April 7th, 2009 by admin
Not Home, but Not a HotelNew York Times, United States He and his colleague spent as much for the condo and the home-cooked meals as hotel rooms alone would have cost. “It was nice having a fridge and a kitchen,” Mr. Clark said. “We didn’t have to go out to eat every night. This is when a corporate condo …
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April 7th, 2009 by admin
ANALYSIS-US distillate prices may skid below crude oil costForbes, NY By Haitham Haddadin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prices for petroleum products — the staples of transportation and home heating in the United States — could tumble below the cost of the crude oil from which they're made as demand slumps and supplies brim. …
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April 7th, 2009 by admin
For port cities, slowdown in global trade hits homeUSA Today Often, that was too costly given the relatively low value of the shipments of kaolin clay or paper that were the region's key exports. So Marchand set out to attract higher import volumes, figuring that containers that came in full of clothes or …
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April 6th, 2009 by admin
Microsoft allows HP to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010Apple Insider, VA The inability of Windows Vista to run on netbooks forced Microsoft to offer very low cost licenses for Windows XP to kill off the threat of Linux finding a foothold on low cost hardware. Microsoft has promised that forthcoming versions of Windows 7 …
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April 6th, 2009 by admin
The Speaker’s Lobby: Official BusinessFOXNews House members apparently tasked low-level staffers as their earmark envoys. On Capitol Hill, most junior aides work out of the House office buildings across the street and rarely venture over to the Capitol. For instance, shortly before 8 pm, …
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April 4th, 2009 by admin
Brain-injured Alex Casillas, 8, returns to San Jose homeSan Jose Mercury News, USA And the boy is receiving basic medical services through a state-sponsored low- cost insurance program called Healthy Families. Teresa says her son was right about America, it is a country with "a lot of humanity." Still, the family can't afford other …
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April 4th, 2009 by admin
Antiwar activists split over Obama's Afghanistan policyChristian Science Monitor, MA They're especially urging members of Congress and the news media to get back to the business of vigorous criticism and oversight. The anti-war movement shifted into low gear after Obama's election. Funding and staffing for most groups dropped, …
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