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Mumbai, a modern Babel, downgrades English
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 - 12:52 am - Reuters
Reuters - Earlier this month, a Mumbai city official stood up to make a presentation on water meters only to be heckled and jeered into silence by his colleagues.

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Microsoft To Buy DATAllegro
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 11:43 pm - TechWeb
- The data warehouse appliance maker's software is typically used with Ingres' open source database, but could be easily be optimized for Microsoft's SQL Server.

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Meche settles down, pitches Royals over Rays 4-2
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 10:49 pm - AP
AP - Gil Meche pitched seven scoreless innings after a shaky start and John Buck drove in two runs, helping the Kansas City Royals hold off Tampa Bay 4-2 Thursday night to extend the AL East-leading Rays' road losing streak to seven games.

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Miss. River oil spill idles ships near New Orleans
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:05 pm - AP
AP - Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the nation's busy shipping waterway.

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Manning hopes for quick return from knee surgery
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 7:08 pm - AP
AP - Peyton Manning's voice resonated through the Colts training camp Thursday — from 90 miles away.

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MS Plots iPhone Rival, Vista PR, as MobileMe Draws Flak
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 6:57 pm - NewsFactor
NewsFactor - Apple has been boosting sales of Macs with its Mac OS X operating system -- seemingly at Microsoft's expense, as more PC users turn up their noses at Microsoft's Windows Vista. Apple also has had great success with its iPhone, but now that Apple is taking flak because of problems with its MobileMe service, an admiring Microsoft appears ready to go after some of Apple's revenue.

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Microsoft defends search investments to analysts
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 6:57 pm - AP
AP - Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed little light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.

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Memo: 'Good faith' protects against torture charge
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 6:21 pm - AP
AP - The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners' will would not cause "prolonged mental harm."

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Microsoft says chances of Yahoo takeover negligible
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 5:59 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell on Thursday described Yahoo Inc. as "a declining asset" and all but ruled out a complete takeover of the Internet company.

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Microsoft CFO: Yahoo a "declining asset"
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 5:59 pm - CNET
CNET - REDMOND, Wash.--Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell said that Yahoo was a "declining asset" and said the chances of a full-on acquisition were now "negligible."

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Morgan Stanley aggressively recruiting brokers
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 5:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it is poaching brokers from Merrill Lynch and other rivals, accelerating the expansion of its global wealth management business during a period of turbulence on Wall Street.

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Microsoft to Buy Data-warehouse Appliance Vendor
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 5:02 pm - PC World
PC World - Microsoft continues a shopping spree to bolster SQL Server by purchasing data-warehouse appliance vendor DATAllegro.

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Microsoft CEO backs Web spending, "done" with Yahoo
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 5:02 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft Corp's need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was "done," for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc.

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Model irks officials for nude pose on Peru's flag
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 3:15 pm - AP
AP - A Peruvian model and showgirl is facing a criminal investigation for posing naked sitting atop the country's red-and-white flag.

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McCain visits German restaurant in Ohio
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 2:47 pm - AP
AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday — at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted that he was happy to devote his time this week to touring the nation's heartland.

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Move over Europe, US - the future is Asia, India says
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 2:36 pm - Reuters
Reuters - The future of manufacturing is in low-cost youthful Asian economies, and the United States and Europe should abandon ideas of propping up uncompetitive industries, India's trade minister said on Thursday.

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Microsoft CEO says done talking to Yahoo, for now
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 2:10 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft Corp's need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was "done," for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc.

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Major shareholder advisory firm backs Yahoo board
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 2:10 pm - AP
AP - An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.

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Math study finds girls are just as good as boys
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 1:20 pm - AP
AP - Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science.

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Microsoft to expand Facebook ad pact: source
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 1:13 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Microsoft Corp will announce plans to expand its relationship with online social network Facebook to provide web search and search advertising, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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Mosley wins privacy case over Nazi orgy claim
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 1:00 pm - AFP
AFP - World motorsport chief Max Mosley won his privacy case at London's High Court Thursday against a British newspaper which alleged he took part in a Nazi-themed sadomasochistic orgy with prostitutes.

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Muntari 'to sign for Inter' on Thursday
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 10:17 am - AFP
AFP - Italian press reports claimed that Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari will sign for Inter Milan on Thursday.

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