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...tunes, I mean songs I bought on iTunes. That's right, in addition to unprotected MP3s, the Logitech Wireless DJ lets you stream purchased tracks that were carefully locked down by the good folks at Apple (plus those secured in Microsoft's competing rights-managed formats). It's a can't-beat-'em-join-'em strategy: The practically invisible Logitech StreamPoint simply tells the iTunes and Windows Media Player software what songs to play. When the music starts, the software streams it wirelessly through the USB transmitter to the receiver waiting at your sound system...
...Like the Sonos, you can install extra receivers (sold separately for $79) in various rooms, and label them for easy access from the remote; unlike the Sonos, the Logitech DJ can only stream one song at a time to one location, period...
...business-friendly Singaporean government came up with a solution: In 2004, it helped to establish a Master of Science degree program at Singapore Management University (SMU) geared to churning out a stream of bright, socially savvy private bankers. Besides offering instruction in financial black arts such as macroeconomics and quantitative analysis, the one-year course teaches students "soft skills" needed to forge relationships with demanding clients, including cross-cultural etiquette tips. "All the bankers want hard-charging types, but our successful students are more low-key and soft with people," says Wee, who today is CEO of the Wealth Management...
There's sound scientific reason to return the solar system to what it was before Pluto the poseur was discovered in 1930. True planets form in roughly the equatorial plane of the sun, occupying specific, permanent orbits. That's not Pluto. It is a tiny joyrider from the rubble stream surrounding the solar system that broke free and orbits the sun in a tilted, elongated orbit...
...gone forever. So don't spend all your savings on one; 25% is a good target. In some cases, you can recover all or part of what you paid for an annuity. J.G. Wentworth, based in Bryn Mawr, Pa., offers a lump sum to take over your income stream. If you bought an annuity for $100,000 and changed your mind the next day, you could get back about $95,000. "Our typical customer has unexpected medical bills or some other sudden need for money," says Michael Vaughan, managing director at Wentworth...