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  • Tech: Gadget News and Reviews
    Mar 30, 2012 — Washington Post
    Thanks. pegoraror: Yes, and have done so for several years now. If I purchase this, will my current MS Office 2003 run on it? pegoraror: Yes. Thanks. pegoraror: You should have no trouble meeting that price limit.
  • Economic Scene: Wishing for a Health Care Plan That Cuts Costs
    Mar 10, 2010 — New York Times
    Hospitals that committed certain medical errors — harmful, costly errors — would face financial penalties. So I agree that health reform should do more to reduce spiraling medical costs. Mainly, the subsidies appear to benefit drug makers, hospitals and insurers.
  • Health care ad cyclorama to clog airwaves
    Mar 10, 2010 — USA Today
    Health care costs will go even higher, making a tough economy worse. Stop this health care bill we can't afford to pay."The Chamber would not list the 17 states in the ad buy. He says Obama's bill doesn't do enough to drive down health care costs. "It's a missed opportunity," he says.Yahoo!
  • A fine year for funds
    Mar 9, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    That's a rally.It's been a great year to be a mutual fund manager. Mix those with growth, value, and blended investment styles, and you come up with nine fund categories.Fidelity funds earned Boston's best results in five of the categories. Putnam Investments funds were tops in two categories, and MFS Investment Management came out on top in one.
  • American executive says market will dictate wages, benefits
    Mar 9, 2010 — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    Each of those is in various stages but each of those are in mediation which is normal in the labor negotiation process. If you look back at the history of labor agreements in the industry, it takes two to three years to get a contract.
  • Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's
    Mar 9, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    By TOM RAUMWASHINGTON, Mar. 9, 2010 (AP Online delivered by Newstex) -- Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help.
  • AP Interview: Silva Says Iran Sanctions Dangerous
    Mar 9, 2010 — New York Times
    President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in an interview with The Associated Press that sanctions would likely push Iran further from the bargaining table. Silva said he will try to convince Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to restart negotiations to ease concerns about the nuclear program. Silva also insisted that his hand-picked successor, Dilma Rousseff, is ready to run Brazil even if she has never run for office.
  • AP Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health
    Mar 9, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    After a year of off-and-on negotiations, Republicans adamantly oppose Obama's plans. That would enable Senate Democrats to pass a companion health care bill -- which House Democrats are demanding -- with a simple majority. Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign criticizing Obama's proposals.
  • AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health
    Mar 9, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    After a year of off-and-on negotiations, Republicans adamantly oppose Obama's plans. That would enable Senate Democrats to pass a companion health care bill -- which House Democrats are demanding -- with a simple majority. Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign criticizing Obama's proposals.
  • APNewsBreak: Canadian Doctor Says HGH Was for Him
    Mar 9, 2010 — New York Times
    Reyes and Beltran each say they did not receive HGH from Galea. Marc Philippon, who performed Rodriguez's hip surgery. But Galea said Catalano only could have had a tiny, half-empty bottle or one ampoule of HGH.
  • Are unemployment benefits no longer temporary?
    Mar 9, 2010 — Washington Post
    Those jobs are unlikely to return even when the economy recovers, many experts say.But complaints that extending unemployment payments discourages job-seeking have begun to bubble into the political debate. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) did not join Bunning's effort, but he defended his colleague's point of view. I owe the bank overdraft fees and the insurance is lapsing a little bit.
  • As bull market turns 1, is it time to party, or worry?
    Mar 9, 2010 — USA Today
    A 20% drop, which is the definition of a bear market. Typically, stock rallies run into trouble when investors get too optimistic, too complacent and too convinced that profiting in the stock market is a sure thing. Optimists such as Federated's Auth are betting that the economic recovery will be stronger and last longer than the current consensus opinion on Wall Street.
  • Bennet Reinforces His Left Flank
    Mar 9, 2010 — Politico
    Manu RajuFacing a fierce primary challenge from the left, Colorado Democratic Sen. A former superintendent of Denver public schools, Bennet entered Washington as a relative unknown, appointed by Gov. They point to initiatives that might not be popular with liberals.
  • Biden assures Israel of U.S. security commitment
    Mar 9, 2010 — Washington Post
    In Peres's guest book, he wrote: "The bond between our two nations has been, and will remain, unshakeable. Indirect talks "could legitimize the U.S. role as a broker and maybe even make some headway on borders.
  • Biden reassures Israel of U.S. commitment
    Mar 9, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    ...unvarnished commitment to Israel's security," he said. In meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, Biden emphasized his long personal ties to Israel and his affection for the country. "It's good to be home," he told Peres. When Netanyahu told Biden that Israel had planted a small stand of trees in honor of his late mother, Biden responded, "My love for your country was watered by this Irish lady."...
