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In a new film, IBM goes short. Really short.
Talk about some on-screen minimalism. In a bid to “explore the limits of filmmaking,” IBM has created a movie that takes a character and reduces him to his essence—literally. “A Boy and His Atom,” a new stop-motion short...Tags: Movies, Entertainment
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SAFT ON WEALTH: Rwanda, iBonds and the madness of the bond market
ReutersBy James Saft May 1 (Reuters) - In the past week we've had two object lessons in the madness of the bond market: Rwanda and Apple. Apple Inc, maker of the ubiquitous iPhone and iPad, on Tuesday sold $17 billion of bonds, the largest-ever corporate...Tags: Credit Ratings, Rwanda, Computer Hardware, BlackBerry, Apple iPhone
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PREVIEW-Berkshire size, Buffett age cloud annual gathering
Reuters* Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting set for May 4 * Berkshire's size, Buffett's age and succession in focus By Jonathan Stempel and Jennifer Ablan April 30 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett may be on safari for major acquisitions, which he likes to call...Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, MidAmerican Energy Company, Economy, Business and Finance, GEICO, Prostate Cancer
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Apple shines in US high-grade market with USD mega-deal
ReutersBy John Balassi NEW YORK, April 30 (IFR) - Apple Inc came to the high-grade primary market Tuesday with what could turn out to be the largest non-bank bond sale in history, a six-part all-dollar bond offering that had attracted books of more than USD50bn...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Prices, Intel Corp., Bonds, Royal Bank of Canada
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PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel
Ben Pleasants L.A. poet and playwright Ben Pleasants, 72, a Los Angeles poet and playwright who also championed the work of Charles Bukowski and John Fante in literary critiques, died of a heart attack April 18 in Crescent City, his wife, Paula, said....Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Michigan, Heart Attack, Politics, Colleges and Universities
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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT - Wall St climbs further; Nasdaq up 1 pct
ReutersNEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended gains on Monday, with the Nasdaq briefly 1 percent higher while the Dow and S&P 500 were at session highs, boosted by gains in large-cap technology companies such as Apple Inc, IBM and Microsoft Corp....Tags: Stock Activities, Nasdaq Composite, NASDAQ, Financial Markets, S&P 500
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Tata invests in technology, R&D at Tel Aviv University
ReutersTEL AVIV, April 29 (Reuters) - Tata Industries will invest $5 million in a new Tel Aviv University (TAU) technology fund, saying it saw the university as its Israeli research and development centre. Tata, part of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, will be...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Tel Aviv (Israel), Economy, Business and Finance, Education, Research
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W. Lee Ridenour, 69
Wallace Lee Ridenour, 69, Hagerstown, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer at Meritus Medical Center of Hagerstown. Born July 10, 1943, in Washington County, Md., he was the son of Emory Wallace Ridenour of Hagerstown,...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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How the relationship between employers and workers changed
Decades ago, many workers spent their whole lives at the same job, retiring with a full pension, and maybe even a gold watch from their boss. Now, almost no one works at the same place for life, and there’s much less loyalty between employers...
Tags: Walmart, Employment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Father's Musical Touches Song In My Heart
The Hartford CourantI won't lie to you. I can't face another column about guns or bombs. Maybe we all need a break. So, today, I'm going to tell you a story. In 1961, my father, Robert McEnroe, and the songwriter Johnny Burke collaborated on a musical adaptation of the...Tags: Eddie Foy, Arts and Culture, eBay Inc., The Drowsy Chaperone (musical), Entertainment
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From hackers to security experts, the Balkan IT sector is booming
Reuters* Oracle, SAP, Hewlett Packard are in Romania and Bulgaria * Romania has become centre for computer hacking * Technology sector is a rare success in depressed economies By Radu Marinas and Tsvetelia Tsolova BUCHAREST/SOFIA, April 26 (Reuters) -...Tags: Theft, Politics, Romania, Verizon Communications, Government
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Fred Amoroso Steps Down as Yahoo Chairman
ReutersApr 25 (TheWrap.com) - Yahoo Inc Chairman Fred Amoroso is resigning effective immediately, the struggling Internet company announced on Thursday. Amoroso will be replaced in the chairman role by director Maynard Webb Jr. on an interim basis until the...Tags: Facebook, Marketing, Yahoo! Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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