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Microsoft Patent Hints at New DLC Purchasing Method
Eurogamer spotted a patent filing by Microsoft on BrokeMyController , which details a system in which a video game console could identify missing downloadable content and immediately allow for the purchasing, downloading, and installing of said content.
Evening Reading: Skate 3!
So, the release date for Skate 3 was announced today: May 11th for the US. I'm extremely excited about this game. I was a big fan of the first two and the addition of a hardcore-mode with crazy, realistic physics sounds right up my alley.
Final Fantasy 13 iPhone Gallery App Is $9
Do you love Final Fantasy XIII so much that being away from the game is too much to handle?
EA SPORTS MMA Trailer and Screens Pull No Punches
A host of screenshots and a brand new trailer for the upcoming mixed martial arts fighter, EA SPORTS MMA, have stepped into the ring. The media shows off some more of the authentic environments
Resident Evil Creator Mikami Forms New Studio
Shinji Mikami, the mind behind Resident Evil, will be forming a new studio, Tango, after finishing Vanquish for PlatinumGames and publisher SEGA. The information comes to us in the latest issue of Japanese video game magazine Famitsu, spotted by 1UP .
Hold Your Breath for Cancun's Latest Attraction
How can a collection of underwater man-made sculptures help protect habitats for sealife? One artificial reef expert thinks he knows how.
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Travel Troubleshooter: But No One Told Me About the Resort Fee!
What's this mandatory resort fee for on our reader's hotel bill. Didn't the rate she booked through Hotwire include everything? No, it didn't. But that doesn't mean she's out of luck.
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Airfare Deals and News for the Week of March 19, 2010
This week's roundup of specials includes Sun Country flights to London this summer, a blowout spring sale from Delta, tips on redeeming promo codes, and more clever tricks for flyers.
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Duality theory for distributive lattices
Duality theory for distributive lattices
In mathematics, duality theory for distributive lattices provides three different (but closely related) representations of bounded distributive lattices via Priestley spaces, spectral spaces, and pairwise Stone spaces. This generalizes the well-known Stone duality between Stone spaces and Boolean algebras.
Minor International
Minor International is a hospitality company operating over 1,000 restaurants and 27 hotels in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions and Africa. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, it operates hotels under the Anantara, Four Seasons, Marriott and Elewana brands, owns The Pizza Company and Thai Express restaurant franchises, and operates restaurants under the Swensen's, Sizzler, Dairy Queen, Burger King and The Coffee Club brands in Thailand and other countries.
The Day Ahead: Data Deluge Hits Cautious Markets
Posted To: MND NewsWire The day ahead offers several fresh data points and a range of speakers from the Federal Reserve. Traders are being cautious as equity prices are slightly down after earlier gains in the week. 90 minutes before the opening bell, Dow futures are up 9 points to 10,663 and S&P 500 futures are flat at 1,161. Key Events Today: 7:30 ― Elizabeth Duke , a governor of the Federal Reserve, and Sheila Bair , chairman of the FDIC, speak to the American Bankers Association government relations summit in Washington. 8:30 ― Unlike the PPI from Wednesday, the Consumer Price Index should be less impacted by falling energy prices. Economists expect to see 0.1% price gains on the headline and the core index, following a 0.2% gain in the headline and a drop of 0.1% in the core. “Declining rent prices...( read more ) Forward this article via email: Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
Consumer Level Inflation Tame in February. Emergency Jobless Benefits Hit Record High
Posted To: MBS Commentary Good Morning. Inflation data has hit screens. The Consumer Price Index was UNCHANGED in February (+0.0018)...this is cooler than consensus forecasts which called for a 0.1% gain. The CORE CPI print, which strips out food and energy, rose 0.1% in February---on the screws. Year over year, the consumer price index is up 2.1%, slightly below economist expectations for a read of +2.3%. Ex-food and energy, consumer price levels were up 1.3% YoY. GASOLINE was a big contributor to weakness...don't expect that category to be so helpful next month---gas prices have been on the rise lately. Housing prices were all unchanged. Overall, another round of tame inflation data. Jobless Claims data was also released. New claims fell by 5,000 to 457,000 in the week ending March 13. This is slightly worse than...( read more ) Forward this article via email: Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
Greenmead Farms
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Greenmead Farms is 3.2 acre historic park located at 38125 Base Line Rd., Livonia, Michigan. It includes the 1841 Greek Revival Simmons House, six other structures contributing to the historic nature of the property, and additional buildings moved from other locations. Greenmead Farms was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Rumors Keep Markets from Making Another Move. Rates Maintain Weakness. Reprices Possible
Posted To: MBS Commentary There is a fair amount of chatter in the marketplace that the Fed is planning on hiking the discount rate again. Remember the Fed bumped the discount rate on February 18, from 0.50% to 0.75%...which caused a lot of commotion in the marketplace in the day's following the announcement. If the Fed does indeed order the N.Y. desk to make this policy adjustment, it doesn't mean much fundamentally because the banking system is still super liquid/flush with excess reserves. We discussed the economics of the discount rate hike in THIS BLOG POST . Re-reading it will give you an edge when clients come calling, nervously interrogating you about how this move will affect their rate. The rumor is affecting the general sentiment of the marketplace though.... Even though the IMF is said to be standing...( read more ) Forward this article via email: Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
Shortening the Short Sale Timeline: Broker Price Opinions
Posted To: Voice of Housing Short sales have been hampered by cycle times that can easily last months. One of the critical steps to improving adoption of this loss mitigation tool is to standardize and shorten the time from initial offer to investor acceptance. Using BPOs (Broker Price Opinions) to benchmark and vet purchase offers is a critical step that can save weeks or more from the process. Rather than a buyer submitting an offer and not knowing whether it was accepted or rejected for one or two weeks, they could have a response in just a few days . Anyone who has used or seen the evolution of BPO services over the past six to 12 months understands the comprehensive and statistical data and methodologies that are used to derive a value opinion. This month, appraiser groups told Treasury Secretary Geithner that real...( read more ) Forward this article via email: Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.