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Hewlett-Packard 3Q Earnings: Will It Be Whitman’s Final Loss?

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the world’s biggest computer company, has nowhere to go but up. Scheduled to report third-quarter financials after the market close Wednesday, investors and technologists will be watching for signs that its restructuring and massive write-offs are over.
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Western U.S. Wildfire Chokes Outdoor Tourism Prospects

Wildfires Choke Outdoor Tourism Prospects in Western US

Apart from destroying hundreds of homes and parched forest area, recent wildfires sweeping western United States, encroached national parks, recreation sites, and campgrounds thereby, adding to woes of communities dependent on summer tourism.
Roaring Wildfire Ravage Western U.S States (Photos)

Roaring Wildfire Ravages Western U.S. States (Photos)

Wildfires have wreaked havoc in the western states of the U.S., engulfing hundreds of houses, charring acres of wood- and grass-lands in the past two days. Ravaging flames have been spreading fast to new areas aided by drought-like situations as the firemen continued to douse the flames amid scorching temperatures.
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Breast Milk Ingredient May Guard Against HIV

Researchers say that higher concentrations of human milk oligosaccharides, or HMO -- a kind of complex carbohydrate that's the third-most abundant ingredient in breast milk -- were associated with protection against HIV transmission to infants.
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Steve Jobs’ Wallet Stolen In Burglary Of Empty Residence

Police said a burglar stole the wallet of the late Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Chairman Steve Jobs July 17, when he broke into his empty residence in Palo Alto, Calif. The wallet had $1 inside along with Jobs’s California driver’s license.
Bill Gates And The Toilet Revolution: Why The World Needs Better Sanitation

Bill Gates And The Toilet Of The Future: Why The World Needs A Revolution In Better Sanitation

Bill Gates, the man responsible for bringing software to the masses with Microsoft and Windows, has plans to reinvent another industry: Sanitation. Gates, whose philanthropic efforts have helped bring clean water and resources to developing countries via the foundation founded by he and his wife Melinda, said on Wednesday that he plans to build a toilet that's better suited to developing countries in an effort to cut down on disease and death in those regions.

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