Google TV, Roku, XBox, BluRay, even direct PC connections make the jump technologically easy.

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The mayors say that investing in their metropolitan economies is the most direct path to create jobs and jump-start the economy.

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The snag with ready-reckoners is that they look only at the direct impact and ignore the possible effects of a jump in oil prices on consumer and business sentiment or on share prices.

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