Oil above $72 in Asia amid weakening dollar (AP)

February 9th, 2010

A map of northern Europe showing the route of the planned South Stream and Nabucco gas pipelines. Serbia's state-run gas company and Russia's Gazprom on Friday founded a joint venture to manage an underground gas storage as a part of future South Stream pipeline through the Balkan republic, Beta news agency reported.(AFP/Graphic)AP – Oil prices rose above $72 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as a weakening U.S. dollar offset concerns about the strength of the global economic recovery.

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SI swimsuit edition puts Roddick’s wife on cover (AP)

February 9th, 2010

An image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the March 12, 2010, edition of Sports Illustrated magazine, the annual swimsuit edition. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr.)AP – Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.

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Google warns Chinese knock-off to stop using logo (Reuters)

February 9th, 2010

Reuters – Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own.

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Microsoft E-health Research Taps Xbox, Mobile Phones (PC World)

February 9th, 2010

PC World – Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company’s Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.

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Microsoft E-health Research Taps Xbox, Mobile Phones (PC World)

February 9th, 2010

PC World – Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company’s Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.

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Microsoft E-health Research Taps Xbox, Mobile Phones (PC World)

February 9th, 2010

PC World – Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company’s Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.

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Microsoft E-health Research Taps Xbox, Mobile Phones (PC World)

February 9th, 2010

PC World – Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company’s Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.

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Google warns Chinese knock-off to stop using logo (Reuters)

February 9th, 2010

Reuters – Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own.

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NYSE Euronext returns to profit in 4th quarter (AP)

February 9th, 2010

AP – NYSE Euronext, the trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator, said Tuesday it returned to profit in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting helped offset a drop in revenue from falling global share trading volumes.

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German exports down 18.4 percent in 2009 (AP)

February 9th, 2010

AP – German exports tumbled by more than 18 percent last year, the biggest fall for 60 years and one that officially knocked the country off its perch as the world’s top exporter, government data showed Tuesday.

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