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Announcing our first-ever video contest, brought to you by turkey, stuffing, and that gelatinous stuff that grandma calls cranberry sauce. Yes, that’s U.S. Thanksgiving. Appropriate to the occasion, the topic is giving thanks.While it’s inspired by the holiday, it’s in no way limited to residents of the U.S. Whether you’re (Read More)
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Law fim puts out call for gamers tossed from Microsoft's online service in pre-Modern Warfare 2 purges. In the error message displayed by as many as 1 million Xbox 360s reportedly banned from Xbox Live earlier this month, Microsoft told gamers that there was "no recourse" for violating the system's terms of use agreement. T (Read More)
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Cryptic Studios latest MMORPG will enter large-scale testing period January 12-26; keys offered as first come, first served. Champions Online may be only a few months on the market, but Cryptic isn't wasting any time before deploying its next massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Earlier this month, the Atari-owne (Read More)
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“For better or worse, the more likely culprit for the uptick in market mood swings is the increased popularity of ETFs. As more take bets on sectors and asset classes rather than individual stocks, it has become a market where good news lifts all boats, and bad news sinks all ships.” (Bespoke)The stock market is now 20% o (Read More)
Bloomberg:
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Tim Anderson, chief fixed-income officer at Riverfront Investment Group, talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton about the U.S. bond market and Riverfront's strategy for corporate bonds. (Source: Bloomberg). (Read More)
The Inquisitr:
The PogoPlug is one of the best plug and play NAS solutions available on the market, it’s simple to use, offers a nice clean and sleek design and users have been flocking to the devices over the last several months. Now the team at PogoPlug have announced some nice new improvements to their gadget.The PogoPlug now comes wit (Read More)
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After taking its time building itself up in private beta, Brizzly, the Twitter and Facebook client is finally available for the public. The client makes it easier for users to easily view videos and photos right within the streams on Twitter as well as letting you make direct uploads. The client is still in beta which means (Read More)
Homepage Channel:
Snowboarder Shaun White tells AP's weekly Video Game Video how his creative impulses influenced his second Wii game. (Nov. 20). (Read More)
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When you apply for a job, one of the first things that employers will do is take a look at your resume. Traditionally, this along with a face to face interviews were the steps to getting a job. With the ability to now get information within seconds, traditional steps to getting a job are being substituted by other methods. (Read More)
Bloomberg:
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Stuart Hoffman, chief economist with PNC Financial Services Group, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman and Mark Crumpton about the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy and the U.S. economy. Hoffman also discusses the U.S. labor market and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's job performance. (Read More)
Homepage Channel:
Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. (Nov. 20). (Read More)
Bloomberg:
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Miles Nadal, chief executive officer of MDC Partners Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schaztker about the potential impact of Oprah Winfrey ending her TV talk show in 2011 on the media industry. Winfrey is expected to announce plans to end her show on today's broadcast as she prepares to start a cabl (Read More)
Beet.TV:
Introduced as videogame console, the Xbox from Microsoft is fast becoming powerful video viewing device. The device connects to the Internet and streams high quality video. It has a number of offerings including Netflix, Last.fm and integration with social networks.A number of the enhanced services are available via a $50, (Read More)
Bloomberg:
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Mattel Inc., the world’s biggest toymaker, is seeing competition for its Barbie doll from MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Moxie Girlz. Worldwide sales of Barbie, who celebrated her 50th anniversary this year, dropped 8 percent last quarter. Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman reports. (Source: Bloomberg). (Read More)
Bloomberg:
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Hickey, co-founder of Bespoke Investment Group, talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about the outlook for the stock market and his equity picks. Hickey says he sees growth opportunities for Duoyuan Global Water Inc., 3M Co., and MasterCard Inc. (Source: Bloomberg). (Read More)