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Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other ...


Nokia to ax 220 R&D jobs in Japan

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(AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it is axing 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world's largest mobile phone maker continues to cut costs.


The drying shores of the Dead Sea

Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive

Space & Earth / Environment

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The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.


Strategic management theory offers fresh take on the economic crisis

Other Sciences / Economics

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The recent financial crisis and resulting global economic downturn has been the most defining global economic event since the Great Depression. Now research which appears in the November issue of Strategic Organization, publis ...


From Greenhouse to Icehouse

From Greenhouse to Icehouse

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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A new study that reconstructed ocean temperatures from millions of years ago could provide new insight into how the Earth responds to climate change.


10 x '20: ID experts call for 10 new antibiotics by 2020

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has asked for a commitment from the Obama administration and the European Union to further the Society's mission to achieve the development of 10 new antibiotics within the ...


Analysts say AmEx is most interested in the so-called peer-to-peer services of Revolution

American Express takes aim at PayPal with Revolution

Technology / Internet

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say.


Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty (AP)

Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty

Technology / Business

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.


Projections of savings from health IT are baseless, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks.


Recession may be over, but recovery will be gradual

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite some time, say economists at the University ...



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