Homes of the Billionaries

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In today's tough economic climate, Warren Buffett is setting a good example. The world's second richest man lives in the same five-bedroom, gray stucco house he bought in 1958 for $31,500.

That's right. Legendary investor Buffett, 78, still calls his humble digs in Omaha, Neb.'s Happy Hollow suburb home, despite a $37 billion fortune. That famous folksiness is, of course, in keeping with his investment philosophy. "If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years," he once told a reporter, "then don't own it for 10 minutes."

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UBS Cutting 5,000 management jobs
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Great movies under 90 minutes

These are some of the great movies to watch which has run time of less than 90 minutes:-

1) Paths of Glory(1957) - Director: Stanley Kubrick
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/

2) The Ox-Bow Incident(1943) - Director: William A.Wellman
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036244/

3) Following(1998) - Director: Christopher Nolan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154506/

4) Rope(1948) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/

5) Office Space(1999) - Director: Mike Judge
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/

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Half-million jobs lost

An alarming half-million American jobs vanished virtually in a flash last month, the worst mass layoffs in over a third of a century, as economic carnage spread ever faster and the nation hurtled toward what could be the hardest hard times since the Great Depression.

For complete article

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioHc80xKMiATnqCpK0cDKJzk_nPQD94SQHO80

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Touch Screen Laptop from HP

With the rising popularity of Touch-Screen phones like Apple iPhone and Google/T-Mobile's launch of G1 Phone, HP unveiled its first touch screen laptop.

More details on its features and availability to consumers in the given link below:-

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120867&intsrc=hm_list

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