AT&T PULLS PLUG ON TIGER

NEW YORK (RPRN) 12/31/09 — By zoolou

Loss to shareholders of companies associated with Tiger at up to $12 billion AT&T has dropped embattled golfer Tiger Woods, according to a statement from the telecom giant. "We are ending...

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UTstarcom Inc. Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty for Acts of Foreign Bribery

Alameda, CA (RPRN) 12/31/09 — By United States Department of Justice

UTstarcom Inc. Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty for Acts of Foreign Bribery in China UTStarcom Inc. (UTSI) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice, agreeing to pay...

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Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty for Massive Attack

WASHINGTON- (RPRN) 12/29/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty for Massive Attack on U.S. Retail and Banking Networks --Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major...

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Obama Receives Ocean Credit in New NRDC Review of 1st Year Green Record

NEW YORK (RPRN) 12/29/09 — By NRDC

Sarah Chasis's Blog Sarah Chasis Today, NRDC released an assessment of President Obama’s environmental record in his first year in office. One of the issues where he has made progress is in...

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Collecta Real-time Search: MySpace Edition

San Francisco, CA (RPRN) 12/29/09 — By thePRsolution

Collecta Offers First Real-time Window into the Vibrancy of MySpace Collecta’s Site Search Platform captures the unique essence of what’s happening right now through real-time streaming results that reveal the community’s...

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Iran Must End Slide Into Bloodshed

NEW YORK (RPRN) 12/29/09 — By RushPRnews

Amnesty International has condemned the “wholly avoidable” deaths of up to 15 people in Iran during the ‘Ashoura religious commemorations. The organization called on the authorities to ensure that those...

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m62 Urges Presenters to Prioritise Information in Sales Presentations

Liverpool, UK (RPRN) 12/29/09 — By m62.net

m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, today urges presenters to choose the information they include in a presentation carefully, to minimise the risk of overloading their audience. With only...

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2009 OSCAR® NOMINATION BALLOTS MAILED TO 5,777 ACADEMY VOTERS

Beverly Hills, CA (RPRN) 12/28/09 — By Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

— Nomination ballots for the 82nd Academy Awards® were mailed today to the 5,777 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Completed ballots must be returned to...

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W-9 Simplified: Federal Tax ID Number Database simplifies Tax Forms

New York, NY (RPRN) 12/28/09 — By FEINsearch.com & REALsearch.com

Need a Federal Tax ID number or EIN Number for your W9 Form or tax return, but can’t get a timely response? Maybe you need to verify the for profit...

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Astronauts Aboard the Space Station Talk With Troops in Iraq

HOUSTON (RPRN) 12/28/09 — By RushPRnews

Astronauts Aboard the Space Station Talk With Troops in Iraq; Brave Men and Women on Both Sides of the Holiday Hookup Are Far From Home -- Some U.S. forces in...

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White House Statement on Violence in Iran

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/28/09 — By RushPRnews

Statement by National Security Council Spokesman Mike Hammer on Violence in Iran We strongly condemn the violent and unjust suppression of civilians in Iran seeking to exercise their universal rights. Hope...

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Microsoft PressPass Editors' Top Stories For 2009

REDMOND, Wash. (RPRN) 12/28/09 — By RushPRnews

Feature Story Editor’s Choice: Top Stories of 2009 Microsoft PressPass editors present their selection of the most interesting stories they published over the past year about Microsoft people and technologies. REDMOND,...

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Christmas Booms with ‘Avatar,’ ‘Sherlock,’ ‘Alvin’

HOLLYWOOD,‭ ‬CA‭ (RPRN) 12/28/09 — By AneHoward

Weekend Report: Christmas Booms with ‘Avatar,’ ‘Sherlock,’ ‘Alvin’ by Brandon Gray The combination of Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel and other...

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Human Rights Message from Amnesty International USA

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/27/09 — By RushPRnews

- - Spread the Word! Help us get the word out about human rights by emailing 5 friends about this video. Simply fill out the form below with your name...

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Nigerian National Charged withAttempting to Destroy Northwest Airlines Aircraft

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/26/09 — By Federal Bureau of Investigation

—A 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged in a federal criminal complaint today with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines aircraft on its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas...

