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The Technology Chronicles
Had the bidding not reached the reserve price, the FCC could have scrapped the C block auction and tried again without the open access condition that required the winner to connect all devices and applications. The open access rule is important for companies like Google, which can be assured that its applications and services are able to run freely on the new network. .
Iraq: The Road to Learning Can Be Dangerous
The income is now a good deal better. "We have started to buy back what we sold during the last 10 years of the previous regime," Prof. Abdullah Mahdi from Diyala University in Baquba, 40 km northeast of Baghdad, told IPS. "We had sold our furniture and all we had just to eat." "Now almost all professors have their own cars for the first time," said Prof. Adnan Juma'a from the university. Today, a newly appointed university teacher can receive a salary of 500,000 Iraqi Dinars (400 dollars). A senior professor can get 1,000 dollars a month. And yet, not many say life is better. The university campus is located seven kilometres from the town. Many professors have been killed or kidnapped by militiamen and criminals en route. "Professors, employees and students have stopped coming to the colleges and to their offices for fear of being kidnapped or killed," the head of one department told IPS on condition of anonymity.
More generics are added to retailer's $4 program
• During the past year, Wal-Mart estimates that it has saved customers more than $613.5 million. • Since September 2006, nearly 40 percent of prescriptions filled in Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Neighborhood Market pharmacies were $4 prescriptions. • With the changes announced Thursday, the program now offers a product for up to 95 percent of the prescriptions written in the majority of therapeutic categories. • The full list is available at www.walmart.com/pharmacy. Source: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. .
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