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Wall Street keeps diving
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:22:35 -0700
Wall Street extended its devastating losses today, with the Dow falling briefly below 8,000 in early trading.
August trade deficit falls to $59.1B
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:30:52 -0700
The U.S. trade deficit edged down slightly in August, reflecting a drop in foreign oil from record levels. But the politically sensitive deficit with China increased as imports from that country hit an all-time high.
Seattle trawlers may face new limits on pollock fishery
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:17:22 -0700
The biggest fishery for Seattle-based trawler fleets is likely to face cuts next year as the pollock population declines.
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Wall Street plunges, continuing devastating losses
Associated Press Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:36:00 -0000
The devastating selling continues on Wall Street, with investors again dumping stocks in early trading. The Dow Jones industrials, already down 2,271 points in seven sessions, are down more than 300 after dropping nearly 700. Wired.com
Scientists: Virginia Shark's Pup a 'Virgin Birth'
Associated Press Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:30:00 -0000
Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male. Wired.com
Oct. 10, 1861: The Journey Begins for Nansen
Tony Long Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
1861: Fridtjof Nansen is born. He will become a towering figure in Arctic exploration, the natural sciences and international diplomacy. Nansen, born outside of Oslo, Norway, grew up hard and fit … and intellectually curious. He developed an early interest in science and studied zoology at the university before shipping aboard the Norwegian sealer Viking in 1882. He made extensive observations of the Greenland fauna, especially bears and seals, and returned to serve for six years as zoological curator at the Bergen Museum — meanwhile earning his doctorate by defending the neuron theory as it pertains to the central nervous system. But Fridtjof Nansen also returned with a passion for the Far North and an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Nansen returned to Greenland in 1888, skiing from east to west across the interior's massive ice fields. The trek yielded new scientific information about the frozen island, but it also served as a dress rehearsal for Nansen's attempt, in 1893, to reach the North Pole. Sailing into the Arctic Ocean aboard his purpose-built ship, Fram, Nansen realized it would be impossible to reach the pole in any way but by foot. He left the Fram in the pack ice at 84 degrees 4 minutes north latitude and, accompanied by Hjalmar Johansen, struck out for the pole with skis, dogs, sledges and kayaks. On April 9, 1895, the two men reached 86 degrees 14 minutes north latitude before turning back. It was, at the time, the farthest north any explorer... Wired.com
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Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:05:28 -0700
The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:59:39 -0700
Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
The five products Apple must make
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:35:24 -0700
What ought to be Apple's next leap of faith? Here are a few ideas for where Apple should go next. What are your ideas? Apple made its latest big move into new territories last year with the launch of the now ubiquitous iPhone, expanding beyond the desktop and...
