Bharatiya Janata Party’s new chief Nitin Gadkari said the RSS, the ideological parent of the party, was not going to take over the political party. Source : Times of India (subscribe) Explore : Asia, India, Technology, World ...

One of the interesting trends of 2009 has been the gradual decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news and niche topics. Source : Voices (subscribe) Explore : Technology, Technology Blogs ...

This isa guest post by Anand Srinivasan founder the World’s first Ask&Answer Website – KnewThis.com. Learn more about how the website works by clicking here There were days when RSS subscriptions was the key to determine how big a website you have or how authoritative you are in your domain. It is still that way, to [...] Are RSS Subscriber...

… bad fire day the day I did this, but at the end of the day, I had 400 fire summaries in my google reader. It doesn’t seem to be of much practical use to me. Why not make it area specific? Source : High Riser (subscribe) Explore : Technology ...

… content will come from sources that enhance what you write about on your site. This offers your readers more information at no real cost to you. Suggestions for the cyclur widget: Add a simple sizing option for the width of the widget. (I’m sure the code can be edited. But most people don’t want to mess with the code.) Make it so the RS...

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Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street: 1. The Treasury yield curve, or the relationship between the rate on short term and long term government debt, rose to a record high this week, signaling that traders see the economic recovery fueling inflation. It could also signal that the investors see demand for the record le...

Merrimac Industries, Inc. (AMEX: MRM) 37.5% HIGHER; Crane Co. (NYSE: CR) and Merrimac announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Merrimac by Crane. Crane will pay $16.00 cash per share of common stock of Merrimac and associated common stock purchase rights. Under the terms of the agreement, Crane will commen...

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced today that Teva-KOWA Pharma Co., Ltd., the Company’s joint venture in Japan with KOWA Company, Ltd., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority of the outstanding shares of Taisho Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, Teva-KOWA Pharma will p...

Below are some notable insider transactions disclosed after the close 12/23 thru early 12/24: Purchases: None Sales: Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) CEO Ronald Sargent sold 389,375 shares on 12/21 at $24.40 after exercising options that were set to expire in 2010. Marvell Technology (Nasdaq: MRVL) VP, CTO Pantas Sutardja sold 200,000 shares on 12/21 at $20...