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Matters of the heart have baffled humans since the dawn of time, with sonnets and entire books devoted to the meaning of love. Now scientists are finding that the blood pump in your chest is just as complex. You can't live or love without it. Find o...
Livescience Staff livescience.com – Wed Dec 31, 2:54 pm ET Whatever you resolve to do differently in 2009, vow also to develop a strategy to make it happen. Otherwise, expect failure. So says John O'Neill, director of Addiction Services...
Researchers at Rice University in Houston have just discovered that there is a particular part of the brain that guides us when choosing words....
Black Hole Seen in Closest Look Ever Ground-based radio telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and California combined forces to examine the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Although by definition we can't see a black hole ...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China's Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world's No.4 personal computer maker, is considering a restructuring because of tough economic conditions, China Business News reported on Wednesday. The influential business ne...
Harold Nicolson: We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. Helen Keller: I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. Th...
Recent news about the economy and the job market hasn't been encouraging. Companies are taking a much closer look at their operating expenses, especially their payrolls (薪水册；薪金总额). Writer Stephen Viscusi asserts that in this atmosphere, \\\"...
Writing Skills Why Writing Skills Are Important By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com Of all the classes I took in college and graduate school, the two that have helped me most in my career have been English Composition and Business English. In t...
Now PayAttention Here's Why You Need Good Listening Skills By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com Several years back there was a public service announcement that ran on television. It talked about the importance of good listening skills and th...
The Skills You Need to Be Competitive in Today's Workplace By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com To be competitive in today's work place you must be able to: Listen Well: Good listening skills make you more productive, help y...
By Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer Everyone always thinks they have it worse than the next guy. Your boss is always the nastiest; your co-workers are the most annoying; and there's no way anyone has a more awful cube mate. Until now....
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer Anne D'innocenzio, Ap Retail Writer Dec. 25 ,2008 NEW YORK – After limping through a holiday season expected to be the worst in decades, the nation's stores made it to Christmas with little to celebra...
By MADLEN READ, AP Business Writer Madlen Read, Ap Business Writer Dec. 25, 2008 NEW YORK – Wall Street rose modestly in light holiday trading Wednesday after the government released downbeat, but unsurprising, readings on rising U.S. jobless...
Dec. 25, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Times Co is trying to sell its stake in the holding company of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The s...
Microsoft Acknowledges Critical SQL (Structured Query Language, 结构化查询语言) Server Flaw Jennifer Leclaire, newsfactor.com – Tue Dec 23, 3:42 pm ET Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability that could allow r...
Tue Dec 23, 5:14 PM ET In this two image composite, Laura Zuniga is crowned as Miss Sinaloa state at left in the city of Mazatlan, Mexico July 8, 2008 and is shown to the press with unidentified gunmen after her arrest in ...
财政部给美国更多银行注资，其中包括私人银行。 Treasury adds to investments in U.S. banks Dec 23, 5:04 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that it completed a $2.8 billion equity investment in 49 banks on F...
A country of eastern Arabia on a peninsula in the southwest Persian Gulf. It was under British protection from 1916 until 1971, when it became independent. Oil was first produced commercially in 1949. Doha is the capital. Population, 220,000....
今年过节不发钱，他们高兴么？保住工作就很不错了。知足常乐哈。 Tue Dec 23, 1:43 pm ET While Internet search giant Google handed out cash to employees last year, the company is scaling back and giving its workers a different kind of gift this holiday s...