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Pulling out all stops ?.... = DRAINO

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/202/1050202/microsoft-patents-pay-as-you-go-computing MICROSOFT HAS come up with a pay-as-you-go scheme for which it applied for a patent last week. Although unique, this scheme appears to be nothing more than another way for the company to spy on its...

I wonder what a Chinese yen is worth.

Microsoft turns to "Tupperware parties" to flog Xboxes http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/166/1050166/microsoft-turns-to-tupperware-parties-to-flog-xboxes

California warns companies they may owe use tax Businesses owe about $682 million and individuals, $409 million, the state says. The average business owes $340 in back taxes and households owe $436, the Board of Equalization says...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/89690a7e-d36d-11dd-989e-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Internet security has deteriorated markedly this year as a new generation of invasive computer attacks, often masterminded by criminal gangs, has reached a heightened level of sophistication, according to the...

In this vision of the automotive future, cars will run on emission-free power supplied from renewable energy sources while being connected to a wireless network of charging stations, battery monitors and payment channels...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed124e12-d374-11dd-989e-000077b07658.html In a dire year for mutual funds, the Amana Trust Income Fund, the main Muslim investment fund, has trumped those from all other faiths in the US by losing only 25.8 per cent of its value for the year – half the average 44...

http://seekingalpha.com/article/112076-proshares-short-etf-short-term-capital-gains-distributions?source=wildcard

The feeder funds were lucrative for managers, who included Italian bank UniCredit, Spanish bank Santander, and Fairfield Greenwich and Tremont Group of the US. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec37cd44-d06f-11dd-ae00-000077b07658.html

So does AMZN, the impressive thing is that Genentech is giving it a whirl. Many corps will be watching this experiment. http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/news/interview/0,289202,sid26_gci1335629,00.html Nitro, long time no see, hope you and yours are healthy and prospering. Happy Holidays...

Iceland ‘Like Chernobyl’ as Meltdown Shows Anger Can Boil Over http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a2gMphgAVl3U&refer=home

Cloud computing has already swelled into an estimated $36 billion market this year, representing roughly 13 percent of global software sales. The big question now is whether it can turn into a technology tsunami that sweeps Microsoft and other software industry staples into obsolescence...

Yes, the mkt is closed. They continually bust clowns bringing semis full of cans from AZ etc to Ca for recycling. It's an interstate commerce felony.

Russian companies have about twice as much foreign debt due in 2009 than the $56 billion total owed by companies and the governments of China, India, and Brazil combined, according to data compiled by Commerzbank AG and RBC Capital Markets...

Hogs Defy Commodity Bust as Herd Cuts Spur Jump to 13-Year High http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aq7lkN0SRW9Y&refer=home

Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_secrets

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAozE0DYYhO4&refer=home

Turquoise, the equities trading platform, is due to announce plans for a pan-European share trading service linking “dark pools” operated by banks in the latest effort to combat the increasing fragmentation of liquidity across the region...

China battles unemployment to deter unrest http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fa2ecbc2-cf76-11dd-abf9-000077b07658.html