Philip Vaughn
English inventor who developed radial ball bearings for use in carriages. Ball bearings help reduce friction between surfaces by giving a rolling, rather than a sliding, contact surface ...
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Bush names Zoellick to succeed Wolfowitz as World Bank president
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush announced Wednesday the
appointment of Robert Zoellick, a former deputy sec...
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Islamabad (dpa) - Pakistani police have rounded up more than a
dozen people for questioning over last week's suicide bombings in the
southern port city of Karachi, officials...
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A video that remained secret for nearly three years after the horrific Beslan hostage crisis has cast new doubt on official conclusions about what led to the deaths of 334 people, more than half of...
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Six federal police officers involved in President Felipe Calderon's anti-drug operation were being investigated for extortion on Friday after they were videotaped taking money from a driver in the ...
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On paper, the U.S. Army was supposed to be getting "a ball bearing assortment" for $1,409. It was bad enough that the order form marked up the price from $682.50. But there was something about...
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A court Thursday ordered the arrest of two men allegedly involved in what security agents said was a thwarted terror plot planned for Victory Day involving an explosives-laden car, a spokeswoman sa...
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Japan decided Thursday to continue to impose 15 percent punitive
tariffs on U.S. ball bearings and steel products for another year to
retaliate against the continued implementation of a U.S. ...
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Islamabad (dpa) - The suicide attack on Pakistani Interior
Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao fits the pattern of other bombings
this year, investigators said Sunday as funer...
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Factory activity is picking up. The ISM manufacturing index on Monday showed a rise to its highest level since April 2006.With the sector's rebound, many capital equipment stocks are making new hig...
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The Nasdaq composite ended down 0.9% on Wednesday after economic data lowered investors' hopes that the Fed may cut rates at its Sept. 18 meeting.Volume was slightly higher, giving the composite a ...
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Philip Vaughn
Kyodo economic news summary -7-
