No Deal Over Retail Chain Acquisition Just Yet International Chief Doug McMillon said in an interview: “One of the things that has been a hindrance in Russia is just an agreement on price”. Retail giant Wal-Mart has made attempts to buy out retail chains instead of opening its own shops. “Buying a retail chain would give […]

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The Information SuperHighway Goes To The Highway Traditional radio has been with us forever it seems. I confess that I do listen to talk radio occasionally while mobile. You know, the NPR type of programming usually offered on AM radio. Remember AM radio? I think that radio as we know it is definitely going to go […]

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The Big Picture: Another Plant Closing In A City Near You The new job numbers are out. The employment situation seems to be improving in May of 2010. The unemployment rate edged down to 9.7 percent. Manufacturing employment increased by 29,000 over the month. Factory employment has risen by 126,000 over the past 5 months. […]

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Hemp Plastic Material Ten Times Stronger Than Steel Amongst the thousands of products made from hemp, one of the most extraordinary is Henry Ford’s Plastic Hemp Car. Built in 1941, it contained cellulose fibers derived from hemp, sisal, and wheat straw. The hemp plastic was lighter than steel, yet could withstand ten times the impact […]

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Aerial View Of BP Spill In The Sea                                         BP Slick Burn at The Source.mov Pilot Tom Hutchings and Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen fly to the BP Oil Spill and report the damage. More coverage from SouthWings and The Locust Fork News-Journal.  To view  Hurricane Creekkeeper ‘s User Profile click here.

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To Sit Or Squat? That Is The Question. Are you looking for a public restroom? Is nature calling  you but you have nowhere to go? Not a problem as long as you are wireless and have signal… Finally, a place to find and record bathrooms all around the world. Seriously. Okay, I can tell that […]

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Amyloidosis Awareness Intervention What is Amyloidosis? Amyloidosis is a debilitating disease that occurs when amyloid proteins build in your organs. Amyloid is an abnormal protein usually produced by cells in your bone marrow that can be deposited in any tissue or organ. Amyloidosis can affect different organs in different people, and there are many types […]

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The Development Of Global Navigation Who really invented GPS? As with most inventions, there is usually a race to receive the credit, and time later unravels a collection of contributors. The invention of the GPS was no exception to this rule. The technology is similar to radio systems that were developed in the 1940’s. In […]

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Are you trying to open up an .asx file stream, and a dialogue box pops up asking you to save the file to your computer? It’ll say that it can’t open in the default program and the file may be corrupted or that it has an incorrect file type. This should be resolved by setting Windows Media as […]

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Majority Of World Growth Will Come From Emerging Markets Is the economic situation in your country good or bad? Are you satisfied with the direction your country is taking? If you live in the United States, your answer may not be very favorable. A Gallup Poll survey in May of 2010 indicated that 46% said […]

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