Tag: business
member name: Sheryl O.
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May 31, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
GREAT SAVINGS PLAN
(Actual letter from an Iowa resident and sent to his senator)
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January 14, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
It's been quite a year for the economy:
The Federal Reserve, lawmakers and central banks scrambled to ease the resulting credit crunch caused by the sub-prime morgage meltdown;
Oil climbed . . .
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February 06, 2008 04:42 PM EST --
Do you know who Angelo Mozilo is? He's the CEO of Countrywide Financial, the nation's largest mortgage lender and the primary source of the subprime mortgages whose defaults are roiling . . .
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April 26, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
This is a letter to all the men and women in the media who are responsible for making the decisions about what gets communicated to the American public under the guise of “news”. This . . .
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May 03, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
It hit me right in the gut last night. I was discussing our recent read, Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (author of The English Patient), with my library book club and all of us agreed . . .
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July 06, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Ever have one of those moments where your brain just takes a mini-vacation? Where all your experience and common sense just checks out for a few minutes? Well, just had one. It goes like . . .
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July 13, 2007 09:31 AM EDT --
Exactly how clueless does Bush think the American people are? He continues to talk about U.S. citizens as if we were as ignorant and naive as he is. The latest is that we are all suffering . . .
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October 09, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
I recently read an editorial by Melinda Gates, wife of Bill Gates and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She cited this stat:
Number of students who dropped out of U.S. high . . .
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May 25, 2007 11:20 AM EDT --
In the recent discussions about immigration issues I have seen on Gather and in the larger media, I have seen/heard very little about the problems unique to highly skilled immigrants, most with higher . . .
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June 20, 2007 02:59 PM EDT --
I recently watched a Frontline show outlining the first few weeks following the fall of Saddam in Iraq. It was one of the most frustrating shows I have ever seen. The main focus was on Paul . . .
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November 08, 2007 11:11 AM EST --
Yesterday, the House passed by a 235-184 vote the first Federal ban on job discrimination based on sexual orientation, something gay rights groups have been lobbying for for years. The "Employment . . .
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April 09, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
This is very important advice for every American to take to heart:
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....and, it's free.
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April 14, 2008 03:14 PM EDT --
I love Warren Buffet. First, he's an amazingly intelligent, wise, hard-working individual who is essentially self-made, although his father was a stock broker and encouraged his interest in . . .
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December 28, 2007 12:32 PM EST --
I was waiting in line in a city bank the other day when I noticed two small African-American boys, probably around 5 or 6 years of age, sitting in a small waiting area in the center of the bank. . . .
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October 15, 2007 09:49 AM EDT --
Over this past weekend, Verizon has made what appears to be substantial changes in its its terms of service, to giving the company the right to share sensitive calling data with third parties. In . . .
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March 28, 2008 11:30 AM EDT --
I keep Google Finance up during the day at work and periodically check on the financial headlines, as well as the general direction of the market for the day (we follow a passive investment strategy . . .
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January 16, 2007 12:33 PM EST --
Starting this year, Tennessee will require drug dealers to pay state excise taxes on illegal substances they acquire and/or sell. A 10-person tax agency has been created at a one-time start-up . . .
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June 18, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
Maybe you're one of those folks who are overwhelmed with the regular day-to-day work your life demands, so when a special project comes up, you put it off because you just can't seem to find the . . .
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July 02, 2007 10:42 AM EDT --
In all the recent litigation-mania going on in the United States of late, it seemed at least love was above all the muck. Not so. Last week, a Cook County, Illinois judge ordered German . . .
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September 10, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
The mayor of Megion, in Russia's Siberia region, has banned municipal employees from making excuses about not getting work done. Mayor Alexander Kuzmin says he had lost patience with his reports . . .
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