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...write-once, run-anywhere programming language that Sun has increasingly made available as free, open-source software. Java, it turns out, is the platform that supports a suite of Oracle products, so being able to "own" it and direct its evolution gives the database company a critical advantage. Throw in Sun's Solaris Operating system, which powers millions of servers and workstations around the world, and you've got what looks like a compelling acquisition for Oracle right there. (See 30 years of innovation by Steve Jobs and Apple...
...meter with a time of 14:35.35, a full 12 seconds ahead of his closest competitor. Freshmen Justin Grinstead also performed well in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at 53.28 seconds to take first place. Junior Jack Brady recorded a personal best of 50.17 meters in the discus throw to move into 10th all time in the Harvard record books.But while many members of the team had outstanding individual performances, it wouldn’t be all fun and games for the Crimson men. With many of Harvard’s male athletes injured, it would have been difficult...
...biggest hurdle Geithner faces in his plans to rebuild the financial sector. At the height of the crisis over the winter, there were neither buyers nor sellers for the toxic assets. Saddled with the assets on their balance sheets, the banks sharply curtailed lending, threatening to throw the economy into a tailspin. The Bush and Obama Administrations poured money into the banks to allow them to restart some lending, but the toxic assets remained on the banks' books. (See five lessons from the AIG-bonus blowup...
...however, will need to make changes as well. In years past, say his critics, he could get away with some of his more authoritarian impulses because Bush was getting away with so many of his own. But Bush's exit may throw a brighter international spotlight on measures like the new Caracas government law - which to many observers makes Chávez look as if he's nullifying a democratic election to spite his opponents. In recent weeks the Venezuelan President has moved to wrest control of ports and other infrastructure from opposition governors and mayors, declaring corruption charges against...
...announcement of his electoral designs was in the same league. "Anti-Zionism will be the main issue opposing us to all the other parties," he declared on March 21. "Zionism is gangrening France and is a threat. The Republic must regain its good sense and we must throw all [Jewish] organizations...