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The last place you would expect the world’s largest wind farm to reside would be the state of Texas. The Lonestar State has for many decades been a p read more »
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IDC announced estimates that revenue from standalone open source software will reach $5.8 billion by 2011. The author of the article reached out to a read more »
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It sure as hell might be. We’ve gotten independent confirmation of rumors circulating yesterday that discussions between Fox and Yahoo, where Yahoo w read more »
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British workers cost their employers £124 billion a year by wasting time on the internet at work, researchers have discovered.

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NEW ORLEANS - Large areas of this city, including sections that are being rebuilt, remain at risk from flooding despite more than $1 billion in work read more »
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Shortly after the midterm elections, as his fellow Republicans lay moaning on a row of hospital stretchers, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint made a dec read more »
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Drug companies are billing the U.S. public for AT LEAST $1 trillion.

This is, without any doubt in my mind, one of the biggest scandals in the hi read more »
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Does the Orgasmic Diet really work?

(June 11 2007 at 05:39PM)


By Kathy Lette

The female orgasm is more of a mystery than the Bermuda T read more »
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The growth of Youtube and it ’s subsequent $1.65 billion buyout left behind a bevy of competing video sites. Since then competitors have been seeking read more »
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Drink it raw
Why is unprocessed milk the only illegal food in North Carolina?

BY SUZANNE NELSON



Contraband raw milk
Photo by Rex Miller
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The video gaming industry is poised to overtake the music industry in the US, with global spending on video games surpassing music spending as soon a read more »
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For many, diet sodas fulfill a craving for sweets while giving drinkers a jolt of caffeine with few or zero calories.

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BP sells Russia gas stake
June 23, 2007

London -Britain's BP said on Friday it had agreed to sell its stake in a Siberian gas field development read more »
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Delphi, GM reach deal with union
June 23, 2007

Detroit, Michigan - General Motors sidestepped a potentially crippling strike at its former auto read more »
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Where Are The Trustbusters?
A. Gary Shilling, Insight 06.26.07, 6:00 AM ET







The U.S. trustbusters no longer appear to object to read more »
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Like most rich lists around the world, the Australian rich list has significantly increased over the past year. The number of billionaires have incre read more »
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The largest bottled-water factory in North America is located on the outskirts of Hollis, Maine. In the back of the plant stretches the staging area read more »
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It is perhaps the biggest media monopoly on the planet -- News Corp. And at its helm, Rupert Murdoch uses his power of the press to influence electi read more »
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By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bidder agreed to pay $650,100 to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett, surpassing last year's r read more »
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The New Rich Are Building Bigger
By Maya Roney

In 1998, industrialist Ira Rennert decided to build a 29-bedroom mansion on 110,000 square feet of read more »
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