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India wants Google, Skype to set up local servers 
Mail & Guardian
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India's government on Wednesday said BlackBerry, Google, Skype and other communications providers must set up servers in the country to allow security forces to intercept Internet
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Whopper to go
The Economist
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SHARES in Burger King soared on September 1st, on reports that the fast-food company was talking to one or more private-equity firms interested in buying it.
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German groups urge consumers to ditch inefficient fridges
Deutsche Welle
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Environmental groups and retailers are launching a campaign to encourage Germans to upgrade their old, inefficient fridges to eco-friendly models.
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Poultry waste to power California egg farm
Los Angeles Times
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An egg farm just south of Stockton is planning to use methane gas from more than 1 million pounds of poultry waste a week to help power its operations, reducing both its
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Digg: Amazon Manager Will Take the Helm, Try to Save Site From Tides of History
New York Times
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Controversial social news site Digg has hired Amazon.com's Matt Williams to be its new CEO, according to a scoop by TechCrunch this morning.
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Google Unveils System For Prioritizing E-Mail
National Public Radio
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If you feel like you can't deal with all the e-mail in your inbox, you are not alone. Market researchers say nearly 300 billion e-mails are sent each day.
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'Oxford English Dictionary' May Go All Digital
National Public Radio
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Oxford University Press, the publisher of the said Sunday that it's uncertain whether the 126-year-old dictionary's next edition will be printed in book form.
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The Download: Helping organizations manage their social media footprint
Washington Post
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When Michael Mayernick and Adam Bonnifield launched Giv.to in June 2009, the for-profit venture offered political and advocacy groups technology to shorten URLs that also tracked
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Tech startups are changing the way workers are screened and hired.
Slate Magazine
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Web start-ups are having a hard time hiring good programmers. Their efforts didn't end there. They briefed a recruiter on their complex technology, but ultimately that was a
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Digg’s Top User Warned of Possible Backlash Months Ago
New York Times
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The top Digg user of all time has a surprisingly calm demeanor as he brings up how he warned Digg many months ago about the backlash its facing.
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MyWire Knowledge
Bretton Woods Accord
Ency of Biz in Today's World (SAGE)
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Toward the end of World War II, there appeared to be a necessity for an international monetary system so as to accomplish meaningful
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Culture-Specific Values
Ency of Biz in Today's World (SAGE)
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For American companies to conduct successful business globally, cultural values must not be ignored.
Foreign Direct Investment, Horizontal and Vertical
Ency of Biz in Today's World (SAGE)
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There has been a tremendous growth in foreign or international investment since 1990s.
Landed Cost
Ency of Biz in Today's World (SAGE)
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According to the Institute of Supply Management, landed cost is “the total accumulation of costs for an imported item,
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Optimization
Ency of Biz in Today's World (SAGE)
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Optimization is the study of organizational problems in which one seeks to minimize or maximize a real function by systematically
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Structured Notes
Ency of Biz in Today's World (SAGE)
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Structured notes are a debt-based type of structured product, which the Securities and Exchange Commission (in rule 434) defines as
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Caremark Rx
Ency of Biz in Today's World (SAGE)
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Caremark Pharmacy Services, a subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corporation, is a Nashville-based pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company.
