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• Media Roundup: Boston Globe Faces Closure, Amazon to Unveil a Large Screen Kindle and More

  BNET - 2009-05-04

  In Today's Media Roundup: Boston Globe faces closure, Amazon to unveil a large screen Kindle, EW Scripps reports $221 million loss, USA Today to offer front page ad and iPhone out sold by Blackberry. by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Boston Globe, Media, Amazon.com Inc., Closure, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Sean Blanda

• Push for PET in Massachusetts

  - 2005-10-01

  The Boston Globe reported on August 26 that Massachusetts hospitals are seeking to nearly double the number of PET and PET/CT scanners in the state, raising the number from 12 to 22. In response, national and regional health insurers have issued sharp warnings about possible effects on medical costs. "Our...

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• ProQuest launches new databases, adds Boston Globe content.(NEW/ENHANCED DATABASES)(ProQuest Information and Learning Co.)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-03-01

  ProQuest Information and Learning announced the release of Latin American Newsstand, an electronic full-text current events collection featuring 30 newspapers, magazines, and wire services from 12 countries. Each title will have an interface in its native language; both Spanish and Portuguese interfaces will be available. ...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Databases, HARDWARE, Learning Co., ProQuest, SOFTWARE, Storage

• Tech watchers see industry shakeout looming.

  - 2004-12-06

  By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 6--Industry watchers say a report that IBM Corp. has put its once-dominant personal computer business up for sale could signal the first move in a broader consolidation destined to shrink the number...

  Tags: Boston Globe, consolidation, Desktops, HARDWARE, IBM Corp., Massachusetts, PC, PeopleSoft Inc., software

• Macworld Expo is moving to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

  - 2004-11-06

  By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Apple Macintosh users might feel a bit dizzy next spring. After more than a year of negotiating brought the Macworld Conference & Expo back from New York to Boston in April,...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Boston, Boston Globe, Desktops, E-mail, Fax, HARDWARE, International Data Group

• Legal armies stand ready to monitor voters.

  - 2004-11-02

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 2--COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democrats and Republicans took a rollercoaster ride through the court system yesterday and early today, as several judges weighed in on the posting of thousands of monitors in polling places to...

  Tags: Boston Globe, Components, Democrat, Florida, HARDWARE, monitor, Ohio, Republican

• Down homestretch, Kerry steps up pace.

  - 2004-10-27

  By Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27--LAS VEGAS -- With one speech completed and two rallies to go on yesterday's cross-country trip, nearly half the people aboard John F. Kerry's campaign plane were asleep by midafternoon, ...

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• Organization consultants assist in the pursuit of the perfect closet.

  - 2004-10-18

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--If Alesia Latson had not gotten organized, she'd still be single. Latson hired organization coach Robin Blank to come into her home and help throw away clutter, arranging...

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• U.S. troops take to river, opening new front against Iraqi insurgents.

  - 2004-09-30

  By Thanassis Cambanis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30--ON THE EUPHRATES RIVER, Iraq -- The three flat-bottomed boats ease onto the river under a full moon. It's 11 p.m., and First Lieutenant Andrew Thomas, 25, is hoping...

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• For convention, New York is on alert as GOP delegates arrive.

  - 2004-08-29

  The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 29--NEW YORK -- A thick cloak of security yesterday enveloped the center of the city, as a huge police contingent presided over a smattering of peaceful protests. City residents, meanwhile, left by the thousands...

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