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One dollar salary for Google's founders |
 ...The founders of number one search engine Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, in 2006 earned their salaries of just one dollar. The information was provided after the examination of specific documents.
The two partners who were able to create the Internet giant starting with a small room in Stanford University, in 1990's, received last year only nominal wages from their company. According to the statements that were fi... |
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YouTube to Award Best Videos |
 ... "Best Professionally Produced Copyrighted Video." Last week the owner of MTV and Comedy Central assets sued the on-line video-sharing website together with its owner Google for more than one billion dollars.
Viacom states that YouTube gained its popularity with the help of a huge amount of illegally uploaded videos protected by the copyright law. The main copyright infringement occurred at shows like "The Colbert Repor... |
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Additional Iraq Funding Bill Approved Today by the U.S. House |
 ... if American people do not support an endless war, neither should the Congress. She added that this was a big mistake overall and mentioned "lack of planning and oversight", which allowed billions of dollars to disappear and jeopardized all the efforts for reconstructing Iraq's infrastructure.
On the other hand a Republican from Texas, Sam Johnson, prophesied the fall of the current measure, because billions in such 'p... |
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Possible Aggressive Approach from the U.S. towards China |
 ...antages the Chinese manufacturers over international firms in terms of pricing. Thus two Democrats and two Republicans wanted to force a raise of the Chinese national currency, yuan, against the U.S. dollar.
The bill will need a two thirds support both in the House of Representatives and the Senate, in order it would not be vetoed in the future by the President Bush.
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Can You Distinguish a Fake? |
 ...he watch collection you are interested in. Swiss watches are mainly distributed through a network of official distributors that sell timepieces available at just slightly different prices. A thousand dollars may seem quite a sum of money, but it is almost nothing if it is a Rolex or Patek Philippe watch on your mind.
Swiss made: The dial of a Swiss watch always features the inscription 'Swiss' or "Swiss made'. A time... |
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Microsoft once again pressed by EU over patents |
 ...an Commission asks the company to hand over its technical information on its operating system to the market competitors.
It is worth mentioning that the group was fined in 2004 almost half billion dollars for abusing its dominance in the work-group server market. In addition Microsoft was fined about $300,000 in 2006 for not taking into consideration the anti-trust policy of the European Commission.
The company lo... |
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
 ...ower.
Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of dollars each year.
Due to the fact that the organic light emitting devices are very thin and flexible, electronic display screens could be easily created on nearly every material, thus, for example, clothing could, for the... |
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US Military Accused of Manipulating Soldier's Death |
 ...ll star Pat Tillman has accused the US army of exploiting Pat's death. Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. Being a professional football player, Cpl Tillman had turned down a multi-million dollar contract with the Arizona Cardinals to fight for his country. His death was greatly publicized in the US.
Pat's family was told he had died as a hero fighting the enemy. But Kevin Tillman has strong reasons to belie... |
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Farmer Feeds Viagra to Oysters to Create the Ultimate Aphrodisiac |
 ... oyster farmer, stated that the natural qualities of the oyster combined with Viagra, which is one of the best modern pharmaceutical drug to raise sexual desire, can in fact turn into a multi-million dollar market. The 59 years old farmer mentioned that feeding an oyster with Viagra firstly can create a powerful aphrodisiac and secondly it's a funny thing to do.
George May is a former marketing executive. After he was ... |
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Another Wave of Permanent Account Sale from LiveJournal, starting on 21st June |
| ... and a perm account, should be told that once a perm account is paid for, it requires no additional payments whatsoever and for quite a long period - forever. The LiveJournal perm account stays a 150 dollar account for life.
One more feature of this event is that if an account will be bought during the initial 36 hours of the sale, LiveJournal will transfer $25 to such organizations as RAINN, Witness, EFF and Creative Co... |
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The Ultra-Rich ...Patient Enough to Buy Supercars? |
| ...The ultra-rich have at their disposal an ever-growing list of ultra-expensive supercars. To get behind a wheel of some Lamborghinis , they need not only hundreds thousands of dollars but also great patience - sometimes a process of becoming an owner of a cool new car means years of anticipation.
The waiting lists are amazingly long, and get much longer as big City bonuses hunt for a limited stock of supercars. If you ... |
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