GMAC financial unit. |
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RENTAL (Oct 17 2003 22:13 GMT) - New owner of Alamo, National wants to maintain their differencesBy Patrick DannerKnight Ridder NewspapersThe new owners of Alamo Rent A Car and National Car Rental want to emphasize the two brands' distinctions without sacrificing the savings created when the pair consolidated their airport operations. |
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SHARE (Oct 17 2003 22:13 GMT) - Vehicle market shares to level offBy Sarah A. WebsterKnight Ridder NewspapersDon't count Detroit out just yet.Market shares for the former Big Three and their Asian and European competitors will likely stabilize over the next five years, an analyst from J. |
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- Cost of Living IndexLower transportation costs cap rise in cost of living on Wasatch Front -- A 0.9 percent drop in transportation costs, most of it attributable to lower gasoline prices, helped cap the rise in the cost of living along the Wasatch Front in September. |
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- Project Server 2003 Administrator's Guide |
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- Project Server 2003 Installation Guide |
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- Project Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Guide |
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- Project Server 2003 Application Configuration Guide |
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- Use PSCOMPlus to specify the user accounts required by Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. |
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- MOM Management Pack for managing the Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) service on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Datacenter Editions. |
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- The Microsoft Home Network Guide provides information on how to select the right equipment for setting up a home network. |
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- Which Rat Pack Member Are You? I can easily deal with the results of this quiz. Now, I know I seem to be doing mainly quizes or quick links as of late. I’d really like to write more, but... |
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- There are 8 floor-designating buttons on the elevator here at work, 'G' and 1-7. Each button is circular and rests... |
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- PeopleSoft's enterprise customers were caught unawares when Oracle launched its hostile takeover bid in June. Those that already had PeopleSoft software in place wondered whether they could count on continued support if Oracle should succeed. But what about those that found themselves in mid-implementation when the news hit? |
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- Jennifer Glass, vice president of corporate public relations at Oracle confirms that acquisitions are now part of the company's growth strategy. |
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- Avaya, considered by many to be the leading provider of contact-center infrastructure, has introduced the first version of its Customer Interaction Suite. The suite is made up of Avaya's modular, but integrated, contact-center products, which support a broad range of customer contact-management and self-service functions. |
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- Joy, over at Confessions of a G33k, covers mostly technology -- duh!! -- but occasionally posts on politics as well. She's also a devoted Mac user. I've just added her to the blogroll. She has a good post on Joe Lieberman and why his centerist views may make him unelectable in the Democratic Party. |
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- Hello Friends, A group of citizens from the Raleigh, NC area will be meeting at the State Legislative Building to voice our support for Free ... |
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- Petition: TELL CONGRESS YOU DEMAND A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA Date: 08/22/2003 http://www. thePetitionSite. |
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- Petition: TELL CONGRESS WE WANT A PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT UNDER MEDICARE PART B Date: 08/25/2003 Location:... |
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- A diverse group gathers every Sunday night for approximately one hour with lighted candles, started March 16, and continuing... Just bring a candle! P... |
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- Non-Sox items will resume shortly.... |
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- According to a new biography, Paul Martin is a ditherer and a dissembler. (Macleans.ca)... |
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- an excerpt: After drought, deluge and disaster, only time - not the forecasters - will tell what this winter's weather will do. Don't be surprised if the upcoming winter is just like last year's: colder and snowier than normal in the Northeast. Then ag |
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- Danmark er gået med i en international aktion for at stoppe skibe og fly, der mistænkes for at fragte våben og udstyr til terrorister, skriver Jyllands-Posten. |
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- Det italienske EU-formandskab får ikke meget ros for sin ledelse af topmødet i Bruxelles, som sluttede fredag. |
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- Ældre, og ikke unge med presset økonomi, tager de nye boliglån uden afdrag. |
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- A full review of FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE complete with screen shots, a short comparison with GNU/Linux, and some notes on migrating. [The Jem Report] |
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- Michael Vlahos warns that all of us hoping for the emergence of a moderate Muslims to usher in some sort... |
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- Renowned writer Margaret Atwood rips into some big R words in her latest book for children. (Macleans.ca)... |
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Te druk (Oct 17 2003 22:10 GMT) - Rob heeft het kennelijk te druk met plezier om ook maar iets over Nieuw Zeeland en Australie te vertellen. Groot gelijk. Wel plaatste hij een serie foto's on line van down under.... |
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- The interesting thing about the "F" word, is the vastly different ways that people will react upon hearing it. Some... |
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- Why is there so much space under my sig? :confused: |
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- We've added a few new pictures of Max and Joe to their web sites.... |
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Menu (Oct 17 2003 22:10 GMT) - Light levels were very low. Taken at 1/8s. Arenas de Cabrales, Spain. 12/Oct/2003 |
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- On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham will present the 2003 Presidential Enrico Fermi Awards. John Bahcall, Raymond Davis, Jr. and Seymour Sack are the winners of the award, one of the government's oldest and most prestigious science ... |
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- Maggot ArtStarvation, by order of the court (and loving husband)Apologies for cannibalismMeat or Accident? A Quiz. (yes, it's what it sounds like. with pictures. be warned. |
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- "Feminists champion a woman's right to choose. They have always taken the position that the right to privacy includes the right to decide what happens to their own bodies. They think such a personal decision should be made by individual women and their physicians, free from meddling politicians.... "But this week, they changed their minds." Steve Chapman on the politics of implants. |
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