Reuters: Deals:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors bet on growth opportunity in the IPOs of a Chinese hotel chain and an online education company on Friday, but saw murkier prospects for a spin-off of mining giant Rio Tinto, sending its shares lower.
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feeds.latimes.com:
Regular Ticket readers know how much we enjoy the Onion. This video was too good to resist. (It might take a moment to load.)So in honor of casual Friday, here's that important institution's faux report on an important disaster that reportedly threw the president and his entire family into turmoil.As it no doubt would any (Read More)
Reuters: Science News:
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.
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Reuters: Science News:
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday.
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Official Google Blog:
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label "Google Apps highlights" and subscribe to the series. - Ed.Over the last two weeks, we've made improvements across Google Apps, some geared for individuals, others meant for business customers.Green Robot icon in G (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The IPO of Chinese hotel chain 7 Days Group attracted investors in droves while coal miner Cloud Peak drove them away. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The IPOs of U.S. online education company Archipelago Learning and Chinese hotel chain 7 Days Group attracted investors, while coal miner Cloud Peak and defense-technology firm Global Defense Technology & Systems didn't. (Read More)
USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories:
As the USA enters traditional flu season, there's a tiny bit of good news for public health advocates: Over the past month or ...
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Wall Street Journal:
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Some of the largest shareholders in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have urged the Wall Street firm to reduce the size of its bonus pool, arguing that it should pass along more of its blockbuster earnings to investors, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Friday, citing people familiar with the (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Google just announced that YouTube can now automatically generate captions and subtitles for videos in English. For now, this feature is only enabled on a handful of partner channels, but Google plans to make this feature available for all users in the future.In the meantime, YouTube now also offers a new 'automatic caption (Read More)
Reuters:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.com, the online retailer said on Thursday.
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USATODAY.com - Science Fair:
The Canaanites get a bad rap in the Old Testament, but some may been among the first cosmopolitan art collectors, report archaeologists Thursday. At the American Schools of Oriental Research meeting in New Orleans, Eric Cline of George Washington (D.C.)...
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The Economist:
Kati Marton uses secret police files to uncover a half-forgotten childhood in communist HungaryEnemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America. By Kati Marton. Simon & Schuster; 288 pages; $26. Buy from Amazon.comCOMMUNIST bullies had a nasty trick when dealing with opponents who had children: they took them away, som (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live:
Susan Boyle continues to find fans around the world. Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that Boyle’s upcoming album, I Dreamed a Dream has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon. The album will be released from Sony...
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