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  • Congress may OK short-term stimulus to avoid problems

    By Tom Curry, msnbc.com National Affairs Writer The signs look hopeful for a short-term accord in Congress on extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. But right after Election Day, a lame-duck Congress will face a horrific fiscal train wreck: sharp tax increases, combined with automatic spending cuts – and scanty reserves of political goodwill to help clinch a deal to avert that outcome. A House-Senate conference committee met Thursday to try to push ahead with a full-year payroll tax ...

    Rage: Campaign Edition Unleashed for Mac

    By News Staff | Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 3:45:GMT+5 In partnership with Aspyr Media, Bethesda Softworks has announced the launch of Rage: Campaign Edition which can now be bought for Mac systems. Released as a digital download, this game is being offered in English, French and German languages through Apple’s Mac App Store, Aspyr’s GameAgent.com and other supporting Mac digital retailers. Apart from the original game which was launched back in October last year for the PS3, Xbox 360 ...

    Chinese Internet Advertising Revenue Reached CNY14.87 Billion In Q4 2011

    Chinese Internet websites have continued to benefit from the maturing demand for on-line branding, Internet promotions, and e-commerce sales. EnfoDesk, Analysys International’s business information service branch focusing on the new media economy, has published a monitoring report for the Chinese Internet advertising market in the fourth quarter of 2011, stating that the market scale of Chinese Internet advertising operators reached CNY14.87 billion, a year-on-year increase of 52.9% and an increase of 6.4% compared with the previous quarter.

    Google to Block Per-Country Blogger Blogs

    Following the announcement last week from Twitter that they can now block specific Tweets on a per-country basis, Google have now announced a similar move with Blogger that grants specific blogs to be blocked for individual countries, while keeping them on-line and active in the rest of the world. Google describes the move on their blog as happening because… “Migrating to localized domains will grant us to continue promoting free expression and responsible publishing while providing greater flexibility in complying ...

    Rata kredytu kalkulator-rata kredytu kalkulator

    Co uczynić kiedy mamy kłopoty ze spłacaniem podjętych pożyczek? W obecnych czasach w pewnym sensie każdy z nas ma wzięty jakiś dług. A to na pojazd, dom – czy mały – komputer itp. Poniektórym zdarza się zapożyczać na poczet rozlicznych okazji: świąt, wyjazdów na wczasy, urodzin itp. Zaciągając zobowiązanie, optymistycznie spoglądamy w przyszłość wierząc, iż opłacanie opłat będzie tak łatwe jak w czasie wzięcia pożyczki. I podczas gdy niespodzianie okazuje się iż nie jesteśmy w stanie oddać podjętych długów, wpadamy ...

    Food critic’s ‘Bad Romance’ with Lady Gaga restaurant

    The New York Post’s Steve Cuozzo’s withering review accused the Italian restaurant “Joanne Trattoria” of serving “calamari like leather” and “flaccid” shellfish pasta that recalled the airplane food served “at 35,000″. He claimed his two-and-a-half-hour meal “seemed like as many days”, writing: “Forget the Edge of Glory. On opening night, ‘Lady Gaga restaurant’ Joanne… was closer to the edge of collapse”. “This has been a lifelong dream, and I could not be happier that it’s finally happening,” Mr Germanotta told ...

    AstraZeneca cuts 132 jobs, shuts Montreal facility

    Montreal’s pharmaceutical research cluster is under further threat as global giants adjust to the loss of patent protection for blockbuster drugs and challenges in developing replacements. British drug maker AstraZeneca announced Thursday plans to cut costs by closing its Quebec research and development facility, eliminating 132 jobs. It’s just the latest to make such a move. French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis laid off 100 workers last month at its R&D centre in Laval.

    New ‘biopsy in a blood test’ to detect cancer

    ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2012) — Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer doctors have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and examining circulating tumor cells (CTCs) — breakaway cells from patients’ solid tumors — from cancer patients. The findings, reported in five new papers, show that the highly sensitive blood analysis provides information that may soon be comparable to that from some types of surgical biopsies.

    Rose outduels Melo as Bulls add to Knicks’ woes

    NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 2: Landry Fields #2 of the Knicks shoots against Joakim Noah #13 of the … (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) NEW YORK — Derrick Rose and Carmelo Anthony are both All-Star starters.

    Ward’s shutout completes Canes sweep of Bruins

    updated 10:56 p.m. ET Feb. 2, 2012 BOSTON – Sweeping the defending Stanley Cup champions is nice, but the Carolina Hurricanes would trade all four wins for a better spot in the standings.