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NEWS ABOUT: conference

conference stories: 7 news summaries

 Ditch Your Trashy Avatar 

Businesses who use virtual worlds need 3-D dress codes

Oct 8, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With businesses increasingly making use of virtual worlds like Second Life for long-distance training and conferences, it’s important for employees to show a little discretion with their choice of avatar, warns a report from tech advisory firm Gartner. “Because 3-D environments add the visual dimension, they will need... More »

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business • training • Second Life • conference • avatar

 
 
 Jimena, Nearly 
 Category 5, 
 Targets Baja 

Hurricane could hit Los Cabos resorts tomorrow night

Aug 31, 09 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Jimena, nearly strong enough to be classified as the most serious category of storm, could hit the resort-heavy southern tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula by tomorrow evening, the Los Angeles Times reports. Jimena’s winds are at 155mph, at the top end of Category 4. An international economics... More »

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Pacific Ocean • hurricane • conference • resorts • Los Cabos • Baja peninsula • Hurricane Jimena

 In Kenya, 
 Clinton Blasts 
 Graft, Corruption 

Says government responsibility key to 'economic progress'

Aug 5, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton criticized Kenya today for rampant graft and corruption as she made the case that business and trade across Africa cannot grow without good governance and solid democracy. In President Obama's ancestral homeland, the secretary of State said, "True economic progress in Africa will depend on responsible governments... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Africa • Kenya • corruption • conference • Mwai Kibaki • graft • President Obama

(Newser) - The world’s largest cancer conference convened this weekend and offered some hope but no cures, USA Today reports. Researchers are getting closer to developing treatments that are gentler and more individualized, and that increase longevity and quality of life. But a cure remains elusive, and even the most promising... More »

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breast cancer • cancer research • cancer treatment • conference • experimental drugs

 Iranian Prez Dropped Holocaust 
 Denial From UN Speech 

Ahmadinejad had called it 'ambiguous and dubious'

Apr 21, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(AP) - It didn't stop a mass walkout, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad actually toned down the speech he gave at a UN racism conference yesterday, the UN said today, dropping language denying the reality of the Holocaust. In the original text of his speech, he said of Western nations: "Following... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Holocaust • Switzerland • racism • conference • speech • Ban Ki-Moon • denial

(Newser) - Wells Fargo, which received $25 billion in TARP funds, has canceled a swanky corporate retreat in Las Vegas after criticism began to mount, the AP reports. The bank had booked 12 nights at two pricey hotels to recognize top employees. Wells Fargo initially defended the retreat when news of it... More »

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Las Vegas • Wells Fargo • mortgage brokers • conference • Wynn Las Vegas • corporate retreat • Wall Street bailout • junket

Anti-Vista Mom Corners Hapless Microsoft CEO

Ballmer counters emotional frustration with techie excuses

Oct 11, 07 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though he may rule the boardroom, all it took to unravel Microsoft’s chief executive was a mom on a rampage about his new Vista operating system. An analyst questioning Steve Ballmer at a conference said she’d become an early Vista adopter at her 13-year-old daughter’s request—only... More »

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Microsoft • Microsoft Vista • software • operating system • Steve Ballmer • conference

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