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What’s your issue and why?

May 26th, 2010 | No Comments

What issue will press your buttons when you cast your ballot on November 2?

 

Voters deeply care about a world of issues, polls say, including the economy, health care, the federal deficit, education, Iraq, Afghanistan, terrorism and many others. Which of these topics — or any others — is most important to you?  Why? We want to know! Here’s your chance to sound off. Write us — or better yet — switch on your video camera and tell us what will be at the top of your mind in the ballot booth this Election Day.

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What’s your issue and why?

May 26th, 2010 | No Comments

What issue will press your buttons when you cast your ballot on November 2?

 

Voters deeply care about a world of issues, polls say, including the economy, health care, the federal deficit, education, Iraq, Afghanistan, terrorism and many others. Which of these topics — or any others — is most important to you?  Why? We want to know! Here’s your chance to sound off. Write us — or better yet — switch on your video camera and tell us what will be at the top of your mind in the ballot booth this Election Day.

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Microsoft’s Week Involved Cloud Strategy, EU Ballot Screen, Windows 7 Sales

March 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft put heavy emphasis on the cloud this week, with CEO Steve Ballmer announcing during a March 4 discussion at the University of Washington that the company intended to use cloud functionality as the jumping-off point for its future products and services. In the meantime, Microsoft’s issues with the European Commission, the EU’s antitrust regulatory body that voiced concern over the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows, may not be over yet. And Windows 7 reportedly continued to sell strongly.
– Microsoft announced a substantial bet this week, with
CEO Steve Ballmer indicating during a March 4
talk at the University of
Washington that his company would
henceforth rely on the cloud as inspiration for its upcoming products and
services.

quot;We shipped Windows 7, which had a lot tha…


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Opera CEO: Browser Ballot Is Good for Consumers

October 28th, 2009 | No Comments

In an interview with eWEEK, Jon Tetzchner, CEO of Opera, which brought an antitrust case against Microsoft in European Union courts, talks about some of the latest developments in the case.
– LONDON Jon Tetzchner has led
Opera in many battles. Currently, the CEO of
Opera Software is leading the company’s fight in the European Commission
antitrust courts against Microsoft, claiming the software giant illegally bundles
its Internet Explorer browser with the Windows operating system. Th…


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London Tube workers to hold strike ballot over pay

October 12th, 2009 | No Comments

London Underground workers are to vote on whether to strike in a long-running dispute over pay, their union said on Monday. Bob Crow, head of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) Union, said his members deserved a bigger pay rise to reflect “the real costs of living and working in an

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Feith urges Serbs to go to ballot box

October 7th, 2009 | No Comments

EU Special Envoy to Kosovo Pieter Feith has called on Serbs to participate in the local elections in Kosovo scheduled for November 15. Feith expects higher turnout in this election, adding that the results will have to be honored.

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SNS leader expects March ballot

August 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Opposition Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić believes that the current government is not handling the economic crisis well. This, he told Beta news agency in an interview on Saturday, will eventually force early elections, and mentioned March 2010 as the likely date.

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Afghan polls lay hope for power of ballot box

August 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

AfghanistanAfghanistan’s contested presidential election has the potential to lay the foundations for a political system in which opposing factions draw broad support and power changes hands at the ballot box. With the result still too close to call, leading candidates, the Afghan government and the


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Moldova goes back to the polls

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Moldovans are voting again for the second time in less than four months. The snap ballot is a test of whether the electorate will choose the communists – and take the country closer to Moscow – or the opposition liberals and centrists – who favor closer relations with the West.

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Kristina Wilfore: Signature Gathering Reform: The Most Critical and Immediate Fix to Direct Democracy

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Offering free food outside a homeless shelter in exchange for a signature on a petition to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. Telling voters…

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