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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-07 00:19 CHRONOLOGY-Key dates in the history of the personal computer (Interactive Investor)
TAIPEI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - This year will likely be the first year that laptop PC sales will outstrip those of desktop PCs. Here are some landmark dates in the history of personal computers which evolved from heavy desktop computers in the 1970s to the light-weight laptops introduced over the past few years: * 1975: IBM launches the IBM 5100, the first computer to look like the modern desktop ...
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Library Offering Free Family History Classes (Brigham Young NewsNet)
With a new year comes a new motivation to work on your genealogy and an assortment of free classes are offered at the Family History Library in the Harold B. Lee Library.
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Jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percent in December (AP via Yahoo! News)
The nation's unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years, as nervous employers slashed 524,000 jobs, capping one of the worst years in modern history for American workers.
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India's Satyam head arrested and board scrapped (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Police arrested the head of Satyam Computer Services Friday on charges of cheating and forgery and the government dissolved its board in moves to limit the fallout from India's biggest corporate scandal in memory.
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Raju confesses to fraud, quits (Business Standard India)
Disclosure after DSP Merrill Lynch discovers irregularities; Company sets up SWAT team. In one of the darkest days in India’s corporate history, Satyam Computer Services Founder and Chairman B Ramalinga Raju resigned after saying he falsified earnings and assets.
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Former Satyam chairman arrested (MSNBC)
Indian police on Friday arrested the former chairman of outsourcing giant Satyam Computer, days after he admitted he doctored the company's accounts to the tune of $1 billion.
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Satyam plunges as fraud puts its future in doubt (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Shares in India's Satyam Computer Services plunged more than 70 percent to an 11-year low on Friday as investors questioned the survival of the fraud-hit outsourcing firm.
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Last weekend: "Moneyville" at OMSI (The Oregonian)
Visitors can explore the history of money using graphics, computer games and videos.
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Tetris for post-traumatic stress? (The Globe and Mail)
Playing classic computer game apparently decreases flashbacks that plague sufferers
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History of Hershey Comes to Life with New Museum (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
Visitors to Hershey, Pennsylvania can now learn all about the life and legacy of the man behind the chocolate. The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue opened its doors to visitors for the first time today. "The Hershey Story celebrates Milton Hershey’s vision and legacy of human service," said Don Papson, interim director.
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