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Marcellus gas not hurting or helping municipal finances

While being credited by many as a major new economic engine for Pennsylvania, Marcellus shale gas-development so far may not be having much of an effect on the finances of local municipalities, according to a study by two ...

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Early Alzheimer's diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits

Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.

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Sony's Hirai refuses to abandon dire TV business

Struggling Japanese entertainment giant Sony will not abandon its cash-bleeding television business, its incoming CEO says, but he acknowledges tough decisions lie ahead including over redundancies.

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Lenovo 3Q profit up by half, warns of disk supply

(AP) -- Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's second biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday that quarterly profit grew by more than half but warned hard drive costs would remain high amid a global shortage.

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Maryland Commission recommends 'common sense' immigration policy

Immigrants to Maryland contribute significantly to the state's economy, and were vital to its workforce expansion in both technical and less-skilled occupations from 2000 to 2010, concludes a new report by a Maryland commission. ...

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Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money

(AP) -- The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Japan's Fujitsu hit by third-quarter loss

Japanese high-tech giant Fujitsu plunged into a net loss for the three months to December, it said Tuesday, as it slashed its full-year sales and profit forecast.

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Calif. stands to reap windfall from Facebook IPO

What's good for Facebook and its employees could be very good for California's treasury.

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Study finds federal amendments increased gun sales diverted to criminals

A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research finds that the number of guns that were subsequently linked to crime sold by Badger Guns & Ammo, a Milwaukee-area gun shop, increased dramatically ...

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fujitsu develops distributed and parallel complex event processing technology that rapidly adjusts big data load fluctua

Fujitsu today announced that, in an industry first, they have developed complex event processing technology designed for use with cloud technology that employs distributed and parallel processing. This enables ...

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created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New analysis of government data shows that military spending is a weak job engine compared to other investments

Given the recent focus on the federal defense budget, Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier, of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have revisited their assessment of the ...

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created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor

It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.

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