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Google broke through $700 a share in trading today, closing at a record high of $707, just over 3 weeks since breaking through the $600 mark.
Google did have the benefit of a surging NASDAQ; the exchange favored by tech stocks closing up 42.41 pts or 1.51% after the Fed cut US interest rates by 25 [...]

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That’s right: Google (GOOG).  And trading at a not-preposterous 55-times trailing 12-month earnings, too.
Rank   Company            Market Cap (Bil)   Ticker1      Exxon Mobil        $505               XOM2      General Electric   $415               GE3      Microsoft          $333          [...]

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The Pirate Bay’s pretty busy these days, reviving dead sites and whatnot, but their latest scheme is even bigger: They’re working on an entirely new P2P protocol designed to replace BitTorrent, since BitTorrent Inc. is no longer making additions to the source code entirely open, which TPB believes grants them too much influence. The new [...]

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Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted that former FEMA director of external affairs John “Pat” Philbin had resigned his position, only to be rewarded with a promotion. Today, Philbin was set to become the director of public affairs for Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell. But the DNI’s office has since backed away from its offer, putting [...]

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Rudy Giuliani, to quote a Democratic rival, would be like President Bush on steroids in the way he would go about protecting the U.S. from terrorists. In reality, Giuliani doesn’t seem very different from Bush on the issue.
The former New York mayor says the government shouldn’t be shy about eavesdropping on citizens. He is prepared [...]

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