Office Next blog is here to answer all your burning questions about the future of spreadsheets

Microsoft has this really great habit of publicly tracking the development of all its products. Windows 8 has been thoroughly documented over at the Building Windows 8 blog, and now Office will have its time to shine over at Office Next. The site will give the engineers and developers toiling away in Redmond an outlet to provide updates, discuss design decisions and offer peeks at the new features being baked in. It won’t be just a place full of bullet lists either, PJ Hough, the VP of program management for the Office Division, promised in his inaugural post that the data and feedback that informs their choices will also be shared — telling you not just what, but why. Is there anything new to share right now? Sadly no, but it probably won’t be long before the pages of Engadget are filled with the minutia of Office 15’s development.

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Germany wants religious circumcision protected

BERLIN (AP) — The German government sought to reassure Jewish and Muslim parents Friday that they will continue to be able to circumcise their sons according to religious tradition, despite a local court’s ruling that the practice amounts to bodily harm….
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Germany wants religious circumcision protected

BERLIN (AP) — The German government wants to ensure Jewish and Muslim parents can continue circumcising their sons despite a local court’s ruling that the practice amounts to criminal bodily harm….
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The Rolling Stones’ Stylish Ladies

I have always been obsessed with Marianne Faithfull’s style including her bangs, her effortless good-girl-meets-rockstar wardrobe and, of course, her on-and-off-again best friend, the Italian actress Anita Pallenberg. These two shared more than floppy hats, however, as both ’60s style icons dated members of the iconic British band The Rolling Stones.

Pallenberg dated guitarist/harmonica player Brian Jones in the 1960s, and left him for singer/guitarist Keith Richards when the three were traveling in Morocco. She and Richards were together from 1967 to 1979, when he met his current wife American model Patti Hansen.

But the list of style icons doesn’t end there. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones‘ first gig in London, we’ve put together a slideshow of their most fashionable wives, girlfriends and alleged flings including Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, L’Wren Scott and even former first lady of France, Carla Bruni. Who do you think has the best style?

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Red States Are the Big Winners from Obamacare’s New Rules

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Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — aka “Obamacare” — has passed muster before the Supreme Court, the next question is how it will be implemented. Some parts of the law, like the one that will stop insurers from denying you care for preexisting conditions, will simply go into effect at their appointed times. To bring other provisions online, however, the federal government will have to work with individual states, some which have governors intensely opposed to the…

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Merchants May Win the Right to Charge Credit Card Users More

Filed under: Retail, MasterCard, Visa, Credit Cards

The cost of paying with plastic may be about to rise, giving pause to those consumers who use credit cards to make small, everyday purchases.

That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports that a lengthy legal battle between a group of retailers and the world’s two largest credit card networks, Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA), may be nearing an end. The merchants have long sought the right to charge customers more for paying with a credit card, which would help them defray the cost…

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Merchants May Win the Right to Charge Credit Card Users More

Filed under: Retail, MasterCard, Visa, Credit Cards

The cost of paying with plastic may be about to rise, giving pause to those consumers who use credit cards to make small, everyday purchases.

That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports that a lengthy legal battle between a group of retailers and the world’s two largest credit card networks, Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA), may be nearing an end. The merchants have long sought the right to charge customers more for paying with a credit card, which would help them defray the cost…

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A Farewell to Marvin Traub: The Retail Genius Who Changed How You Shop

Filed under: People, Retail, Shopping

You might never have heard of Marvin Traub, but the former CEO of Bloomingdale’s (M), who died this week at 87, forever changed retailing.

Revered by his industry peers as a merchant king, Traub brought a panache and romance to product displays that redefined how retailers merchandise their stores.

Here’s five ways he altered the way Americans shop.

1. He Invented ‘Retailing as Theater‘

During his 41-year career at Bloomingdale’s, Traub created what came to be known as “retailing as…

A Farewell to Marvin Traub: The Retail Genius Who Changed How You Shop originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-07-12T17:09:00Z.

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