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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer maker, has scheduled its first-quarter earnings announcement after Tuesday's market close. The global market for computing is bullish, IBM's push into more services along its verticals remains on course and the Armonk, N.Y., company appears to have made a seamless transition to new CEO Virginia Rometty, 54, who succeeded Samuel Palmisano, 60, who remains chairman.

Ron Winslow on Lunch Break looks at how to prevent a heart attack, and Melinda Beck discusses symptoms to look out for and what to do while waiting for paramedics. Photo: Getty Images.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), the No. 1 chipmaker, is scheduled to report first-quarter results after markets close Tuesday. As always, Intel's report will be a bellwether for the semiconductor industry. Earnings are expected to be good but not as dramatically higher than last year, when they were compared with the 2010 downturn.

If he holds out long enough, Angus King could become a kingmaker.   The insistently independent Senatorial candidate from Maine is adding extra angst to this November's closely contested Congressional elections. The stakes are high; Democrats currently enjoy a slim majority in the Senate, but upcoming elections threaten to tip the balance. A full 33 seats are contested this year, and 23 of those are currently occupied by Democrats. If Republicans can grab just four of those Senate positions, they'll... Читать дальше...

Many of the estimated 200,000 living Holocaust survivors face a new trauma in their final years, as they are overwhelmed by terrible memories they’ve successfully contained for 70 years. In some cases, the return of these memories is the outcome of a natural instinct, as we age, to look back over our lives. For others, […]

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Jill Lepore examines the history of gun ownership in America, from the Second Amendment and the N.R.A to George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin.