... that are highly profitable and indispensable for consumers. Unfortunately, both companies are also accused of using their size and power to restrict their rivals from gaining significant share in the market. However, the same experts believe Google is more vulnerable to competition than Microsoft was at the time because of the nature of the Internet. Like Microsoft, Google is now realizing the downfall ... many similarities between Microsoft's and Google's cases, they agree that the fast-paced nature of the evolution of technology makes it difficult to compare the two companies without ...

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To add to the growing tension between Iran and the United States, members of the Iranian Parliament's human rights committee have taken a strong, public stand against the planned execution of a woman in Virginia. According to a British newspaper, "the parliamentary human rights committee said her case reflected ...

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Believing himself to be a victim of a smear campaign, presidential candidate Herman Cain suddenly recalled the financial settlement he was a part of years before. In the late 1990's, as the head of the National ... (Grinberg). Cain told Politico that he did not recall such an instance, but when pressed later by radio host, Laura Ingraham, Cain suddenly remembered the instance. "The word settlement suggested to me some sort of legal settlement," he explained about the mix-up, "and later as I thought about it and thought about it and I did recall an agreement with the lady ... that's when I s...

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... African-American president - both potential history-making moments. Voting turnouts broke some records, and with the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated ... , we shop online, we work online, and we form social relationships online. And, in the presidential race of 2008, Americans got political online. The Internet gave voters a new, direct li...

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... colleague and friend, Agustin Carstens," she said (Rooney). The global financial institution desperately needed a new leader because of their involvement with the European Union and the European Central Bank to provide financial support to Greece and other troubled European economies who need immediate help (Rooney). Lagarde is already involved in these affairs. While in Paris, she advised the Greek government ... to come to terms with the political differences that exist and approve the austerity measures that are currently preventing the country from receiving their next installment l...

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... October 2011. Despite the wide range of guesses from a massively multi-player online role-playing game to a treasure hunt to a sequel, the Pottermore website will allow Potter-crazed fans to journey through the story lines of the books, starting with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," according to a statement from Rowling's media team (Clark). "It's the same story with a few crucial additions, the most ... in London. "Just as the experiences of reading requires that the imaginations of the author and the reader work together to create the story, so Pottermore will be built, in par...

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... checkpoint and held for days while officials bound, beat, poured alcohol in her eyes, and gang raped her repeatedly. The accused men plan to sue her, according to government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (The Huffington Post). Al-Obeidy fled from Libya into Tunisia aided by a defecting military officer and his family. ... Apparently, she left in a military car and was able to make it through several checkpoints disguised "in the local manner" and using a refugee document (The Huffington Post). Despite the original relief al-Obeidy's ... status, but they procured a court order and noted that ...

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... Partnership and includes six universities paired with manufacturing companies like Ford, Caterpillar, Procter & Gamble, and Northrop Grumman (Murphy). "It's to renew the promise of American manufacturing. To help make sure America remains in this century what we were in the last - a country that makes things. A country that ... his visit, Obama was inspired by mini-robots that explored water and sewer pipes (Kuhnhnen). Pittsburgh is an important city for Obama's plan to build up the middle class in America (Murphy). The robots are the invention of RedZone Robotics, who is involved with d...

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... investment in infrastructure and education and a focus on removing "barriers that make it harder for you to compete - from the tax code to the regulatory system" (Dennis). In an attempt to reconcile the differences between his administration and the US Chamber of Commerce, Obama walked the block to the Chamber headquarters. Once there, he joked "I'm in the interest of being more neighborly. Maybe we ... would have gotten off on a better foot if I had brought over a fruitcake when I first moved in. But I'm going to make up for it." The two groups got off on a bad start after the Chamber ...

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... incoming American President, Barack Obama. On a Web posting directed at the new president, the group's leader warns that "a heavy legacy of crime awaits" him. The message, reported to be from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Obama is criticized for his position on foreign policy and Israel, and is ridiculed for his view on the state of the world. For many ... marked the culmination of the efforts of leaders of the African-American rights movement, such as Malcolm X. But according to the speaker in this message, Obama is nothing like those men, who he refers to as "honourable black Americans". The me...

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... links between the injectable contraceptives and rates of HIV (Belluck). Approximately 6 percent of all women between the ages of 15 and 49 use the injectable hormones in Africa, while 3 percent, or 1.2 million women, use the contraception in the United States. The study was conducted only in Africa, but scientists see no reason why the findings would be different had the study ... also involved women in America. However, the effects are most alarming for African women because the transfer of HIV from heterosexual sex is greater in sub-Saharan Africa causing many organizations to panic (...

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For the past few years, environmentally sustainable sources of energy and fuel have been at the forefront of the media and minds of Americans more than ever before. Going green seemed to be a globally inevitable trend. But even with funding for green energy increasing and one of the most persistent promoters of information on global warming (Nobel Prize recipient Al Gore) reaching ... in gas prices and abating our reliance on foreign oil. The well-promulgated fact that the U.S. expends approximately 25% of the world's oil, yet has domestic access to less than 3% of that oil doesn't seem to d...

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... we are engaged in the Libya mission (Steinhauer). "The president really does need to step up and help the American people understand why these missions are vital to the national security interests of our country," Boehner said (Rowley). On Friday, the House is looking to pass either or both of the measures, signifying Congress' most assertive stance on the Libya conflict ... to date. Furthermore, the vote will draw attention to the tensions between executive and legislative branches over the president's ... ability to wage war without Congress' express approval (Steinhauer). Some leade...

