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BetaNews
Be smart, don't buy into the iPad hype
By Joe Wilcox , Betanews
The state of the news media is this: Gossip and rumors are rapidly replacing factual reporting -- in large part driven by the Google economy. No company is benefitting more than Apple, and most recently with the la
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Reno Gazette-Journal
Bill Gates in town to play at bridge tournament
Microsoft co-founder and, until recently, the world's richest man, Bill Gates showed up in Reno this weekend to indulge in one his passions -- the game of bridge.
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Jackson Diehl (Washington Post)
Moneymen Who Could Bail Out the Funnies
POST FOR TUESDAY (TWEAKS TK)///// In these would-be End of Days for print journalism -- if you believe everything you read by print journalists -- then newspapers are mightily in the market for fiscal saviors. The hunt for Mr. Write-That-Check is con
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Wichita Eagle
FCC chairman names diverse review panel
WASHINGTON — One of the sexiest men alive is working for the Federal Communications Commission. So are a retired rear admiral, an ex-aide to Bill Gates and the founder of a Web site to help people find "a spiritual path."
They are among m
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Planet Green
Is Nuclear Energy Safe?
With a financial push from the Obama administration (and even Bill Gates), nuclear energy is out in front as an alternative to generating electricity with fossil fuels. Nuclear power plants – and there are 104 operating in the United States ...
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The Observer
Warren Buffett as Axl Rose? It's All for You ...
Buffett's husky midwestern tones cut in at about the two-minute mark and perhaps we should charitably advise him not to give up the day job
There's life in the old billionaire yet. The world's third-richest man, War
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CNN
Telecom king unseats Bill Gates atop richest list
Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.
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USA Today
Carlos Slim Helu dethrones Bill Gates as world's richest man
Carlos Slim Helu dethrones Bill Gates to take the No. 1 spot on Forbes 2010 list of the World's Billionaires as a record 164 ...
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