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Former Czech president Havel dies (Reuters)

PRAGUE (Reuters) ? Former Czech President Vaclav Havel died on Sunday, his secretary said in a statement. Havel was comforted in his last moments by his wife Dagmara and several nuns, his secretary, Sabina Tancevova, said in the statement. (Reporting by Michael Winfrey; Editing by Sophie Hares) Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obits/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111218/wl_nm/us_czech_havel macho man randy savage blockbuster doomsday [...]

Diamonds and dust for better cement

ScienceDaily (Dec. 12, 2011) ? Scientists are seeking ways to use cement more efficiently and reduce the carbon emissions associated with its manufacture have revealed new properties of the mineral tobermorite. Using X-ray-diffraction to probe its crystalline structure, which corresponds to Portland cement’s most important component, they squeezed the mineral in a diamond anvil cell [...]

Parents Magazine Redesigns ? sitting on the edge of the sandbox …

This month the premier American magazine for moms debuted a new look.? I notice fewer portraits and more scenes in the photographic illustrations, arrows with comments pointing to pictures of purported real people and, of course, the darling little strings next to section titles. Bloopers, the back page humor section, also changed.? Instead of the [...]

BHP Billiton posts 5.5 percent fall in profit (AP)

SYDNEY ? BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest miner, on Wednesday posted a 5.5 percent slide in first-half profit to $9.9 billion and blamed lower commodity prices as well as production constraints. Analysts had been expecting the Anglo-Australian company to achieve a net profit of about $10 billion for the six months to Dec. 31, [...]

Republicans remain skeptical of extending payroll tax cut (Los Angeles Times)

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Posts Tagged ‘digital music company’

Murdoch-backed music startup bankrupt before launch (Reuters) January 28, 2012 No Comments

(Reuters) ? Beyond Oblivion, a digital music startup backed by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and investment bank Allen & Co Director Stanley Shuman has filed for bankruptcy protection after spending millions of dollars building a service that never saw the light of day. Journalists were given a preview of the New York start-up service that [...]