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A Man of Seasonal Principles

July 4, 2008

Washington Post / Charles Krauthammer

You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after Sept. 11 but then stopped because it "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism.

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Gay-Marriage Opponents To Boycott McDonald's

July 4, 2008

washingtonpost.com - Business / Frank Ahrens

A group that opposes same-sex marriage has called for a boycott of McDonald's, saying the fast-food giant has refused "to stay neutral in the cultural war over homosexuality."

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Chinese version of Nokia Aeon phone

July 4, 2008

Tech Ticker / Kunal Gangar

  Nokia showed the Aeon concept. We all liked it. But it is the Chinese who has made it a reality. ‘OEM like Nokia Aeon’ phones are for sale in China. Equipped with a visibly ‘invisible keyboard’, this tri-band phone has a 2 .

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What does Wal-Mart's new logo mean?

July 4, 2008

MSN Money Investing Ideas / BusinessWeek

The redesign looks like an effort to advance the discount retailer's reputation as  environmentally friendly. But can it repair an image? That question is open to debate.

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Exxon Valdez ruling worries environmental watchdogs

July 5, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News

Will the U.S. Supreme Court decision to slash the punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez case embolden oil companies to take shortcuts that put the environment at risk? That's what environmentalists fear.

GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis found guilty of overcharging Alabama Medicaid Program

July 5, 2008

Medical News

An Alabama state court jury on Tuesday found pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis guilty of defrauding the state Medicaid program by charging artificially high prices for medications and ordered the two companies to pay more than $114 million in restitution, the AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Europe automakers changing gears

July 5, 2008

IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Industries

Surging fuel and raw material prices are putting earnings at risk

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July 5, 2008

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Keepin' it real fake, part CXXII: if Nokia won't make it, China will

July 4, 2008

Engadget Mobile / Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM Don't get us wrong, Nokia's Aeon concept is beautiful. By the time you remove all the fanciful, nonexistent technology and try to come up with a dead ringer of your own, though, a certain something is lost in translation.

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Motorola Rendezvous With Napoleon Q9 on Verizon

July 4, 2008

Newlaunches.com

It's been codenamed the "Napoleon" and it's a CDMA EV-DO Rev. It's a Motorola Q9 with full GSM world roaming capabilities including the U.S. 850MHz/1900MHz bands. The phone is Verizon branded and will launch on Verizon, but for a lark Boy Genius loaded AT&T; SIM and found the phone working.

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Patriotism in action: Americans express love of country in many ways

July 4, 2008

Local News from Detroit News via Yahoo! News

Experts say patriotism -- the love of and devotion to country -- is alive and kicking. In the face of mounting challenges, hope in the country's future still exists in different forms. In order to see it, we have to look past the holiday barbecues and American flag decals and pins.

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How to run Android on your Nokia N810 easy

July 4, 2008

Unwired View / David Gonzales

with due diligence and a little time, you’ll find that it’s very easy to swap the outer casing of your Nokia N810. But have you ever thought about swapping its operating system for another one?

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Motorola's worldly Q9: "Napoleon" breaks cover for Verizon

July 3, 2008

Engadget Mobile / Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, EV-DO, CDMA It looks like Motorola and Verizon are getting ready to take a third crack at the Q9 form factor, following up the Q9m and Q9c -- and this time around, there's a little something extra in store.

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Why Wal-Mart needs unions.

July 4, 2008

Later On / LeisureGuy

Think how much money they would have saved: the events in the court case described by H.J. Cummins of the Minneapolis Star Tribune would have never happened if Wal-Mart had a good strong union. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Goldman Sachs suffers blow to reputation after Bradford & Bingley deal collapses

July 4, 2008

Telegraph Business

This time, Wall Street's most profitable investment bank may have slipped up. That was the feeling in the City yesterday after the collapse of the deal it brokered to bring Texas Pacific Group to the rescue of Bradford & Bingley.

Chevron's dilemma over its stake in Myanmar

July 4, 2008

SFGate: Business & Technology / zcoile@sfchronicle.com (Zachary Coile)

Ever since Myanmar's leaders engaged in a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests last fall, Congress has pushed to tighten sanctions against the country's ruling generals. And that's put Chevron Corp.

American Express's New, Especially Insane Commercial

July 4, 2008

MemeStreams Top URLs / Dagmar

I've been seeing this distasteful thing being aired for a couple of days now, and I'm aghast they'd even have considered airing it once.A customer approaches the ticketing counter and says he needs a flight to SFO for his business for a VC pitch, puts his card on the counter.

Fabric Find

July 4, 2008

FASHIONALITIES / noreply@blogger.com (Fashionalities)

I was at Wal-Mart last night and found some fabric for only $1 a yard and I am going to have something like one of these dreamy Missoni pieces...No matter how much it ends up coming to to have the piece made, it will still be less than my dream Missoni piece.

Video: Motorola ROKR E8 (T-Mobile) Unboxing and Hands-On

July 4, 2008

PhoneDog.com articles

ROKR you like a Hurricane. Moto's new ROKR E8 features a morphing keypad, touch sensitive nav wheel, and 2MP camera. It's a T-Mobile exclusive.

Nokia Buys Symbian: So What?

July 4, 2008

OSNews / donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru)

"The mobile phone operating system world was rocked recently by the announcement that Nokia had acquired all of the shares of Symbian that it didn't already own, and that it planned to transition the OS to an open-source licensing model," says DeviceGuru.

General Motors swaps Hummers for mini-cars as fuel prices soar in the US

July 4, 2008

Forum: News/Activism / The Telegraph

General Motors, the maker of the iconic off-road Hummer, may be gearing itself up to sell mini-cars in the US, in order to win back market share as soaring fuel costs turn Americans off gas-guzzlers. Usually sold only in Asia and Latin America, GM is thought to be developing a version of the Chevrolet Beat for America’s highways, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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