Oil slips below $43 per barrel - Financial Express
Singapore : Oil hovered below $43 on Thursday after tumbling 12 per cent overnight, its largest per centage drop in seven years, as a US government report showed crude stocks rose much more than expected in the world's top energy consumer. The market ...
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Toyota to include new safety measures in 2009 model vehicles - WNCT
NEW YORK (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. says it plans to roll out new features on certain models later this year that can summon help if you crash or call an operator for roadside assistance or information. The Japanese automaker?s system was unveiled ...
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Protecting your personal information - permanently - Computer Weekly
Consumer magazine Which? has issued a paper on how to protect your personal data when disposing of IT hardware. Pointing out that fraudsters are accustomed to buying used kit on eBay and the like, then scouring discs for personal data (which becomes ...
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Insure.com Offers Practical Ways for the 'Uninsurable' to Find Life ... - MSN MoneyCentral
DARIEN, Ill. , Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Even if you have a history of cancer, heart disease, diabetes or other conditions, an underwritten life insurance policy isn't necessarily out of reach. Many insurance companies sell life insurance to ...
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Destroy discarded hard drives, warn researchers - TechWorld
Here's the next essential item in a sysadmin's equipment - a hammer. Too many PCs are still dumped with confidential data intact according to Which? Computing, information that would be very tempting to identity thieves. The consumer protection ...
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Toyota to include new safety measures in 2009 model vehicles - WNCT
NEW YORK (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. says it plans to roll out new features on certain models later this year that can summon help if you crash or call an operator for roadside assistance or information. The Japanese automaker?s system was unveiled ...
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Yahoo Breathes Life into Cinematic Internet - Softpedia
The next step in the evolution of the Widget Channel built by Yahoo and Intel has facilitated partnership with top worldwide consumer electronics manufacturers for the Sunnyvale Internet giant. Aiming to breath life into what it referred to as ...
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Supermarket unit-pricing required by year-end - West Online
Large supermarkets will be required to display and advertise the unit price of all packaged grocery items by the end of this year. Small supermarkets and corner stores have been exempted from the Federal Government plan, which is aimed at giving ...
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Ford gives Sync a major upgrade - Detroit News
The next-generation Sync, Ford Motor Co.'s voice-activated communications and entertainment system, will offer drivers more amenities , including traffic updates and directions as well as personalized news and information. Microsoft Corp. unveiled ...
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Touching an item often compels consumer to buy it - Daily News and Analysis
Consumers are likely to buy items they hold in their hands even for a few seconds, according to a new study. Ohio State University and Illinois State University researchers tested how touching an item before buying affects how much they are willing ...
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