GE plans to invest $6B to lower health care costs
May 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- General Electric Co. said Thursday that it will invest $6 billion over the next six years in an attempt to lower the cost of health care and improve the quality of medical care in underserved regions of the United ...
Microsoft buying Canadian online game company
May 07, 2009 |
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US computer software giant Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to buy BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company based in Vancouver.
Report examines limits of national power grid simulations
May 07, 2009 |
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America's power grid today resembles the country's canal system of the 19th Century. A marvel of engineering for its time, the canal system eventually could not keep pace with the growing demands of transcontinental transportation.
Apple rumored to want to buy Twitter
May 07, 2009 |
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As the media appearances of Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams have multiplied, so have rumors that the company is for sale and about to be bought.
Constant sunlight linked to summer suicide spike
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 07, 2009 |
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Suicide rates in Greenland increase during the summer, peaking in June. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry speculate that insomnia caused by incessant daylight may be to blame.