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... said Bill Dombrowski, a spokesman for the California Retailers Association, which backed the legislation. "This is nothing more than some companies trying to get a competitive advantage through a tax loophole, and now we have closed it" (Hull). Dombrowski hopes that California's lead will begin a nationwide campaign ... the governor signed the bill into law, very little taxes are collected. Amazon.com and Overstock.com severed their relationship with California affiliates to avoid having to collect the tax. Amazon used the same tactic after facing similar laws in Illinois, Arkansas, and...

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... on June 28th is only available to a select group of Google users who will test the product and then invite others to join. Like Facebook, the social networking site allows people to share and discuss status updates, photos and links. The major difference is that the Google+ project is meant for sharing with groups, such as colleagues, roommates, or running buddies instead of all ... of one's friends or the entire Web. It allows users to segment friends into groups and offers group text messaging and video chat. Gundotra and Horowitz said they designed the product with real life ... rel...

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... Laviv, the CEO of ATHENA GS3 (an Israeli-based security company) "We are seeing a needed paradigm shift when it comes to security .This brain fingerprinting' is much more developed than we think."" Because Israel is under constant security threats, that country has emerged as a leader in the development of security technology. Already, several Israeli companies have developed systems ... passenger may have nefarious intentions. That's good news in itself for those of us who want to ride the friendly skies safely, but there's more. These screeners are both faster and less intrusive than...

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The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women recently awarded $10 million in grants to 13 initiatives in 18 countries. The UN Trust Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was established in 1996 by the United Nations, and still remains the only multilateral grant-making mechanism solely devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls. Its recent grant completed the UN Trust Fund's 14th grant-making cycle of 2009, which awarded a total of $20.5 million to 26 projects ...

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An emergency session of the U.N. Security Council was held on Sunday, December 19th, to attempt to ease tensions between North and South Korea following the North's attack on the civilian island of Yeonpyeong, which killed two South Koreans, wounded at least 14 others, and set more than 60 buildings on fire (Lederer, Frayer). Russia initially called for the Security Council meeting, where Moscow proposed ... promised a "catastrophe" if the drills were conducted and South Korea answered that it would strike back harder than it did last month if it were attacked again (Lederer). South Korea def...

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... than a resistance movement, eventually diminishing the credibility of the organization in the eyes of its Palestinian supporters. It is for this reason that other Palestinian groups emerged and sought to replace the PLO as the voice and leader of the Palestinian nation. One such organization was Harakat al-Maqawama al-Islamiyya, or ... disenchanted with the PLO, the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation soon demonstrated their displeasure and mounting frustration by rioting. Armed with no more than rocks, the Palestinians effectively (though unofficially) threw off the mantle of PL...

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... , the virus is commonly transferred through fecal matter that enters a person's digestive system, typically through contaminated food, water, or hand-to-mouth contact (Magnier). To confront the epidemic head-on, India poured billions of dollars into eliminating the virus and gained access to a more effective vaccine. Because of these drastic measures, the number of reported wild polio cases, the kind that most ... . Furthermore, places such as the slumbs of New Delhi and Mumbai boast record-level numbers of immunizations and virus-free water samples. Lower-risk areas offer children young...

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... internal documents and an extensive analysis of data from thousands of wells lead industry experts to question those claims. According to them, natural gas companies are forging how easy and cheap it is to extract from shale formations deep underground. Companies may even be intentionally overstating the productivity of ... go as planned. Federal and state lawmakers are increasing subsidies for the natural gas business, but if the gas is more expensive to extract than they had planned for, landowners, investors, and lenders will not reap the benefits they had hoped for from their investme...

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... every other industry was hit hard by the economic downturn, the law profession faces the same turmoil. With less money to spend, top American law firms cut hiring altogether or moved to a lower-tier pay system for new associates. In an effort to streamline and cut costs, corporations reduced their legal departments. Lawyers at legal temp companies see about one-tenth of the salary ... within these salary ranges, something that would have been unheard of before the economic crisis, they are more appealing than overseas lawyers (Timmons). "If we're going to deliver a fantastic client expe...

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... close relationships. Conversely, if an individual spends too much time on the internet at home or for these purposes at work, he or she will exhibit more depression than an individual, who has the opportunity to relate with others through the verbal language, as opposed to e-mailing and "chatting". Pocket Guide to Adulthood by Jason Boyett encompasses all the previous information and is a worthwhile read. Boyett ... with them with passion and it becomes clear that this was a profound moment in his life, when he became aware of the power of story-telling. He goes as far to say that "stor...

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... be "converted" into heterosexuals through religious ministry. Both issues sit well with evangelical conservative Christians; a base John McCain desperately needs to remain viable in this election. Other analysts cite the acrimonious rift between the hard-core Clinton backers and the rest of the Democratic ... McCain campaign, the choice of Sarah Palin still has some resonance with Hillary Clinton supporters who, whether out of racism or spite, would rather vote for anyone than Obama. Her positions on guns, abortion, and family values (her pregnant daughter will marry the father of her ch...

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... underlying identity, it can be shown how it is always possible, with a little ingenuity, to obtain a perfect statistical fit to a putative production function, which exhibits constant returns to scale and where the estimated "output elasticities" equal the factor shares. It can also shown how the results of estimation of production ... up the income statistics; and when we calculate ' by fitting the Cobb-Douglas function we are bound to arrive at the same value when we reckon up total earnings and compare them with the total net product. In ' we have a measure of the percentage...

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