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Bill Gates
Bill Gates (William Henry Gates 3d), 1955-, American business executive, b. Seattle, Wash. At the age of 19, Gates founded (1974) the Microsoft Corp., a computer software firm, with Paul Allen. They began by purchasing the rights to convert an existing software package. In 1980 they agreed to... Read more |
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Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland Rock band For the Record… Minneapolis Beginnings Near Breakup and a Love-Hate Relations... Read more |
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monopoly
monopoly , market condition in which there is only one seller of a certain commodity; by virtue of the long-run control over supply, such a seller is able to exert nearly total control over prices. In a pure monopoly, the single seller will usually restrict supply to that point on the supply-demand... Read more |
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ATT Inc
AT&T AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) is virtually synonymous with the telephone. It existed as a government-regulated monopoly until its court-ordered breakup in 1984. In return for its monopoly status, the company provided universal phone service at a reasonable cost. For most of... Read more |
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Andy Summers
The Police Rock band For the Record… From Clubs to Commercials Arrested International Charts Sirens of Success Fired up and Burned out Selected discography Sources An unmistakable influence on the music of the 1980s, The Police formed their unique pop rock style in the latter-punk era. Three... Read more |
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Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah Rapper, actress, producer For the Record… Acting Career Honors and Awards Selected discography Sources During the late 1980s, Queen Latifah emerged as one of the most significant artists to enter the scene of rap recording and earned a reputation as one of the most vital female... Read more |
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Serbs
Serbs ETHNONYMS: Srbi, Srbin (singular, masculine), Srpkinja (singular, feminine) Orientation Identification and Location. The majority of Serbs live in the state of Serbia, the larger of the two units of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) that was established in April 1992 after the... Read more |
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Brac
Brač , Ital. Brazza, island (1991 pop. 13,824), 152 sq mi (394 sq km), off the Dalmatian coast in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia. It is a popular summer resort and tourist spot. Supetar (Ital. San Pietro ), a small port, is the island's chief town. The island was fought over by Serbs and Croats... Read more |
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Songhai
Songhai or Songhay , largest of the former empires in the western Sudan region of N Africa. The state was founded (c.700) by Berbers on the Middle Niger, in what is now central Mali. The rulers accepted Islam c.1000. Its power was much increased by Sonni Ali (1464-92), who occupied Timbuktu in... Read more |
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Cuban Americans
CUBAN AMERICANS by Sean Buffington Overview Cuba is an island nation located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea. It is the largest of the Greater Antilles islands. To Cuba's east is the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Off the southeastern coast of... Read more |
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U.S. Appeals Court Overturns Microsoft Breakup Order (updates with more details)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...tobreak up Microsoft and ordered...the dark breakup cloud that...Corp. to court, resulting in the 1984 breakup of that companyinto...year that Microsoft be ... |
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U.S. Appeals Court Overturns Microsoft Breakup Order
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Appeals Court Overturns Proposed Breakup of Microsoft.
...competition, a federal appeals court overturned the proposed breakup of software powerhouse Microsoft. The appeals court...t all good news for Microsoft. The court also ruled...a ... |
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Court Overturns Microsoft Breakup Order.
...A federal appeals court Thursday...ordering the breakup of Microsoft, but unanimously...case against Microsoft -- that...a lower court could still...back to a breakup. "It...forward. The ... |
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Correction: Court Overturns Ruling Ordering Microsoft's Breakup.
...version. Court Overturns Ruling Ordering Microsoft's Breakup By Heather...a federal appeals court panel...ordering Microsoft to be split...systems. Microsoft's Windows...process," the ... |
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Court Overturns Ruling Ordering Microsoft's Breakup.
...Ashcroft called the appeals decision "a...settlement with Microsoft, as long as...planned to pursue a breakup. The appeals court decision gave...finding that Microsoft had illegally...because it allowed ... |
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Court overturns breakup ruling, but says Microsoft broke antitrust...
...Ashcroft called the appeals decision "a...settlement with Microsoft, as long as...planned to pursue a breakup. The appeals court decision gave...finding that Microsoft had illegally...because it allowed ... |
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Court overturns Microsoft breakup
...Department. A federal appeals court unanimously overturned an order that Microsoft be split in two, although...weigh the impact of a Microsoft breakup or to consider alternative...of the case against Microsoft by ruling that ... |
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Court reverses Microsoft breakup: ; Local reaction to appeals court ruling is...
...reversing the breakup, the court refused to overturn the conclusion that Microsoft acted as an illegal...software. The appeals judges said they...Jackson had ruled Microsoft had engaged in...how to punish ... |
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JUDGE IN MICROSOFT CASE GETS A LASHING US APPEALS PANEL HITS JACKSON'S...
...federal Appeals Court panel aimed blistering...case against Microsoft Corp. and raised...Circuit Court of Appeals strongly denounced...comments about Microsoft while he presided...review, the breakup order ... |
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