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Microsoft Reveals Test of Real-Time Skype Language Translator
Microsoft Corp showed off a test version of a real-time, spoken-word translation service for Skype calls on Tuesday, the first time the world's largest software company has demonstrated the ...
AIG’s Rehab Continues With Improved S&P Outlook
The rehabilitation of American International Group Inc. continues with news that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has improved its outlook for the insurance conglomerate. Two years after AIG ...
Google Driverless Cars, Minus Steering Wheels, Redefine Auto Risks
Google Inc is building cars that don't have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the Internet company's efforts to develop self-driving cars. The small ...AIG Warrants Leap To Record, Benefiting Fairholme Capital Management
American International Group Inc. warrants jumped to a record, benefiting investors like Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Capital Management LLC, which held the securities for years. The contracts ...
El Nino Threat Spurs Asian Governments Into Action
Asia's governments are scrambling to head off the potential impact of a weather phenomenon that in the past has driven food prices to levels that sparked social unrest. With lessons learned, ...
266 Reportedly Hurt in Turkey Quake Panic
An earthquake beneath the sea shook northern Greece and western Turkey Saturday, with 266 people reportedly injured in Turkey. The quake struck at 12:25 p.m. local time (0925 GMT) southwest of the ...
Thailand’s Political Turmoil Creates Business Risks
Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are among companies advising workers against traveling to Thailand as evidence mounts that political turmoil in the country is undermining business activity there. ...
Lloyd’s America U.S. Chief Agrees ‘Climate Change is Here’
Despite risking offense to non-believers, Hank Watkins didn't hesitate when he was asked if climate change was upon us. Watkins, president of Lloyd's America, talked about an extensive report Lloyd's ...