After nearly eight years when intellectual curiosity and an appreciation for nuance were viewed as suspect, does the Obama election herald a restoration for the...
Posted by: seamusm | (2) Comments Last comment: 11/8/2008 9:05:23 PM by glendam
Efforts to restore its recitation have resulted in a dispute.
Posted by: barb | (4) Comments Last comment: 11/15/2008 7:30:45 PM by glendam
New polling and a trickle of stories from the battleground states suggest that Sen. Barack Obama's coalition includes one unlikely group: white voters with negative...
Posted by: seamusm | (3) Comments Last comment: 10/20/2008 2:47:56 PM by ademers1980
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an argument for NOT bailing out the car companies
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The Labor Department says wholesale prices dropped by 2.8 percent in October, the biggest one-month decline in the sixty years since they started keeping such records.
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It has been a golden rule of advertising from its inception - thin models sell more products to women. The only trouble is, it is not true, claims new research.
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US News & World Report will be strictly a web-based magazine from now on
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With consumers pulling back on spending and difficulty competing with Best Buy, Circuit City seeks protection from creditors. Will stay open through 2008 Holiday Season.
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The markets may have been up on election day, but they opened down on Wed. There is still a long road ahead for the U.S. and world economies.
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The Bush administration is considering taking part ownership in certain U.S. banks as an option for dealing with a severe global credit crisis.
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Thinking of stretching what's left of your retirement money? Here's 10 countries you may (or may not) want to consider retiring to.
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Dow futures plunged 550 points before the opening, triggering an automatic suspension, and though it recovered slightly in the first hour of trading, the outlook for the day remained dismal.
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The owner noted the original interior, but the 45-year-old car had no motor and no transmission, and was initially listed for $500.
By: manisha | Updated: 3 days ago by glendam | (1)
I wonder if the super-skinny models make women feel like the product isn't for them.
(in Skinny models are a 'turn off' in advertising)
I had never thought of things in these terms, either.
(in Foreign Automakers Would Benefit From Bailout)
I think it sort of stretches credulity to think that the short term downside for the Japanese and Korean automakers would outweigh their long...
So far he has, if you check out his blog, he's given them the big middle finger. From his perspective it all comes down to whether or not, at...
(in Mark Cuban Charged with Insider Trading)
Interesting that this case is just now getting filed. I wonder if Mark Cuban will be as belligerent towards the SEC enforcement attorneys...
This raises some issues that I had not thought about.
Good points Seamus. On top of all this there's been more and more talk about the Fed lowering interest rates even more and the increasing...
(in Oil dips below $50)
This is one reason many Americans do not want them to get the money. The execs didn't even respond to the questions about if they would fly...
(in Auto CEOs Fly Private Jets to Beg for Bailout)
My big fear is that the traders have been hitching their bids to the equities market, and that they've been ignoring some pretty major...
It will be interesting to see how things work out and how long people try to remain frugal after the economy improves. My grandparents were...
(in The New Frugality: Americans return to thriftine)