In October 2000 the proposed e-University moved a step closer with the publication of an outline of how it should operate, with an emphasis on innovation.

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For me, that was when it got interesting, because his critics say it is precisely when markets are at their most "hectic" - i.e. irrational - that central banks need to step in, to bring investors to their senses and put a floor under the prices.

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On Thursday, however, questions abounded as to whether the service will amount to simply a "me too" move, following Apple and Amazon's well-worn trail through the digital-music forest, or a significant step toward making Google an e-music player.

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However e-commerce can be a smart interim step.

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So, moving on, their second step is to send a spoofed e-mail (one that looks like it comes from a trusted friend or client) to one of your key employees or partners and the e-mail includes an infected attachment.

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Cindy Mizelle, the most soulful voice in the new, seventeen-piece version of the E Street Band, takes one step to the right.

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The church prescribes a seven-step course of rehabilitation, called A to E, for penitents seeking to get back into its good graces, which includes returning debts and making public declarations of error.

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Stephanie asked her step-father to go to the apartment after receiving an alarming early morning e-mail from Madoff asking for someone to check on their son.

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Loretta Penn, president of Spherion Staffing Services, takes it a step further: "You don't have to respond to every e-mail or voicemail as soon as it comes in, " Penn says.

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Two-step verification drastically reduces the chances of someone stealing the personal information from your e-mail account because hackers would have to not only get a password and your user name, they would also have to have access to the mobile phone to which the code is sent.

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"The FAA's publication of the Airworthiness Directive is an important step forward in returning the 787 fleet to flight status, " Birtel said in an e-mail.

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