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Bank technology to spread to consumers?Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA -2 hours agoCheckFree Corp., an online banking services provider, says it's rolling out technology that allows people to scan checks through their home computers and …Companies don't go to the bank with new technologyMLive.comDeposit checks while at home All that's needed is a scanner …San Francisco [...]

Look to technology for the long-term fixMinneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN -1 hour agoHe describes how the periodic development of "general purpose technologies" spurs economic growth. The arrival of such technologies as the steam engine, …

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Notes: Olivo awaits suspension newsMLB.com -3 hours agoCatcher Miguel Olivo faces a five-game suspension because of a late-season fight in New York, when he was with the Florida Marlins. …

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In a world that technology has made flat , where do firms find a …Times Online, UK -3 hours agoMr Kleinfeld, who joined Alcoa last year after serving as chief executive of Siemens, the technology conglomerate, described the way in which technology had …

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Hiding Bad News Among Other Bad NewsNational Review Online, NY -42 minutes agoIf you've got bad news to put out that you've been looking for the right time to release, sometimes the right time is sandwiched between two other pieces of …

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Porn, Games Found On County Computers During AuditTheDenverChannel.com, CO -3 hours agoDENVER — An audit in Archuleta County revealed evidence of porn and gaming sites on county computers, a check for $999999.99 and lax accounting practices. …

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How the spooks took over the newsIndependent, UK -1 hour agoOnthe morning of 9 February 2004, The New York Times carried an exclusive and alarming story. The paper's Baghdad correspondent, Dexter Filkins, …

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Fox News Exclusive: Huckabee Campaign Calls for “Full …FOXNews -3 hours agoby Fin Gomez Fox News has learned that the Huckabee campaign has called for a “full investigation” into the Washington State Caucus results, and are sending …Huckabee Challenges Washington Caucus ResultsFOXNewsHuckabee: Competition Is GoodCBS NewsAP Top News at 7:16 pm ESTThe Associated PressBloomberg - [...]

PRESS DIGEST-Australian General News - Feb 11Reuters -53 minutes agoOfficers at New South Wales' Department of Community Services (DoCS) have defied a media ban to disclose a crippling shortage of staff in the child …

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Computers to replace meter readers in NilesYoungstown Vindicator, OH -3 hours agoNILES — Meter readers here will be going the way of home milk deliveries and doctor house calls in 2009, but they will not lose their jobs. …

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