Archive for June 23rd, 2008
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Anti-Establishment comedian George Carlin, famous for his routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" and insights on life, language and drug use, died of heart failure Sunday at age 71.
Carlin was admitted into a Santa Monica, Cal ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston say they have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of stem cells located in the surface of the heart that give rise to heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes), advancing the hope of being ab ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on June 27.
Three people will essentially fill the void left behind w ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Citigroup Inc. plans to axe 6,500 jobs, about 10 percent of 65,000 employees worldwide in its investment-banking division, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday.
Citigroup, the largest U.S. bank, has lost 15 bill ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
As oil price hikes continue, India urged oil-producing and consuming countries to evolve a mechanism that would regulate oil prices, by allowing them to fluctuate within a fixed range, according to the Hindu Monday.
Speaking at a me ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
SK Telecom Co., South Korea's leading mobile company, said Monday it has secured rights to publish two online games produced by Sega Corp. in an effort to expand its business into the rising gaming industry.
The South Korean company ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Sunday that inter-Korean economic projects have been jeopardized due to the South Korean government's in cooperative policy, the official news agency KCNA reported.
The South Ko ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
As the profit potential of solar energy continues to draw big-name players, Intel and IBM did not waste time in jumping into solar ventures, sources at the companies said on Sunday.
Intel has spun off a new company called Spectra W ...
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