"Mesothelioma attorney" - Google counters Microsoft's search with a Writely

Google counters Microsoft's search with a Writely
Register - 8 hours agoThe vexed topic of an online word processing system is back on the agenda after Google bought start-up Writely in a potential challenge to Microsoft's desktop suite. The four-person, Silicon Valley based Writely ...

Bye-Bye Dubai?
Forbes - 11 hours agoIn what could be a last-ditch effort to salvage its deal to operate East and Gulf Coast ports in the US, DP World told Congress that it would agree to transfer control to a "US entity," which could simply mean a subsidiary of the Dubai operation. ...

30 rockets fired at Loti gas plant
Daily Times - 12 hours agoBy Azizullah Khan. QUETTA: Unidentified men fired 30 rockets at Loti Gas Plant and a huge explosion was also heard in the area on Thursday, said Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi. Lasi ...

Few US seniors working
Detroit Free Press - 41 minutes agoBY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER. There are about 35 million Americans age 65 and older; that number is projected to more than double by 2030. About 19% of men 65 and older participated in the labor force in 2003, down from 46% in 1950. ...

Consumers drive up US trade deficit
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour agoNEW YORK: The US trade deficit widened to a record in January, the government reported Thursday, as the strengthening US economy attracted a surge of imported cars, household goods and petroleum products. ...