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McDonalds wins Temecula burger war
The Temecula City Council last week rejected an appeal of the Planning Commission's March approval of plans for a new McDonald's in the Palomar Village shopping center at the corner of Rancho California and Margarita ...
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Wal-Mart told to provide more info in bribe case
WILMINGTON, Del. -; A judge in Delaware ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in ...
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Judge gives final approval to A123 bankruptcy plan
WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge has given final approval to the reorganization plan of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc., which was the recipient of a $249 million Department of Energy grant.Monday's court hearing resolved minor outstanding issues following the sale of most of the company's assets to the U.S. arm of Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group ...
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The Five People You Need to Know
folks, who are often pushed only to get the coaching. Knowing that you also need sponsors forces you to think about your social muscles. It requires that you get out more, or at least find ways to make a few friends in high places so when the moment comes they will be ready to recommend ...
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Star Citizen An Interview With Chris Roberts On His Ambitious Space Simulation Game
Chris Roberts has a vision: build the most ambitious, immersive, and graphically outrageous space simulation game ever made. With over $9.5 million in crowdfunding already in the bank, and a brand new office opened up in Santa Monica, Roberts and his studio Cloud Imperium Games is well on its way doing just that, even ...
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New Era For Art Markets As Collectors Drop Half A Billion At Christies Contemporary Sale
It seems that it's not just the stock market that is firing on all cylinders, breaking record after record. Last week, Christie's marquee post-War and contemporary art sale fetched a record $495 million, with more than nine works selling for over $10 million. Amid a stagnating global economy and high unemployment, the ultra-rich are raising the stakes on so-called alternative ...
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13th Age The New Tabletop Game From The Lead Designers Of 3rd And 4th Edition Dungeons And Dragons
Since Wizards of the Coast opened up its 3rd Edition of Dungeons & Dragons on the Open-Gaming License (OGL) there's been a bit of a roleplaying game renaissance. Myriad d20-based games have sprouted up. Some have been small, independent productions or old-school hacks with lite rule sets like the popular Microlite 20 system. Others, like the enormously popular Pathfinder RPG, are seen ...
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Social Medias Biggest Turn Offs
According to the social media gurus at SocialToaster in Baltimore, here are some surefire ways to lose followers on your social networking ...
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For Public Schools Twitter Is No Longer Optional
the owner of Allerton Hill Consulting, a leader in communications & marketing for schools and public entities. Public schools are keenly aware of the power of the mainstream media; a critical television segment or a laudatory newspaper article will be talked about in the hallways for days. But the landscape has shifted, and school leaders must embrace a new, growing reality: social media ...
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BBM Gamble Wont Stop BlackBerry Exodus
BlackBerry unveiled a variety of announcements at its recent BlackBerry Live conference. The one that's getting the most attention, though, is the announcement that the popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service will soon ...
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Actavis Execs May Love NJ But Ireland Has Lower Taxes
Actavis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The reasons that Actavis is willing to pay $8.5 billion, including debt, for Warner-Chilcott are fairly straightforward. By doing so, the generic drugmaker limits its exposure to the end of the patent cliff. Compared to the past few years, there will simply not be as many big-selling brand-name medicines losing patent protection, which means generic drugmakers ...
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How To Wear A Great Gatsby-Inspired Style At Work
Since Baz Luhrman's stylish reinterpretation of The Great Gatsby hit cinemas last week, I am in the midst of a serious Gatsby fever. The flapper fashion and opulent jewels of the glamorous 1920s are fascinating. It is no wonder that this look has gone from the movie to the runway, and now I am taking it to the office. An easy way to incorporate this trend into your work-wardrobe is by ...
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Sony PlayStation 4 Developers Explore What Next Gen Gaming Will Deliver
With the world awaiting the Xbox Reveal at Microsoft's Bellevue headquarters on May 21, gamers are anticipating a fall launch for the two consoles that will define next generation gaming - Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft next Xbox, currently codenamed Durango. A couple of the top game developers for Sony's PS4 offer their thoughts on what gamers can expect from next gen ...
