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Big U.S. Banks Try to Restore Confidence in Credit Markets
The plan calls for the banks to create a new financing vehicle to try to reduce the risk of a meltdown by propping up an important part of the debt markets. |
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In Data for Heart Devices, Parts Are a Blind Spot
Problems with Medtronic’s implanted heart devices underscore the lack of safety monitoring of such products, as well as a design trend that may make them more prone to failure. |
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Verizon Letter on Privacy Stirs Debate
Analysts and consumer advocates suggest the company may be interested in gathering information to tailor the advertising it displays on cellphone screens. |
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Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on Social Mechanisms
The Nobel award winners developed mechanism design theory, which helped shape governmen bond auctions, patent systems and voting procedures. |
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Oil Closes Above $86 a Barrel
Tensions in the Middle East and uncertainties about the American economy propelled prices into record territory. |
It Doesn’t Have to Be All Business
Many business travelers are finding ways to turn their travel for work with time for cultural and historical sightseeing. |
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AOL to Trim 2,000 Jobs in a Continuing Overhaul
The cutbacks are part of a plan to reorganize the company and focus on advertising-supported Web sites and on selling advertising on behalf of other companies. |
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A ‘Circuit of the Future’ That Keeps Blackouts Brief and Local Is Tried in California
A device called a fault current limiter will stop a surge to prevent damage to a utility’s equipment, much the way a surge protector works on a personal computer. |
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