BusinessWeek – The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is about to undergo its biggest makeover in more than a decade, and test prep companies are gearing up to help students get ready to take the radically redesigned exam.
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GMAT Test Prep: Changes on the Way
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Reuters – Sirius XM Radio on Wednesday posted better-than expected quarterly revenue, citing a sharp jump in subscribers to its pay-radio service and customers’ desire for premium programing.
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Sirius XM posts slim Q2 profit
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Reuters – Sirius XM Radio on Wednesday posted better-than expected quarterly revenue, citing a sharp jump in subscribers to its pay-radio service and customers’ desire for premium programing.
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Sirius XM posts slim Q2 profit
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Reuters – Belgian financial services group KBC and Franco-Belgian banking group Dexia have passed tests designed to assess their health in the event of a downturn, two Belgian newspapers said over the weekend.
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Dexia, KBC have passed bank stress tests: paper
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AP – The Obama administration has approved five state-designed plans to help homeowners as part of a $1.5 billion effort to assist areas slammed by the housing bust.
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Calif., Fla., other states to get more housing aid
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Reuters – The British film industry warned Monday that cuts to a government tax relief system designed to make producing movies in the country financially attractive, would be devastating for the sector.
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UK film industry warns against tax relief cuts
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Scientists are reporting that they have designed and created a genome and then used it to control a cell. Genome pioneer Craig Venter explains how the genome was made and how, one day, it might help scientists engineer bacteria for specific purposes, such as making fuel.
The 100-ton concrete-and-steel contraption designed to siphon off the oil fouling the Gulf of Mexico has arrived at the spot in the sea where a blown-out well is spewing hundreds of thousands of gallons a day. BP says it expected to be dropped in place this afternoon.
AP – Spain’s government announced a 90 percent cut in hiring of civil servants as part of an austerity plan designed to chip away at a ballooning budget deficit.
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Spain slashes hiring to cut deficit
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