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Why Tumblrs Sale To Yahoo Is Worrisome For Native Advertising
's acquisition of Tumblr, but the fact that Tumblr could not cash in on native advertising should not be lost in the noise. Tumblr's sale is a clear indicator that the company could not reap the revenue it imagined it would when it introduced native ads a year ago. Last May, the company opened up its beloved Radar spot to marketers and finished the year with only $13 million dollars ...
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Plan Now A Royal Festival In India That You Shouldnt Miss
World Sufi Spirit Festival in Rajasthan, I said yes-more for the chance to go back to Jodhpur and Nagaur, the sites of the event, than for the music itself. As I learned a few minutes into the first performance, though, you don't need to know anything or follow the spirituality or mysticism to be drawn into the hypnotic rhythms and soulful music. I completely understood why my friends were ...
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Vacation Homes Heating Up
In the kitschy community of St. Michaels, on the Maryland shore, businesses are gearing up for the official start of the season, Memorial Day weekend. Trucks carrying dozens of bicycles are unloading into waterside racks and shopkeepers are moving their bright-colored wares out onto the sidewalks. For real estate rental agents, however, the hard work is largely done. The biggest houses are ...
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Hockeys Power Play in Shortened Season
It's Stanley Cup playoff time, and, despite the shortened season, hockey is at the top of its game, according to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. "We've had a different Stanley Cup champion each of the last eight years," Bettman told CNBC Friday. "We have a game now that probably has the best competitive balance in all of ...
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US dollar eases in Asia trade but expected to resume rise
TOKYO--The dollar eased in Asia on Monday after a Japanese minister said the recent correction against the yen was nearly over, but analysts said the greenback would soon resume its ...
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FOREX-U.S. dollar weakens broadly as focus shifts to Bernanke
Mon May 20, 2013 2:59pm EDT * Japan minister suggests yen has weakened enough * BOJ meeting, Bernanke's congressional testimony in focus * Dollar retreats from near three-year peak vs basket of currencies By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday as traders pared back expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would hint at ...
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Market Snapshot U.S. stocks slip after hitting all-time highs
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks tested new session lows Monday, after grinding further into all-time-high territory, as Yahoo Inc.'s acquisition of Tumblr and other deal news dominated investor ...
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Zap your pets blues away with Petcube laser pointer
Petcube is a smartphone-controlled Webcam that shines a laser spot around when you're out. It might make you feel less guilty about leaving little Rover home ...
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Young and old A side-by-side look at Tumblr Yahoo audiences
Yahoo confirms $1.1B Tumblr buy, promises 'not to screw it up' The simplest and most obvious reason for Yahoo's interest in Tumblr can be seen in the chart above, which highlights the dramatically differing demographic profiles for the media portal and the blogging network. It's a tale of two audiences. Tumblr is a fountain of youth. Yahoo is practically a retirement ...
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Invasive crazy ants have a taste for technology
(Credit: Mississippi Entomological Museum, Joe MacGown) It sounds like an old black-and-white monster movie. Crazy, tech-nesting ants invade America! That would make for a great matinee, but it's oh so very real. Tawny crazy ants, known scientifically as Nylanderia fulva, are marching into territories once dominated by fire ants -- and they're not being very good neighbors. While ...
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PlayStation 4 What we know so far
Has it really only been eight years since we first clapped eyes on the PlayStation 3? Oh wait, yes, it has. And we've spent several of those long, dark years desperately awaiting a glimpse of some exotic, new gaming hardware from Sony. The test of endurance is almost at an end, as the ...
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The Federal Reserve Ignores Its Own Role in the Financial Crisis
Since the financial meltdown in 2008, the Federal Reserve's range of powers have expanded, as have the kinds of financial institutions it monitors and regulates. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is now saying that the Fed's oversight has expanded beyond strictly financial institutions to wide swaths of the economy that might, in his words, provide evidence of "emerging ...
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Rhode Island offshore wind farm contraversey
There is division in the ranks over a wind farm planned for construction off Block Island, while officials in the state government have accused future surveys for potential new sites of lacking in scope.
Deepwater Wind is becoming a controversial name in Rhode Island over plans to build an off shore wind farm just off the coast of Rhode Island. While not as controversial as Deepwater Horizon, the BP oil rig that caused the mess in the Gulf of Mexico, the renewable energy plans of Deepwater Wind are certainly raising some hackles. Read more
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