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- The air and ground transport service is acquiring business services company Kinko's in a $2.4 billion cash deal. Kinko's will provide a leg up in electronic document delivery, FedEx says. [CNet News.com] Hmmm... |
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- Mike at Satan's Laundromat notes that the hipster backlash in Williamsburg now has a (really questionable) poster campaign. Mike says:... |
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- Mike at Satan's Laundromat notes that the hipster backlash in Williamsburg now has a (really questionable) poster campaign. Mike says:... |
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- Excerpt: "New Rule 206(4)-7 under the Investment Advisers Act and new Rule 38a-1 under the Investment Company Act impose an affirmative obligation on registered investment advisers and the boards of directors of registered investment companies to adopt, implement and monitor comprehensive written compliance procedures." (Gardner Carton & Douglas) |
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- Excerpt: "Fidelity Investments ... and the National Securities Clearing Corporation ... are leading an effort to transform an existing fund-order processing service at the clearing corporation into the kind of time-stamped 'lockbox' that would give fund middlemen more time to process orders while assuring that no late orders could be taken." (New York Times; |
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- Excerpt: "ICI will urge the SEC to eliminate the use of soft dollars to acquire research products and services produced by third parties. Research provided in connection with brokerage transactions would be strictly limited to proprietary research created and offered by the broker who executes the trade." (Investment Company Institute) |
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- Excerpt: "Because of the recent wave of mutual fund scandals, retirement plans will need to reexamine their investment policies and practices as the list of affected mutual funds grows and federal and state regulators, as well as plan participants, respond." (Thompson Publishing Group) |
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- For those of you who'd offered suggestions about clothes: avonavon and lsl bought me dressy stuff for Xmas: a beautiful white Egyptian cotton shirt with French cuffs, and 2 Geoffrey Beene dress shirts--- one a dark blue herringbone-weave that I really like, one a dark grayish-purple with a vaguely satiny look to it. Also, ties that generally all work with all the shirts. Yay. |
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- Maybe there's something in the air, or perhaps 2004 is shaping up to be a year of giving and self-reflection. We live in hope, hey? Michael's got a new direction and has big plans for a charity photo site. Sounds like a fabulous idea to me. I fancied a bit of virtual charity mugging myself and had been thinking about selling calendars in aid of a Myanmar charity, but couldn't find any non-political ones. |
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- In their apparent rush to get the US out of Iraq before the elections, it looks as if the Bush... |
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Bad People (Dec 30 2003 16:58 GMT) - Yes, Bob Torricelli is the syphilitic spawn of Satan [Democrat] who resigned his Senate seat, but avoided prison [he's a Democrat]; now he's been named "Comeback Kid of the Year." |
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- Details at: http://www. aec. at/en/prix/communities/communi asp From the webs |
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- Welcome Bardia! I seen a bunch of people write about making the transition from |
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- A man whose pack of dogs escaped from his trailer house and killed an elderly neighbor was arrested and charged with manslaughter Tuesday. Alice Broom, 81, was attacked by six dogs in her front yard on Dec. 12. The dogs were described as mix-breed pit bulls. |
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- Thousands of police will swarm New York's subways, sidewalks and airspace on what officials promised would be the city's most heavily guarded New Year's Eve ever. Some security measures - counter-snipers on rooftops, metal detectors on street corners - are becoming as much a part of New Year's in New York as party hats and confetti. |
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- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a consumer alert on the safety of dietary supplements containing ephedra and has notified manufacturers of its intent to publish a final rule on dietary ... |
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- We are. Great rant from Alton Brown on why America's obsession with price and quantity are threatening the safety and quality of our food supply. I imagine that this newest mad cow threat is going to make a lot... |
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- Today is the 100th anniversary of the Iroquois Theatre Fire, where 602 people died due to a horrifying lack of... |
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- Amerikkalaiset odottavat kärsimättöm&aum varmempia tietoja viime viikolla paljastuneesta Yhdysvaltain ensimmäisestä |
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- In response to an email from mom, here is a pic of her with Ella wearing her holiday finest.... |
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- The team would be questioning Abdul Lateef, Dilip Bhuel and Yousuf Nepali. |
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- Icy winds blew across the central and eastern districts of the state and cloudy skies greeted the people in the morning. |
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- The minimum temperatures are hovering between five and seven degree Celsius in many parts of the state and vast areas remain enveloped in thick fog affecting road and rail traffic. |
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- theodp writes "William H. Gates, III is the assignee of a patent issued Tuesday for a Method and system for distributing art. According to the patent, the art e-distribution system allows a user to select a space (e.g., Child2 bedroom) within a hierarchy (e. |
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- www.fastpay.co.uk Has anybody used this, or thinking of using it? Any advantages / disadvantages? |
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- www.fastpay.co.uk Has anybody used this, or thinking of using it? Any advantages / disadvantages? |
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- Slashdot Dec 30 2003 11:21AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Dec 30 2003 11:21AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Dec 30 2003 11:21AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Dec 30 2003 11:21AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Dec 30 2003 11:21AM ET... |
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- Today's Iraq news from StrategyPage: Five men were arrested as suspects in the December 27th attacks in Karbala. Their nationality was not given, but Shia... |
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- It's the time of year for predictions, and Wired News has done a little twist on the typical "predictions for 2004" story by having predictions that a variety of interesting people would like to see happen, along with what they actually expect to happen. The end result is pretty much what you'd expect: people would like to see less spam, better security, and better intellectual property laws - but expect the opposite to happen. |
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