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Wall St. Makes Fallback Plans for Debt Crisis

NYT > Business  Wed, 07/20/2011 - 22:20

Lawmakers in Washington are racing to reach a deal to save the country from defaulting on its debt, but financial players are devising doomsday plans in case the clock runs out.


 

UN atomic chief cites clock race in Japan crisis

Newsvine - business  Fri, 03/18/2011 - 00:29

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear energy agency says Japan is racing against the clock to cool the overheating nuclear reactors at its crippled power plant.


 

Another DST change, another iOS clock SNAFU

Topix - Business News  Mon, 03/14/2011 - 12:49

Since Apple released iOS 4.2.1 and iOS 4.3 since the last time the world experienced an iOS DST FUBAR, one might hope that alarms were firing at the right time after the latest DST change, on Sunday, March 13.

For some users, that would be hoping in vain.


 

Poker-faced professions take toll on employees

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Mon, 01/10/2011 - 23:00

(Rice University) Employees who have to maintain a neutral disposition while they are on the clock tend to spend more energy to meet that requirement; therefore, they have less energy to devote to work tasks, according to new research from Rice University, the University of Toronto and Purdue University.


 

80pc US users unaware of broadband speed

Topix - Business News  Wed, 06/02/2010 - 05:33

In March, the FCC unveiled an Internet speed test tool for consumers to clock the speed of broadband connection WAHINGTON, USA: Eighty percent or four of five US broadband users are unaware of the speed of their connections, the Federal Communications Commission said.


 

Clock Ticks Down on Retrans Deals

Broadcasting & Cable - Business and Deals News  Thu, 12/31/2009 - 14:44

With hours left before deals expire, Public Knowledge joins call for FCC tomandate interim...


 

Home sales likely rose again in October

Newsvine - business  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 05:49

Home resales for October are projected to rise to the highest level in more than two years as first-time buyers, anticipating that a tax credit would soon expire, rushed to beat the clock.


 

Tradition, not fads are in stores this Christmas

MSNBC.com: Business  Sun, 10/04/2009 - 11:15

Traditional Christmas colors — red, green and gold — are also back in vogue, and on the shelves of this Illinois Home Depot.Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.


 

Pittsburgh officials work round-the-clock for G-20

Newsvine - business  Wed, 09/23/2009 - 01:20

While the Group of 20 summit focuses on global economics, a group of Pittsburgh officials is working tirelessly to promote the Steel City.


 

Clock ticking on first-time homebuyer tax credit

MSNBC.com: Business  Thu, 09/17/2009 - 15:57

"It was a wow moment," says Charles Curtis, of finding out about the credit.<br /><br />He and his wife are trying to buy a New York City apartment with an $895,000 all-cash offer.As days tick off the calendar, the life span of the much-ballyhooed tax credit for first-time homebuyers is drawing to an end — unless Congress decides to extend it.