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Term of the Day for Thursday, August 05, 2010

Nvidia
Oracle
Powerchip Semiconductor
Priceline.Com
Qimonda

Russia’s decision to ban wheat exports for the rest of the year sent prices for the grain soaring Thursday to the highest level in two years …

Seagate Technology
Scientific Games
Sandisk
Salesforce Com
Saic

Term of the Day for Thursday, July 29, 2010

Alltel
Amazon.Com
America Movil
Amkor Technology
Amphenol

There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator’s AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham’s comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington’s comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I’ll join in now.Take-two Interactive Software
Syntel
Syntax-brillian
Synopsys
Synnex

Term of the Day for Thursday, July 29, 2010

Zoran
Zions Ban
Yahoo!
Yahoo
Xilinx

There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator’s AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham’s comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington’s comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I’ll join in now.United Online
Unisys
Triquint Semiconductor
Trimble Navigation Limited
Trident Microsystems

35,000 truckers who deliver fuel are striking against plans to open the industry to non-certified workers — which the government is doing to knock down the union and cut costs.
Today, drivers lined up by the dozens to buy gas at the few open stations, according to Kathimerini. Thursday, the standstill begins.
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Osi Systems
Oracle
Openwave Systems
On Semiconductor
Nvidia

Democrat leaders in the Senate decided Thursday to sideline a contentious plan to limit greenhouses gases. Instead, they will push for a much more modest energy measure which focuses on conservation and issues related to offshore drilling.At&t
Autodesk
Automatic Data Processing
Avnet
Bharti Airtel

Term of the Day for Thursday, July 15, 2010

Ikon Office Solutions
Idt
Ibasis
Hypercom
Hewlett Packard Co