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Matt Roush News Mash December 03, 2008 members login here
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>>   Detroit
BRIEF-US Senate Leader Reid says "committed" to helping Detroit automakers 
CNBC - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A spokesman for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, on Wednesday: * Says Reid 'committed' to finding way to help Detroit automakers avoid bankruptcy.
BRIEF-US Senate Leader Reid says 'committed' to helping Detroit automakers Forbes.com
Senate Majority Leader Reid Releases Statement After Richardson Nomination Nasdaq
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Mexican economy in the balance of carmakers rescue 
Reuters South Africa - 76 Minutes ago
SILAO, Mexico (Reuters) - The spectre of bankruptcy hanging over automakers in Detroit is also stoking fears in Mexico, whose car industry is heavily dependent on the U.S. economy. Mexico was the world's
Mexican economy in the balance of Detroit rescue Reuters
FEATURE-Mexican economy in the balance of Detroit rescue Reuters
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Detroit Archbishop Convenes Interfaith Leaders on Economy 
MarketWatch - 2 Hours ago
/PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- At the invitation of Detroit's Catholic archbishop, Cardinal Adam Maida, 12 Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders will gather at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit
Archbishop Says Clashes a Threat to Interfaith Harmony AllAfrica.com
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Desperate Detroit 
Washington Post - 60 Minutes ago
THE WOLF is at the door. The day of reckoning has dawned. Whatever cliche you choose, it is clear that two of the nation's Big Three automakers, General Motors and Chrysler, are all but bankrupt and will     Add Comment
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>>   Telecom industry
Telecom Italia cutting another 4,000 jobs 
UPI - 2 Hours ago
ROME, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Telecom Italia announced Wednesday it would cut another 4,000 jobs on top of the 5,000 it sliced just three months ago. In addition, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Telecom
Telecom Italia to Cut 4,000 Jobs Wall Street Journal Online
Telecom Italia to cut 4,000 more jobs Medicine Hat News
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Is it good if Skype becomes a standard? 
Guardian Unlimited - 97 Minutes ago
I don't often get invited to fifth birthday parties these days, and least of all by corporations. For a start, more than 40% of new companies don't reach their fifth birthday anyway, and those that do     Add Comment

Report: Comcast usage monitor coming in January 
CNET News.com - 2 Hours ago
DSL Reports has gotten word that Comcast will soon be offering its Internet subscribers a bandwidth usage meter as early as the first week of January. With the new system users would presumably be able     Add Comment

Could nanotech create speech-powered phones? 
CNET News.com - 3 Hours ago
A variety of off-grid devices use the wind, the sun, or fuel cells to power up small electronics. But what if you could charge your cell phone just by talking into it, eliminating the need for batteries     Add Comment
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>>   Cable industry
Report: Comcast usage monitor coming in January 
CNET News.com - 2 Hours ago
DSL Reports has gotten word that Comcast will soon be offering its Internet subscribers a bandwidth usage meter as early as the first week of January. With the new system users would presumably be able     Add Comment

Travel tour videos exposed to online and cable by Comcast 
E-Travel Blackboard - 76 Minutes ago
Videos of destinations and venues on Tours.com will allow tour operators and travel agents alike to introduce innovative products to consumers worldwide. Furthermore, the long form video from Tours.com     Add Comment

Cablevision Says Hola to Optimum Latino 
Broadcast Newsroom - 3 Hours ago
Cablevision Systems Wednesday announced the launch of Optimum Latino, a Web channel providing news, sports and entertainment content in Spanish. The site can be accessed via Optimum Onlines consumer Web     Add Comment

Verizon Ready and Eager to Bring Cable TV Choice, FiOS TV to all of Philadelphia 
MarketWatch - 6 Hours ago
/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cable Franchise Ordinance Discussed at City Council Committee on Public Property and Public Works Verizon's Advanced, All-Fiber-Optic Technology Unmatched for Ultra-Fast Broadband
Verizon Ready and Eager to Bring Cable TV Choice, FiOS TV to all PR Newswire via MSN Money
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>>   Biotech
Unapproved GMO cotton shipped to gin: Monsanto 
Reuters - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A small amount of an unapproved research line of genetically modified cotton in Texas was accidentally harvested and sent to a processor earlier this fall, Monsanto Co (MON.N:     Add Comment

INTERVIEW: Monsanto Drought-Resistant Corn Seen Ready By 2012 
CNN Money - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. (MON) may be ready to commercialize a genetically modified corn seed that protects the plant from drought conditions in the U.S. as early as 2012,     Add Comment

Genomes and What to Make of Them 
Times Higher Education Supplement - 81 Minutes ago
A few weeks ago I was interviewed live on Radio Leicester on the subject of genes and behaviour. I was asked: 'Are there genes for hobbies?'. 'No,' said I. 'Thank you very much,' said the interviewer,     Add Comment

Midtown???s emergence as a bioscience center gets a boost from Crawford Long expansion 
Biz Journals - 82 Minutes ago
Emory is planning a significant expansion at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Midtown, which will include a new medical tower, 125 new beds, a 137,000-square-foot clinic and 75,000 square feet of new research
Midtowns emergence as a bioscience center gets a boost from Crawford Long expansion East Bay Business Journal
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>>   Entrepreneur
Startups seek more a dignified exit 
Guardian Unlimited - 2 Hours ago
Remember the dead pool? No, not Clint Eastwood's fifth and final Dirty Harry movie, but the internet graveyard that became a byword for failure during the last dotcom crash. In the lowest days of 2000
Startups seek more dignified exit than a belly flop into the dead pool Guardian Unlimited
Bobbie Johnson: Startups seek more dignified exit than a belly flop into the dead  Guardian Unlimited
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Campus dragons: The entrepreneurial spirit is soaring across universities in the  
The Independent - 55 Minutes ago
Budding tycoons: the winning team in Warwick's Be Your Own Boss contest Search Search Go Independent.co.uk Web Bookmark & Share Entrepreneurship is all the rage on British campuses. Forget protest,     Add Comment

Start-ups Come Begging to MySpace's Door 
Earthweb News - 42 Minutes ago
MySpace, the online social network owned by News Corp, sees opportunities to buy start-ups for a fraction of what they would have cost six months ago as the economic slump slices millions of dollars off     Add Comment

Entrepreneur Provides Faux Finishing With Real Green Benefits 
World Of Concrete - 83 Minutes ago
When you walk into Surface Studio, Keren Navarros new business inCarpentersville along Randall Road, you can see her creativity ondisplay throughout. Theres the fish pond, complete with three-dimensional     Add Comment
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>>   Cyberculture
Abbott to add safety information in YouTube ads after group complains 
Chicago Tribune - 66 Minutes ago
North Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories said it will embed safety information about its Xience heart device into a YouTube video spot, a disclosure made hours after a consumer group complained the spots     Add Comment

YouTube Symphony Orchestra: Google sees a future in fancy music of the past 
National Post - 2 Hours ago
Google is bringing its mighty influence to the fine arts, announcing the creation of a YouTube Symphony Orchestra on Monday. Video conferencing simultaneously from New York, London and San Francisco,