Yang#39;s 2 Blackjack EBay Failure Leave Yahoo Unready (Update2)
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Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Fourteen years after publishing his
first guide to the Internet from a Stanford University trailer,
Jerry Yang isnt ready to see his creation absorbed by the
worlds largest software company.
Yahoo! [...]
Harvard Liberal Arts Faculty Votes to Distribute Research Free
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Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — Harvard University professors may
publish more research online, free to readers, after the
schools arts and sciences faculty adopted a new policy that may
be a blow to scholarly journal publishers.
The [...]
Bhutto Predicted Her Own Death Warned Musharraf Book Review
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Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) — Before Benazir Bhutto returned to
Pakistan in October 2007, she seemed to predict her own death. In
a letter to General Pervez Musharraf, she warned him that if she
were killed it would be with the help of his regime. [...]
Clinton Iron Lady Needs Another Game Plan Margaret Carlson
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Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — The task for the Clintons after a
shocking third-place finish in last months Iowa caucuses was
formidable: Convince the country that the guy they had fallen in
love with was wrong for them.
[...]
Kenya#39;s Ethnic Bloodshed Worsens on Failed Odinga Kibaki Truce
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Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — Margaret Ongayo stood outside a
transit camp for refugees hoping that each arriving bus would
carry her five children, vanished amid the violence that is
threatening to destroy Kenyas ethnic mosaic.
[...]
Chavez Uses Exxon Battle to Stoke AntiU.S. Sentiment (Update1)
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Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has
seized on a legal battle between the state oil company and Exxon
Mobil Corp. to drum up backing for his campaign against the U.S.
and President George W. Bush.
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Bush Africa Trip Touts Successes Bypasses Places He Can#39;t Help
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Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush departs for
Africa tonight to highlight his commitment to the impoverished
continent and burnish his foreign-policy legacy.
In Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia, hell tout
initiatives [...]
Kenya#39;s Ethnic Clashes Split Nation as UN Seeks Peace (Update2)
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Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — Margaret Ongayo stood outside a
transit camp for refugees hoping that each arriving bus would
carry her five children, vanished amid the violence that is
threatening to destroy Kenyas ethnic mosaic.
[...]
Auction Debt Succumbs to BidRig Taint as Citi Flees (Update4)
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Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — The collapse of the auction-rate bond
market, where state and local governments go to raise cash,
demonstrates that regulators are no match for Wall Street.
Hundreds of auctions have failed [...]
Reed Elsevier to Buy ChoicePoint for 3.5 Billion (Update10)
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Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — Reed Elsevier Plc agreed to buy
ChoicePoint Inc. for $3.5 billion, adding the biggest U.S.
provider of information services for the insurance industry to
its LexisNexis database.
Reed Elsevier will pay [...]
