• The Senate approved an amendment that called for making it easier for states to collect sales tax from online retail sales.

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  • Twenty years ago today the nuclear research centre CERN put out a press release announcing that it was making freely available something called the World Wide Web, "a global computer networked information system".

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  • So-called structural reforms - making it easier to hire and fire and opening up closed professions - all take time.

    BBC: EU fiscal summit: Hope comes to the eurozone

  • The lead seesawed between the two front-runners into early Wednesday, making it impossible for the race to be called until 2:34 a.m.

    WSJ: Romney Gains Support After Narrow Iowa Win

  • Microsoft also declared it's making strides in so-called engagement mapping services to help advertisers gain greater insights into consumers' buying decisions online.

    FORBES: Microsoft's Desperate Move

  • Several states including California, New York and New Jersey limit or prohibit the so-called corporate practice of medicine, making it illegal for doctors to treat patients unless they are operating in a physician practice or employed by a hospital.

    FORBES: North Carolina Bill Would Let Non-Lawyers Invest In Law Firms

  • " Maybe it should really be called the "year of long-delayed hi-def network-products finally making it to market.

    ENGADGET: DigitalDeck networked DVR

  • In the last year, Digg has integrated its user accounts with Facebook and launched an effort called the "DiggBar" aimed at making it easier to take action on links shared through sites like Twitter.

    FORBES: Social Media

  • But this portion could grow, given the hassles of making hydrogen:It requires a six-story furnace, called a steam-methane reformer, where natural gas combines with steam and nickel at 1, 600 degrees Fahrenheit to unleash hydrogen gas.

    FORBES: Suddenly Sexy

  • It also called for policy discussions and decision-making "to be based upon objective assessment of peer-reviewed research results".

    BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | US science body warns on climate

  • First they were of short duration and many could be called at any time by the bank, making it difficult for a company to plan for the long term.

    FORBES: Junk Bonds Come To China

  • However, despite offering audio-visual quality that would have been unacceptable in the pioneering days of television, a small, loss-making company called Broadcast.com broke all previous records when it made its Wall Street debut on July 17th.

    ECONOMIST: Internet shares

  • But third-base umpire Tim Welke initially called it foul before realizing his mistake and repeatedly making the fair sign.

    WSJ: Girardi Outburst Spurs Yankees to Victory

  • Martin Odersky, developer of a computing language called Scala, is one of the pioneers making sure it all keeps growing.

    FORBES: Names You Need To Know: Scala And Typesafe

  • With the launch of a new web-based portal called iStart, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is making it even easier and cheaper for universities and non-profits to administer business plan competitions.

    FORBES: Creating Competition Among Business Plan Competitions

  • Lord Turner, in what will be his last speech to the City at the Mansion House in his current role, also broke something of a taboo among prominent British ministers and officials by speaking openly about how if the eurozone cannot save itself through making bold reforms, it should attempt to dissolve itself in what he called a "controlled rather than chaotic fashion".

    BBC: Turner: Time for helicopter money?

  • Chimera, as it's now called, isn't just about making HDR available for every photo and video.

    ENGADGET

  • Livescribe is making it easier to share content from its digital pen with a new service called LiveScribe Connect.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Its only American producer, a company called Hospira, disliked its use in executions and ceased making it in January.

    ECONOMIST: Europe chokes America��s supply of lethal drugs

  • Called Zone Green, it will promote energy efficiency by making it easier to add photovoltaic panels, wind turbines, greenhouses and shading devices to the roofs and sides of older buildings.

    WSJ: Zoning Laws Grow Up | By Julie V. Iovine

  • The Philippines, whose sovereign credit rating was upgraded to investment grade by two rating firms over the past two months, has been fighting the so-called hot-money inflows with several measures, including making it easier for locals to take money abroad and lowering a deposit rate for banks that do cross-border business.

    WSJ: Asian Governments Take Measures to Battle Strong Currencies

  • The Philippines, whose sovereign credit rating was upgraded to investment grade by two ratings firms over the past two months, has been fighting the so-called hot-money inflows with several measures, including making it easier for locals to take money abroad and lowering a deposit rate for banks that do cross-border business.

    WSJ: Asian Governments Take Measures to Battle Strong Currencies

  • Shortly after making that statement, the group's spokesman called CNN back and retracted it, saying the group now denies responsibility.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • "Internet payola, " he called it. (Verizon and Google denied they were making such a deal.) "Blocking is the same thing as censorship, " says Wu, a Harvard law grad who studied under open- Internet evangelist Lawrence Lessig.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • And by the way the actions of these critics speak louder than words, because many of the members of Congress who voted against the Recovery Act, called it a boondoggle -- funny how they end up making appearances at ribbon cuttings for Recovery Act projects. (Laughter.) It's a sight to see.

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  • Ms. Markatos Lowe wanted to keep what she called the Edith Wharton vibe of the house but modernize it, making the small space feel larger, lighter and less visually chaotic.

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  • The film was all shadows and light in the contemporary Hollywood style - in my book I have called it the beginning of Bombay Noir, a style of film-making that borrowed elements from abroad but had Indian flourishes like music and songs.

    BBC: Dev Anand: Bollywood's first cool hero

  • Rubio captured the fundamental flaw in the so-called Affordable Care Act: it makes health insurance more expensive, in turn making hiring more expensive, and our health-care entitlements more expensive.

    FORBES: Marco Rubio's Impressive Response to Obama's State of the Union Address

  • Credit Suisse estimates that the so-called shadow banking system now totals Rmb22.8 trillion or 44% of GDP, making it the second largest asset class in China!

    FORBES: Why A China Crash May Be Imminent

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