Posts Tagged ‘world’

Where’s The Beef? One Man’s Search For ‘Steak’

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Mark Schatzker, a lifelong steak lover, was disappointed in the steaks he was eating -- they simply didn't taste as good as he remembered.

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Where's The Beef? One Man's Search For 'Steak'

After 70 years, Nazi-looted books returned

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Ignatz Isaac Bick was a scholar and rabbi in Frankfurt, Germany when the Nazis came to power in the early 1930s. He and his wife Mira saw their chance to leave the country and shipped their possessions to the port of Hamburg, then migrated to England.

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After 70 years, Nazi-looted books returned

Genzyme CEO open to sale, not at $69 a share

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Genzyme Corp Chief Executive Henri Termeer said he is willing to sell the company he built up over 25 years, but not for $69 a share.

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Genzyme breaks silence to rebuff Sanofi

Monday, August 30th, 2010

U.S. biotech Genzyme broke its five-week silence to reject an $18.5 billion takeover proposal by French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis on Monday, dismissing it as opportunistic and too low.

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An open mic, in 140-characters or less

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Earlier this summer, Michael Ian Black took to his blog to defend himself against those appalled that the comedian was — gasp! — inserting rare advertisements to his popular Twitter feed.

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An open mic, in 140-characters or less

Time takes its toll on Latvia’s ‘Old Believers’

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

There are little more than a dozen residents left in as many wooden homes in this hamlet tucked away from civilisation in eastern Latvia. All are Old Believers, a faith struggling to survive.

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Time takes its toll on Latvia's 'Old Believers'

In pictures

Friday, August 27th, 2010

The Victorian and Albert Museum's Punch and Judy archive

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In pictures

HP enters talks with 3PAR in bidding war with Dell

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

3PAR Inc said on Tuesday it will start merger talks with Hewlett-Packard Co after HP's $1.6 billion offer for the data storage company trumped a bid by its smaller rival Dell Inc.

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Osho Viha Distributes New Timeless and Always-Contemporary Osho Books

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Osho Viha expands inventory of Osho books with two new dynamic and exciting book series available with an original talk by Osho on DVD.

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Multimillion-Dollar Scores for Losing MLB Team

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

After 18 Straight Losing Seasons the Pittsburgh Pirates Continue to be Profitable

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