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...What Microsoft knows now is what Yahoo's share price is showing. Being the No.2 company in the search business behind Google (GOOG) is like finishing second in the Indianapolis 500. There is some money in it, but the pretty girls and endorsements go to the winner...
...winners in the frenzy to save parts of American industry are financial firms and the car companies. Aid may be extended to auto parts companies and insurance operators. The general rule of thumb is that the sectors of the economy that are considered "strategic" will get the lion's share of funding. Car companies are strategic because they employ so many people. Banks are in this category because the credit system cannot operate efficiently without them...
...marked the release of the Civil Rights Pioneers stamp sheet—a series designed to commemorate the achievements of 12 prominent civil rights figures including Houston, who led the legal battle against racially discriminatory laws in the mid-20th century. “Stamps can start conversations, help share dreams, memories—and challenge us to reflect and remember those who have sacrificed so much to help make this nation live up to its promise,” said Katherine Lydon, the postmaster of the Cambridge Post Office. Issued by the United States Postal Service, the new stamp...
...autocratic Communist Party through the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, CCTV is the largest broadcaster in the country. With 16 national channels and over 10,000 employees, it reaches over one billion people in mainland China, with around a 30-percent airtime share. In a knowledge era, CCTV is at the core of the government’s control over the population...
...around Cambridge and Boston defy the stereotypical perception of performers as glorified panhandlers. Many of them are at least college-educated and have a range of other careers available to them—from teaching to designing software. They choose the street because it affords them the opportunity to share their art and provides them with instantaneous contact with audiences.HARVARD STREETThere were 275 licensed street performers in Cambridge last year, according to Julie Madden, Director of Community Arts at the Cambridge Arts Council (CAC). The CAC gained jurisdiction over the street performing scene in the mid-1990s, making Cambridge...