Day archives: January 25th, 2005

Microsoft Shareholder Payout Raised US Incomes, Worsened US Deficit

From Windows IT Pro: When Microsoft issued an unprecedented $32.6 billion stock dividend payout to its shareholders in December, the company had a huge effect on the US economy, the US Department of Commerce said this week. According to the agency, the payout raised the average income of US citizens and will likely worsen the …

2 Many Txt Msgs Bad 4 Yr Health, Italian Docs Say

From Yahoo! News Australia: Excessive text messaging may be bad for you, or at least for your fingers. That’s what some Italian doctors think. They are telling people, particularly the young, that furious typing on mobile phones could lead to acute tendonitis.