| Modern trading killing off "barrow boy" market slang - LONDON (Reuters) - "The Old Lady just bought half a yard of cable and there are plenty of bids for Bill and Ben." Confused? To most foreign exchange traders in London's "City" financial district that sentence would make perfect sense: "The Bank of England just bought half a billion U.S. dollars worth of British pounds against the dollar and there's interest to buy the Japanese yen. ...
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| REFILE-Modern trading killing off "barrow boy" market slang - (Clarifies description of trade in third paragraph) LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - "The Old Lady just boughthalf a yard of cable and there are plenty of bids for Bill andBen." Confused? To most foreign ...
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| Video: Ask the Experts: New 401(k) rules - MoneyWatch editors Jill Schlesinger and Jack Otter speak with Barron's editor Beverly Goodman about how a new federal law will help employees save for retirement.
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| Analysis: Facebook IPO tests easy growth assumptions - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over. The dorm-room project started by Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, 27, could well become one of the world's most highly valued Internet companies when it sells shares to the public for an expected valuation of as high as $100 billion ...
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| BRIEFLY: Feb. 8 - Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
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| Library Focus: Learn computer basics and more - Snow aficionados might object, but for many Central New Yorkers this is the season for indoor sports and the library has plenty to offer from recently released DVDs, book and magazines to fun and useful programs for all ages.
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| Child exploitation unit urges parents to teach Internet safety - With Tuesday marking Safer Internet Day in Canada, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams’ Internet Child Exploitation units are encouraging parents to speak with their children on how to stay safe when spending time online.[...
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| Facebook's Zuckerberg to keep iron grip after IPO - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion (6 billion pounds), but made it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving investors with little say. The Harvard dropout, who launched the social networking phenomenon from his dorm room, will control 56.9 percent of the ...
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| Calendar week of Feb 13 to 19 - SUNDAY FEB 12 Read to Rover: 3:30-4:30 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; for beginning readers; read aloud to a certified therapy dog; all dogs are insured and with trainers; www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us or (706) 613-3650.
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