Wednesday, December 14, 2011

How it works

How it works

How it works

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 06:47 AM PST

It's touching that the Internal Revenue Service wants to give you a break when the stock market tanks. However, this doesn't mean the weighing and applying of capital losses is simple.

Top Trends of 2011: Frictionless Sharing

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 09:25 AM PST

This year, Facebook unleashed frictionless sharing. As with most things Facebook, it stirred up controversy among everyone from the casual Facebook user to tech industry insiders. Here's how it works: Anytime you're reading news from a social news app or listening to music from a social music app, Facebook automatically shares it to your Facebook profile (soon to be Timeline ). Frictionless ...

Amazon PriceCheck app: Use it, get a discount

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 08:34 AM PST

(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) People who use Amazon's PriceCheck app to compare prices while holiday shopping can score a 5 percent discount this coming Saturday. Here's how it works: Amazon's free PriceCheck app lets you look up almost any item to compare the store's price with that of other retailers. You can either scan the product's barcode, snap a picture of it, speak its name ...

Q+A: How does Egypt's parliamentary election system work?

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST

(Reuters) - Egyptians voted on Wednesday in the second round of a parliamentary election, part of a lengthy transition to civilian rule after generals took charge following Hosni Mubarak's removal from office in February. Below are some questions and answers about how voting works and what is at stake: HOW MANY SEATS? The staggered vote that started on November 28 is to fill 498 seats in the ...

'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo': How Does It Compare To The Swedish Version?

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 12:34 PM PST

For the millions of fans who love the goth feminist hacker Lisbeth Salander who have been waiting for David Fincher's new version of the Stieg Larsson novel to hit the theaters on December 20 , it might not even matter how good the film is so long as it hews closely enough to the beloved book.

Unreasonable Rate Review for Health Insurance

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 03:20 PM PST

If you want to get an understanding of how the health reform law works, both in theory and practice, it would be a good idea to take a look at the process called "rate review." The idea is that health insurance premiums can be restrained by forcing health insurance companies to explain "unreasonable" premium increases ...

New fronts in the battle against age-related diseases

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 07:59 PM PST

Aging is still the enemy, but the Mayo team's goal is to understand how it works and how to get in its way.

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