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iLoop Mobile Helps Parents Put Kids to Bed on Christmas Eve

SAN JOSE, CA (RPRN) 12/23/09 — By iloopmobile

Text SANTA to 44264 to get text message from Santa telling kids to go to bed…NOW! iLoop Mobile, a premier provider of mobile marketing software and solutions to the world’s largest...

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End To Stamp Duty Holiday Stimulates Home Improvement Not Home Movement

LONDON, UK (RPRN) 12/23/09 — By PunchComms

Alistair Darling’s pre-budget report in which he announced that the current stamp duty holiday would not be extended into 2010 is likely to stimulate a significant uptake in the home...

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Reduce your missed appointments

London, United Kingdom (RPRN) 12/23/09 — By Adam Desmond

AppointmentToolkit is making waves with discerning businesses right across the UK by providing a new technology solution that offers diary management, text message and e-mail reminders to customers. It also...

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Duke Energy to Spend $93 Million to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/22/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Duke Energy to Spend Approximately $93 Million to Resolve Clean Air Act ViolationsEmissions to be Slashed by more than 35,000 Tons Annually Duke Energy, one of the largest electric...

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United States Transfers 12 Guantanamo

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/22/09 — By United States Department of Justice

United States Transfers 12 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland Region Twelve detainees have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and the...

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Punch Communications Celebrates Success in 2009 With New Recruits

LONDON, UK (RPRN) 12/22/09 — By PunchComms

Search and PR agency Punch Communications continues to enjoy success as 2009 draws to a close and has appointed a Finance Manager and added a HR Manager to the business...

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Where We Stand on Healthcare Reforms - President Obama

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By RushPRnews

Early this morning, the Senate made history and health reform cleared its most important hurdle yet -- garnering the 60 votes needed to move toward a final vote in that...

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Google Gives 20 Million Dollars to Charities

Mountain View (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By AneHoward

Citing a particularly difficult year for charity organisations, the hardest in decades, Google has committed to giving 20 million dollars this year. This announcement was sent earlier on December 21...

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Send Holidays eCards from your Desktop with HeyChick

Oxford, England (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By thePRsolution

HeyChick.net released its free software application HeyChick eCards. The innovative HeyChick eCards application allows users to customize eCards from their desktop and send them conveniently via email, link and on...

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Gift Idea -Wooloot Digital Sports Watches

HOLLYWOOD,‭ ‬CA‭ (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By Hollywood Today, RPRN Writer

Day‭ 24, f‬or my true love sent to me,‭ ‬a surprising gift idea for each day in the holiday season By Gabrielle Pantera ‭ – ‬Day‭ 24 ‬gift idea: WooLoot unisex sport...

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Humane Society International Suggest Humane Gifts

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By boblando, RPRN Writer

Are you still trying to finish up your holiday shopping? Not sure what to get your colleagues, or that hard-to-shop-for friend? Why not give them a Humane Gift? These gifts support...

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White House: Americans Praise the Copenhagen Accord

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By RushPRnews

Diverse Groups Commend the President’s Leadership, Note the Economic Opportunities for the United States Yesterday, the President traveled to Copenhagen to meet with world leaders and for the first time...

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IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years

ARMONK, N.Y. (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By thePRsolution

IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to...

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Essex County Council and IBM Signs Agreement

LONDON (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By RushPRnews

IBM Signs Eight-Year Strategic Transformation Services Agreement With Essex County Council IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has signed an eight-year agreement with Essex County Council to help the Council...

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274 Films Eligible for 2009 Oscar® Race

Beverly Hills, CA (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

— Two hundred seventy-four feature films are eligible for the Academy Award® for Best Picture of 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for...

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Visio 2010: A Diagram Is Worth a Thousand Words

REDMOND, Wash. (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By RushPRnews

— The world is more complex than ever, and people need an easy way to simplify information, communicate it to others and ultimately make better decisions. Diagramming has always been...

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Sending Holiday Cheers in Your Own Voice on Facebook

MONTREAL (RPRN) 12/21/09 — By RushPRnews

By RushPR staff These days, keeping in touch with friends and loved ones during the holidays tends to take place somewhere online. More often than not ,this is on a social...

