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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Productivity, Parties and Movements, Economy, Business and Finance, John McCain, Joe Lieberman
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Dell Inc. to go private in $24.4-billion deal
After struggling for years to remake itself, Dell Inc. has announced it will be taken private in a deal valued at about $24.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, the Round Rock, Texas, company will be acquired by Dell founder and Chief...
Tags: Dell Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, International CES, Finance, Hewlett-Packard Co.
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The biometric solution(s)
The American people want the Democratic and Republican parties to solve our nation's problems together, but bipartisan solutions become possible only if each side gives the other the benefit of the doubt. We should begin with two polarizing issues —...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Immigration, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Republican Party
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Microsoft reportedly in talks to invest in Dell buyout [Updated]
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly in discussions to help finance a buyout of struggling computer maker Dell Inc. According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited a person familiar with the talks, Microsoft's investment "would likely be in the range of a...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Chromebook, Leveraged Buyouts, Microsoft Surface
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N. Joseph Woodland dies at 91; co-inventor of bar code
N. Joseph Woodland, a co-inventor of the system of thick and thin lines that became the ubiquitous bar code labeling nearly every product regulated by commerce, has died. He was 91. Woodland died Sunday at his home in Edgewater, N.J., from the effects...
Tags: Science and Technology, Bill Gates, Invention and Innovation, Technology, Alzheimer's Disease
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Cut Medicare and Social Security? What's the rush?
The question that normally comes to mind when someone claims to know the future is why he's out hustling rubes for pennies with his purported clairvoyance, instead of using it to make a fortune and retiring to the South Seas. Of course, the answer is...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Politics, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Insurance, Lloyd Blankfein
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New holiday tradition? Giving Tuesday urges shoppers to give to others
After the shopping binge of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, charities are encouraging consumers to give back in a newly minted day called Giving Tuesday. Charities and nonprofits across the country are rolling out fundraising drives and recruiting...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Twitter, Inc., Social Services, Charity, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Computers that will see, hear, smell: Next, world domination?
IBM's 5 in 5 -- a list of five innovations that could change the world in five years -- focuses on how computers are developing the ability to taste, touch, hear, see and listen just like humans do, except way better. It is kind of exciting and kind...
Tags: Physiology
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Black Friday online sales up nearly 21%
Black Friday shoppers headed to their laptops, tablet computers and mobile phones to scoop up deals. On the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the kickoff to the holiday shopping season, online sales jumped 20.7% over last year, according to study...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Customs and Tradition, Jay Henderson, Arts and Culture, Holidays
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When government does things better than private enterprise
Budget discussions in Washington these days always seem to deteriorate into arguments over what government is supposed to do for its citizens, and what should be left aside. Is the reach of government strictly defined in the Constitution? Or tradition?...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Chris Christie, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Paul Ryan
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GOP Senate candidate sued by conservative mailing house
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Technology to play a bigger role in hospital care
The robot, sitting quietly in a corner, suddenly hums to life and rolls down the hospital corridor on three wheels. Perched atop the sleek machine is a monitor showing the smiling face of Dr. Paul Vespa, the physician who's piloting the rover from miles...
Tags: Politics, Technology, Personal Data Collection, Chemical Industry, Nursing
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