A New Chief, But EBay’s Struggles Continue
The company, which has been refocusing its business, reported net income in its first quarter rose 22 percent to $562 million, or 42 cents a share, from the year-ago quarter....
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Yahoo! Rises On Reports That Microsoft Deal Is Near
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Music: Cold War, Hot Pianist. Now Add 50 Years.
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Media Frenzy: What Murdoch’s Paper Chase Means For Business TV
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Elmore Leonard’s Men Of Few Words, In A Few Words
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Science News

Surf’s Down on Titan, 50 Miles Below the Surface, Scientists Say
2008-03-22 06:01 - New calculations suggest that Saturn’s moon has an under-ice ocean that is a mix of water and ammonia.

Books of The Times: Climate Change? Been There, Done That
2008-03-22 05:30 - Brian Fagan has written a fascinating account of the Medieval Warm Period, when a mild climate blessed Western Europe and catastrophic weather ruined civilizations elsewhere in the world.

A Burst of Light From Halfway to the Beginning of the Universe
2008-03-22 05:30 - Astronomers have spotted one of the largest examples yet of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts in the constellation Bootës.

An Appraisal: For Clarke, Issues of Faith, but Tackled Scientifically
2008-03-21 06:01 - Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction was religious in the largest sense of religion: speculating about beginnings and endings, and how we get from one to the other.

Life’s Work: Clicking, at Last, on ?Don?t Print?
2008-03-21 06:01 - Green is to this decade’s workplace what flexible hours were to the last, but changing the behavior of individual workers may be a challenge.

The Energy Challenge | Coal Power: States? Battles Over Energy Grow Fi...
2008-03-21 05:30 - In the absence of clear federal emissions mandates, states that have been proving grounds for new environmental approaches to energy are becoming battlegrounds as well.

French Court Says Ban on Gene-Altered Corn Seed Will Remain, Pending S...
2008-03-21 05:30 - Opponents of gene-altered crops won a victory in France when the top court upheld a ban on a corn variety produced by Monsanto.

Astronauts Gear Up for 4th Spacewalk
2008-03-21 05:30 - The fourth spacewalk of the mission is a high-profile test of a repair technique the astronauts hope they never have to use.

New Analysis Suggests Earlier Start for Upright Walking
2008-03-21 05:30 - A more detailed analysis of a fossil thigh bone found eight years ago yielded strong evidence that the species Orrorin tugensis stood and walked on its hind limbs.

Q & A: Late to Rise
2008-03-20 06:01 - Does oversleeping make one feel more tired than sleeping a normal seven to eight hours?


 
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