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...only ones suffering from sticker shock. The dollar fell to a near-record low of $1.33 to the euro at the end of last week. It has shed about six cents since early November, shattering months of calm on currency markets, causing a mini-swoon on some stock exchanges and prompting French Finance Minister Thierry Breton to call for "great collective vigilance." The dollar has also slid against the British pound, which closed last week just a few cents short of $2, its highest in 14 years. Many investors are betting that the decline will continue. "The dollar...
...makers of rfid (radio frequency identification) tags, which don't draw constant power and lend themselves to the battery's thinness. rfid tags are the tiny chips that are replacing bar codes. They wirelessly transmit information about themselves, making it easier to track, say, what's in stock in a store. Battery-powered rfid tags can transmit farther than non-battery-powered versions and push rfid signals through liquid and aluminum cans - two common signal stoppers in supermarkets. The market potential is in the billions if rfid technology expands as predicted...
...replacing stock tables, sport stats and TV listings with service features, publishers are adapting to the ubiquitous availability of raw information. ? To expand their audiences, papers are launching Spanish editions, free commuter dailies and glossy magazine inserts. ? By launching writer blogs and posting rough drafts of cartoons and editorials online, some editors are encouraging more community involvement. ? Gannett has announced a new "crowd-sourcing" policy, enabling editors to draw on reporting from readers...
...postwar Berlin, he made it, as the studios once did, on back lots and locations around Los Angeles. He used old-fashioned process photography instead of CGI for his special effects, and though he shot in color, he printed the movie on high-contrast black-and-white stock. He even dug up antique lenses, of the kind directors were obliged to use a half-century ago. By golly, if he shoots into the sun, he gets lens flare. He induced Thomas Newman to write a lush symphonic score in something like the Max Steiner mode and encouraged his actors...
...Economics Department will submit a formal proposal to the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) “shortly,” according to Professor of Economics James H. Stock, the department chair...