  • BRIEF: Mayoral forum to address growth Wednesday
    Mar 9, 2010 — Lexington Herald-Leader
    Mar. 9, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- The candidates for mayor of Lexington will be talking about Lexington's growth and vitality at a forum that begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Lexington Public Library, 140 East Main Street. They will respond to a presentation last Wednesday by Joseph P. Riley, the long-time mayor of Charleston, S.C. There will be an opportunity for questions and answers at the free event. Newstex ID: KRTB-0115-42705646...
  • Broadband Internet service narrows the gap between urban and rural areas
    Mar 9, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    Or whether government even needs to. Consider what got Buhler, near Hutchinson, wired. At that cost of more than $4,300 to link up each customer, about four in five homes will have Internet at speeds up to 20 megabits per second. I don't know how anybody in the rural areas can keep up if they don't have broadband Internet," Selnow said. "Is it worth $7 billion?
  • Bush Interior secretary discusses transformation to enthusiastic environmentalist
    Mar 9, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    There certainly were many players for whom environmental matters and conservation were somewhere lower along the totem pole. Conservatives -- with four decades of relentless critique of environmental laws, what they call "command and control" -- have come to conflate a critique of the tools for a critique of the value set. With climate change, the patterns of precipitation have changed.
  • Business groups launch ad against health care bill
    Mar 9, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    Later in the week, the campaign shifts to 17 states home to moderate and conservative Democrats. Companies with 50 or fewer workers would be exempt.
  • Businesses urged to go on offense
    Mar 9, 2010 — The San Diego Union-Tribune
    William French, commander of Navy operations in the region, said San Diego is benefiting from a shift of military resources from the East Coast to the West. Commercial real estate sales will continue to fall this year, leading to a 15 percent decline in the total value of commercial buildings in the San Diego County, after a 45 percent drop last year.
  • Candidate Stephens wants to halt government growth
    Mar 9, 2010 — Chattanooga Times/Free Press
    Stephens said he wants Congress to pay down the national debt and work toward a balanced budget.
  • Carmel scales back its building boom
    Mar 9, 2010 — The Indianapolis Star
    ...in Indiana, Carmel has long been a bastion of growth, fueled partly by the vision of its four-term mayor, Jim Brainard. He unveiled his plans to build a new downtown 13 years ago, and City Center began to take shape a few years later with a mix of homes, offices, retail and restaurants a few blocks south of Carmel's old downtown. By year's end, Pedcor will have reshaped Carmel's skyline with five new buildings -- 256,000 square feet of retail, office and residential space, and a...
  • CERAWeek panel
    Mar 9, 2010 — Houston Chronicle
    ...and demand dynamic of everything from oil and gas demand to electricity to the development of renewable energy sources. "What will fill the demand?" asked Xizhou Zhou, a China expert with IHS CERA. "The answer to that question is, really, everything." Despite the evolution of new markets, a two-speed transition is under way, one that will continue to squeeze oil refiners, said James Burkhard, managing director and global oil analyst with IHS CERA. He said demand...
  • Chicago Tribune Jon Yates column
    Mar 9, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
    On Sept. 1, Eveready called Siracusa to say crews were on their way. "I said, 'Whoa,'" Siracusa said. 'I worked for a contractor for a year. It never arrived, Siracusa said. Siracusa said she has since gone online and discovered other complaints against Eveready. Siracusa," he said. "It's our intention to still do that.
  • China and India Join Climate Accord
    Mar 9, 2010 — New York Times
    WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreemen reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. Ramesh confirmed India’s action in an e-mail message. India sent a letter on Monday to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the body responsible for international climate negotiations, stating its intent to join the Copenhagen accord.
  • China and India to Join Copenhagen Climate Change Accord
    Mar 9, 2010 — New York Times
    WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed Tuesday to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. Ramesh confirmed India’s action in an e-mail message. India sent a letter on Monday to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the body responsible for international climate negotiations, stating its intent to join the Copenhagen Accord.
  • China rejects reform calls but rhetoric softens
    Mar 9, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    ...social inequalities. In his address, Wu said legislative priorities this year would focus on improving social security and fostering more equitable economic development. Uneven economic growth, skyrocketing home prices, limited and expensive medical care, and sparse pension plans have provoked widespread discontent and raised huge concerns in China about social stability. Elsewhere in his address, Wu said delegates would put the final touches on a draft social security law...
  • China vows to improve social safety net
    Mar 9, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    The urban-rural wealth gap has widened in recent years and countryside residents earn incomes that are on average just one-third of urban ones.
  • China, India give qualified nod to climate deal
    Mar 9, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    ...-- China joined India on Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions. The official messages to the U.N. climate change secretariat did little to ease the pessimism that a legal international agreement on global warming can be concluded this year. A one-sentence note from China's top climate change negotiator, Su Wei, authorized the addition of China to the list attached to the nonbinding accord...
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