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Shareholder wealth: The largest creators, the biggest destroyers

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Published On :: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:18:33 -0500

Reuters’ blogger Felix Salmon shares a surprising list of which companies over the last 90 years have generated the most wealth for shareholders, and which ones have destroyed it.

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SpaceX, Blue Origin get contracts to build NASA's astronaut moon lander

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Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:04:20 -0400

NASA on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House's accelerated deadline under the space agency's moon-to-Mars campaign. Jillian Kitchener has more.

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Engineering Leaders & Innovators at HARMAN’s Novi Headquarters

By news.harman.com
Published On :: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:30:00 GMT

As a leading technology company with applications across a range of industries including automotive, audio and enterprise technology, HARMAN has a strong focus on recognizing our talented in-house engineers, developers and designers who help bring ...

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HARMAN introduces RCP, expands its Remote Patient Monitoring and Elderly Care offering powered by Intel

By news.harman.com
Published On :: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:43:00 GMT

STAMFORD, CT – January 16, 2020 – HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced HARMAN RCP, a remote patient...

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When robots are ultra-lifelike will it be murder to switch one off?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Sentient machines with empathy and morality are coming. We urgently need to make some life-and-death decisions about their rights

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The universe tends towards disorder. But how come nobody knows why?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Entropy is the physicist’s magic word, invoked to answer to some of the biggest questions in cosmology. Yet a quantum rethink may be needed to tell us what it actually is

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Think you understand how evolution works? You're probably wrong

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000

A common misconception is that evolution naturally selects for biological complexity, eventually creating advanced organisms like us. That couldn't be further from the truth

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Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Our conceptions of alien life are based on a sample of one: Earth’s life. That means even our wildest imaginings are likely to be completely off beam

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Dark energy: Understanding the mystery force that rules the universe

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Dark energy dominates the universe, and could lead it to a cold, bleak end. But that's not to say we have much clue what it is or how it works

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Frankincense is a holiday favourite, but its future is under threat

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000

It has been a prized commodity for millennia – but a cocktail of conflict, poverty and burgeoning demand is putting frankincense under pressure

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What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:00:00 +0000

It’s the ultimate scientific quest – to understand everything that there is. But the closer we get, the further away it seems. Can we ever get to grips with the true nature of reality?

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Spiders think with their webs, challenging our ideas of intelligence

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0000

With the help of their webs, spiders are capable of foresight, planning, learning and other smarts that indicate they may possess consciousness

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Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Move over Martians, Earth has already been invaded by little green aliens, but how did parakeets become one of the most successful invasive species ever?

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Report: MLS considering plan to restart in Orlando

By feeds.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:48:09 -0400

With MLS players starting to return to their teams' respective training facilities, the league is considering a resumption of the season in June or July, with the possibility of all games in Orlando at the outset, the Washington Post reported.

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Drama under lockdown: TV's 'Isolation Stories'

By feeds.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 06 May 1020 12:36:20 -0500

While most film and TV production around the world has shut down, one UK network has made a new drama series "Isolation Stories" about life under lockdown. Edward Baran reports.

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Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk founder and electronic music pioneer, dies at 73

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:53:27 -0400

Florian Schneider, co-founder of pioneering German electronic band Kraftwerk, which influenced generations of pop and dance musicians with mesmerising tracks such as "Autobahn", has died of cancer aged 73, longtime bandmate Ralf Huetter said.

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London's Tate Modern to open new wing

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Published On :: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:09:00 -0400

Britain's Tate Modern gallery in London reveals additional building called the 'Switch House' which will open to the public on June 17.

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On the hunt for Asian "murder hornets" in Washington

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:54:19 -0400

The sting of the Asian giant hornet can kill and that's not just an expression of speech. Since their discovery in 2019 in the US, traps have been set to see if Asian giant "murder hornets" have settled in the state. Libby Hogan has more.

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NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring humans to the moon

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:59:28 +0000

NASA has awarded $967 million to three space flight companies – Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX – to build lunar landers that will be part of the Artemis programme to send humans to the moon by 2024

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Network Effect review: A glorious thought-provoking Murderbot tale

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Martha Wells's action-packed novel Network Effect puts you inside the head of a Murderbot. It raises fascinating questions you will think about for a long time, says Sally Adee

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Pondering the big question of consciousness is a welcome distraction

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000

Our best mathematical theory of consciousness is sparking a rethink of one of science’s hardest problems – how simple matter gives rise to a complex mind

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'Sufficient probable cause' for murder charges in GA jogger death: official

By www.reuters.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:20:20 -0400

VIc Reynolds, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told reporters on Friday that there is "sufficient probable cause" to charge Gregory and Travis McMichaels with felony murder and aggravated assault in February's shooting death of an unarmed black man.

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Health Tip: Understanding Tooth Plaque

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Health Tip: Understanding Tooth Plaque
Category: Health News
Created: 1/8/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/8/2020 12:00:00 AM

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AHA News: Persistent Asthma Linked to Increased Risk for Heart Rhythm Disorder

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 00:00:00 PDT

Title: AHA News: Persistent Asthma Linked to Increased Risk for Heart Rhythm Disorder
Category: Health News
Created: 2/4/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/5/2020 12:00:00 AM

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Many Adults Delay Getting Help for Eating Disorders

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Many Adults Delay Getting Help for Eating Disorders
Category: Health News
Created: 4/21/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/22/2020 12:00:00 AM

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Is Thyroid Hormone Dangerously Overprescribed in Older Patients?

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Is Thyroid Hormone Dangerously Overprescribed in Older Patients?
Category: Health News
Created: 4/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/2/2020 12:00:00 AM

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Common Treatment May Not Help Seniors With Underactive Thyroid

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Common Treatment May Not Help Seniors With Underactive Thyroid
Category: Health News
Created: 5/4/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/5/2020 12:00:00 AM

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