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Iraq raised its level of proven oil reserves by 24% in the first revision since Saddam Hussein was toppled from power.
The country has 143.1 billion barrels of known and extractible oil, compared with 115 billion barrels at the end of Saddam Hussein’s reign, BBC News reported
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That means Iraq has more proven reserves than neighbor Iran.
In the final years of Hussein’s reign, UN…
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Iraq Raises Proven Oil Reserves 24% originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:55:00.
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Publishers talk about the iPad, Kindle and other tablets as their salvation. New consumer research suggests that view may be well-grounded: Tablet users are devouring more content — and are reconciled to paying.
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Toshiba (TOSBF) unveiled a new 3-D TV that viewers can watch without wearing special glasses.
The 3-D liquid crystal display TV uses a high-definition screen backlit with LEDs, a special sheet on the screen and chip technology to display information from nine images, The New York Times reported.
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The TV can convert 2-D images into 3-D and will sell for prices as low as 120,000 yen…
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Toshiba Unveils No-Glasses 3-D TV originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:15:00.
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One Chinese company that stands to benefit from China’s boom is tiny and little known COGO Group, which provides some of the nuts-and-bolts components and expertise that local manufacturers need to produce top-quality products….
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Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) are close to settling an antitrust case with the Justice Department over credit-card acceptance rules, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The settlement could allow merchants to steer customers towards cheaper forms of pay…