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Neo-Nazi Convicted for Threats, Witness Intimidation

Roanoke, Virginia, (RPRN) 12/19/09 — By United States Department of Justice

-- While the First Amendment protects our ability to express views even if unpopular, it does not provide a license to threaten, intimidate, and inflict emotional distress- Assistant Attorney General...

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Avatar Rakes in $3.5M at Midnight

Los Angeles, CA (RPRN) 12/18/09 — By AneHoward

BOX OFFICE MOJO - NEWS BULLETIN Friday, December 18, 2009 'Avatar' grossed $3.5 million at around 2,000 sites in its midnight opening, which may not seem spectacular on the...

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FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 18, 2009

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/18/09 — By Federal Bureau of Investigation

Atlanta: Georgia Terrorism Defendants Sentenced Ehsanul Islam Sadequee of Roswell, Georgia, and Syed Haris Ahmed of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced to 17 years and 13 years in prison, respectively,...

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Former FBI Contract Linguist Leaks Classified Information to Blogger

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/18/09 — By Federal Bureau of Investigation

Former FBI Contract Linguist Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Information to Blogger A former FBI contract linguist pleaded guilty today to unlawfully providing classified documents to the host of an...

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FDA Approves Generic Aricept to Treat Dementia Related to Alzheimer’s Disease

Washington,DC (RPRN) 12/18/09 — By Food and Drug Administration

Please note this is a corrected version of a press release that was posted to FDA's website today. The corrections include a modified headline and a revised second paragraph. The U.S....

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Find Cool Gifts Galore at the Microsoft Store

REDMOND, Wash. (RPRN) 12/18/09 — By RushPRnews

Still looking for the right gift? Save some time by checking out our roundup of hot holiday buys, conveniently available online. With the holiday season under way, time is limited...

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Get on board HugTrainUSA!

Montreal, Canada (RPRN) 12/18/09 — By Arie Moyal

Young Montrealer Wants To Give Hugs For Charity Jump On-Board the HugTrain! By Arie Moyal I’ll be travelling for charity around the USA by train starting in New York on December 27, 2009...

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The Top 5 Reasons To Use PR In The Recession

LONDON, UK (RPRN) 12/17/09 — By PunchComms

-- Punch Communications, a boutique PR Agency based in the midlands, has identified the top 5 reasons for companies to use Public Relations services during the recession:1. Audiences still consume...

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TODAY: Join crisis phonecall with UK's PM Brown

Copenhagen, Denmark (RPRN) 12/16/09 — By AneAndrea

As leaders arrive in Copenhagen, global civil society risks being pushed out of the talks. Without the pressure and scrutiny of civil society and the media, leaders are less likely...

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China Mobile Welcomes RIM - Blackberry for SMBs

Beijing, China (RPRN) 12/15/09 — By thePRsolution

China Mobile and Research in Motion Deepen Strategic Relationship Announce Plans to Support TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE Technologies on BlackBerry Smartphones and Launch BlackBerry Smartphones and Services in China for SMBs and...

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OSCAR NIGHT® AMERICA 2010 TO BE CELEBRATED IN 50 CITIES NATIONWIDE

Beverly Hills, CA (RPRN) 12/15/09 — By Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

— Oscar Night America (ONA), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ grassroots program that enables local charities to host glamorous Oscar® viewing parties and raise money for their...

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Tingyi to Launch TDR Offering

TAIWAN (RPRN) 12/15/09 — By CollegeHill

Taiwan Stock Exchange (“TWSE”) announced today that the Taiwan Depositary Receipts (TDRs) of Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. (“Tingyi”) will start trading on the exchange from 16 December 2009. The...

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Weekend Report: 'Princess and the Frog' Leaps to the Top

Los Angeles, CA (RPRN) 12/14/09 — By AneHoward

by Brandon Gray The Princess and the Frog Though there were no sensational new releases, overall business remained at a steady clip over the weekend, up five percent over the same period...

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Large Scale Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to Life in Prison

PHOENIX (RPRN) 12/14/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Large Scale Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to Life in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering 30-year Fugitive Had All 10 Fingers Surgically Altered to Evade Capture - -William Wallace Keegan, aka...

