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A pressing concern affecting millions of American seniors and their families is the disintegrating pension system, where hundreds of major companies have reduced or eliminated guaranteed retirement plans, leaving workers without the lifeblood they depend on to supplement their Social Security benefits. A crisis forum at the National Press Club,
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A national news forum, "Disintegrating Pensions National Crisis: Call to Action," will be held on February 27 at the National Press Club, shedding light on the alarming trend of pension losses affecting hundreds of thousands of workers in the United States. The forum, sponsored by the Claude Pepper
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Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) reported a fourth-quarter profit of $164.6 million, or $1.80 per share, exceeding analyst expectations. Sales soared 40% to $961.4 million, with same-store sales climbing 28%. ANF's forecast for the first half of the year includes per-share earnings of $1.23 to
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Gold Systems, a renowned developer of interactive voice response (IVR) and speech self-service application solutions, has announced a partnership with LeadingC, a respected developer of speech recognition and Internet technologies. The collaboration aims to strengthen both companies' offerings in the speech self-service market, leveraging their technical expertise and business
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Emulex Corporation has announced a partnership with IBM to deliver superior storage connectivity solutions for IBM's BladeCenter H systems. The collaboration will see IBM integrating Emulex's 4 Gb/s LP1105-BC dual channel host bus adapter (HBA) into its BladeCenter H systems, providing customers with high-performance, reliable,
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Hudson's Bay Company has signed a five-year agreement with IBM to develop and implement its new online store. The partnership will enable Hbc to focus on its core business of retailing while leaving online site operations to IBM. The new e-commerce platform, powered by IBM's WebSphere
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Intellisync Corporation, a leader in platform-independent wireless messaging and mobile software, announced the release of Intellisync Mobile Suite for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7. This solution enables users to access Lotus Domino email, files, and data from any mobile device over the air, extending Intellisync's extensive line
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At Lotusphere 2006, Proposion Inc. announced the availability of Proposion N2N V3, an upgraded version of its industry-leading ADO.NET data driver for accessing Lotus Notes and Domino from the .NET environment. This release combines the valuable features of previous versions with added support for Microsoft's .NET 2.
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The market indices plummeted today after disappointing earnings reports from Intel and Yahoo. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped 0.68 percent, while the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite have declined 0.82 percent and 1.32 percent, respectively. Apple Computer, IBM, and Dell were
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Pacific Gold Corp. has been making significant progress in its gold and base metals operations, with the Black Rock Canyon gold mine currently under construction and scheduled to begin gold production in the first quarter of 2006. The mine is expected to generate revenues of up to $5.3 million
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Microsoft's valuation concerns led to a downgrade by Credit Suisse First Boston, causing the stock to drop more than 1.5 percent. IBM announced changes to its pension plan, which has no effect on current retirees, employees, or former employees with vested benefits. Ruby Tuesday's second-quarter
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates yesterday claimed that internet search engine Google does not pose a significant threat to his company, instead focusing on IBM as the main competitor. Gates stated that IBM has four times the employees and way more revenue than Microsoft, and that the media tends to overemphasize
