Commentary RSS : Gourt http://business.gourt.com/Information-Technology/News-and-Media/Internet/Commentary.xml en-us Copyright 2007, Gourt.com 2008-10-07T11:43+13:00 rtruog@gourt.com rtruog@gourt.com Commentary RSS : Gourt hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 Fed to buy massive amounts of short-term debt http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008215014_apfinancialmeltdown.html?syndication=rss World stocks swoon; new rescue weighed http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008234544_econworld070.html?syndication=rss Positions harden in Boeing strike; McNerney, unions spar over outsourcing http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008234388_boeing07.html?syndication=rss Drug firms open vaults in search for TB treatment http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008234549_tbdrugs07m0.html?syndication=rss Microsoft's Mundie gives campuses peek at tech's future 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