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FDA Launches New Pet Health and Safety Widget

Washington, DC (RPRN) 12/14/09 — By Food and Drug Administration

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched its pet health and safety widget for consumers as part of an ongoing effort to provide timely, user-friendly, public health information. “Our new...

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Apple Countersues Nokia

CUPERTINO, California— (RPRN) 12/14/09 — By RushPRnews

—Responding to a lawsuit brought against the company by Nokia, Apple® today filed a countersuit claiming that Nokia is infringing 13 Apple patents. “Other companies must compete with us by inventing...

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Help bring Brindi home for Christmas

Calgary, A (RPRN) 12/12/09 — By RushPRnews

THE DAISY FOUNDATION Delegates Against Inhumane Suffering A DAISY CHAIN OF VIGILS Help bring Brindi home for Christmas and all her holidays to come! International Animal Rights Day (IARD) Brindi is a mixed-breed rescue...

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Pop-Up Security Warnings Pose Threats

Washington, DC (RPRN) 12/11/09 — By Federal Bureau of Investigation

The FBI warned consumers today about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages that appear while they are on the Internet. The messages may contain a virus that could harm...

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Google Web Toolkit Announces New Features

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (RPRN) 12/11/09 — By felix Howard

– Yesterday Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced the newest version of Google Web Toolkit, an open source development toolkit used by thousands of developers around the world for building and optimizing...

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Largest Recovery of Money for Hazardous Waste Clean Up Ever

WASHINGTON (RPRN) 12/11/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Largest Environmental Bankruptcy in U.S. History Will Result in Payment of $1.79 Billion Towards Environmental Cleanup & Restoration —As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history,...

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Texas, Couple Charged with Holding Nigerian Woman in Domestic Servitude

WASHINGTON (RPRN) 12/10/09 — By United States Department of Justice

– A federal grand jury has indicted a Ft. Worth, Texas, husband and wife, Emmanuel and Ngozi Nnaji, on charges of engaging in a nine-year scheme to compel the labor...

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IBM Helps Companies Monitor Data Center 'Health' with New Cloud Service

ARMONK, N.Y. (RPRN) 12/10/09 — By thePRsolution

New monthly subscription service helps prevent I.T. down-time, predict bottlenecks and gain control of data center IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the availability of online software - as a monthly...

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Department Issues FOIA Annual Report in More Accessible Format

WASHINGTON (RPRN) 12/09/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Department Issues FOIA Annual Report in More Accessible Format as Part of the President’s Initiative on Transparency and Open Government General Public, Including Public Interest Organizations, Scholars, Media Will Be Able...

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m62 Urges Presenters to Present Using Dual Channels

Liverpool, UK (RPRN) 12/09/09 — By m62.net

m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, is today urging presenters to deliver presentations that use dual encoding to convey information both visually and aurally, thus more than doubling...

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Empowering Minority Homeowners During Foreclosure Crisis

Laguna Niguel, CA (RPRN) 12/08/09 — By InvestorRelationsGroup

A recent report from the William C. Velasquez Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that studies Hispanic issues, concluded that African Americans and Latinos are at a disproportionate risk in the...

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'You In?' -- Yahoo! Launches Campaign to Inspire Kindness Around the World

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (RPRN) 12/08/09 — By RushPRnews

-- Kindness is contagious this holiday season. Based on the belief that it doesn't take a great deal of money or time...

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Most Recent Week of Online Holiday Shopping Season Achieves Above Average Growth

RESTON, VA (RPRN) 12/08/09 — By comScore

Most Recent Week of Online Holiday Shopping Season Achieves Above Average Growth as Three Individual Days Surpass $800 Million in Spending Larger Online Retailers Usurping Market Share from Mid and Long...

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iLoop Mobile Opens Development Center in Krakow, Poland

SAN JOSE, CA (RPRN) 12/08/09 — By iloopmobile

New Development Center Addresses Sharp Increase for iLoop Mobile’s Services, Will Speed New Products to Market iLoop Mobile, a premier solutions and services provider for mobile marketing to the world’s largest...

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Chicagoan Charged with Conspiracy in 2008 Mumbai Attacks

Chicago, IL (RPRN) 12/07/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Chicagoan Charged with Conspiracy in 2008 Mumbai Attacks in Addition to Foreign Terror Plot in Denmark Additional Charges Unsealed Alleging Retired Pakistani Major Conspired in Danish Plot New federal charges...

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Weekend Report: Blind Side Tackles Post-Thanksgiving Blahs

Hollywood, CA (RPRN) 12/07/09 — By AneHoward

by Brandon Gray Though The Blind Side still packed a wallop, the movies as a whole saw a typical post-Thanksgiving slide over the weekend. However, due to the momentum from last...

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Yahoo! and Microsoft Finalize Search Agreement

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & REDMOND, Wash (RPRN) 12/04/09 — By RushPRnews

Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corporation today announced that the companies have finalized and executed the definitive Search and Advertising Services and Sales Agreement and License Agreement in accordance with the...

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Yahoo! and Technology for Learning Partnership Host Annual Online Safety Summit

Sunnyvale, CA (RPRN) 12/04/09 — By RushPRnews

Yahoo! and Technology for Learning Partnership Host Annual Online Safety Summit for Educational Leaders Experts Will Address Students' Digital Reputations and Mobile Safety as...

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Staff Training Can Help Ensure That Businesses Are Ready For The Economic Upturn

LONDON, UK (RPRN) 12/04/09 — By PunchComms

Businesses should look towards training new recruits in order to be ready for any influx in activity brought on by an economic upturn according to Perspective, a leading provider of...

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Justice Department And Allies Fight Teen Dating Violence

WASHINGTON (RPRN) 12/03/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Attorney General Holder, Secretary Duncan Meet with Youth Leaders, Parents on Teen Dating Violence – As part of the Justice Department’s year-long commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Violence Against...

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Deputy Attorney General David Ogden to Leave Department of Justice

WASHINGTON (RPRN) 12/03/09 — By United States Department of Justice

Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden announced today that he will leave the Department on February 5, 2010 to return to private practice. Prior to joining the Department as Deputy...

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The Year Belongs to Michael -2009 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (RPRN) 12/02/09 — By RushPRnews

Another year has come and gone, and as always, we're taking a moment to look back...

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Yahoo! Extends Facebook Integration to Bring Together Social Experiences

Sunnyvale, CA (RPRN) 12/02/09 — By RushPRnews

Yahoo! Extends Facebook Integration to Bring Together Social Experiences From Across the Web -- Continuing its commitment to be the center of people's online lives, ...

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iLoop Mobile Inc. Appoints D'Arcy Salzmann as Chief Marketing Officer

SAN JOSE, CA (RPRN) 12/02/09 — By iloopmobile

Mobile industry product leader joins iLoop Mobile as customer advocate and product champion iLoop Mobile, a provider of mobile marketing technology solutions and services to the world’s largest brands, agencies and...

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m62 Urges Presenters to Interact with Presentation Audiences

Liverpool, UK (RPRN) 12/02/09 — By m62.net

m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has today urged presenters to ensure that they interact with the audience in presentations, so that they are fully engaged with the...

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Yahoo!'s 2009 Year in Review Reflects America's Need to Escape and to Cope

Sunnyvale, CA (RPRN) 12/01/09 — By RushPRnews

Michael Jackson is the top Search of 2009; "Twilight" continues to prove its popularity as the No.2 Search; Coupons top the financial list...

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Plug and Play Tech Center - iPhone Play Event on December 3rd 2009

Sunnyvale, CA (RPRN) 12/01/09 — By Plug and Play Tech Center

Plug and Play Tech Center is proud to welcome you to our 3rd iPhone Play Event on December 3rd 2009. (http://iphoneplaydec09.eventbrite.com/). The topic of this event will be Marketing your...

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Facebook Users - Get Talking With Latest babyTEL App: TELEPHONE

MONTREAL (RPRN) 12/01/09 — By babyTEL

babyTEL releases its next generation of ‘Telephone’ babyTEL, the pioneer of Social VoIP recently released the next generation of its ‘Telephone’ Facebook application, filling a void in voice-driven social networking communication....

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