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21
Nov
2009
Buying A Franchise Isn't Like Buying A New Car

1 hour ago by The Franchise King

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dugasj/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 How do I know? Because I was in the car business for more than a decade. The emotions involved in a new car purchase are quite intense. This question, asked by every automobile salesperson, sometimes brings out feelings that the new car buyer ha ...

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Hacked Server - Climate Change Emails and Docs

5 hours ago by cactii

You've probably heard by now that a server at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in Britain was recently hacked. Supposed documents and copies of emails were leaked onto the internet and some of them aren't 100% supportive of believers of climate change. I've already seen po ...

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Giving something back to Totnes

11 hours ago by Marcus Brown

I woke up this morning, hungover and in a right old state. Another night of mad dreams and worry has taken it's toll and, although our meeting yesterday was very constructive the overall situation is still rather worrying. I've been down and not good at hiding it and I've been bringing members of te ...

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Howell Does Good

18 hours ago by Craig Orndorff

Long time readers will know that Speaker Bill Howell, who was recently re-elected to his position as Speaker of the House (or is at least the Republican pick, though the current majority more or less secures his choice by the Caucus), is not exactly one of my favorites. I’m not going to back away fr ...

On the Western Banks of ... - craigorndorff.com · Rank: 132,013 · 9 references

Audit the Federal Reserve

19 hours ago by Áine

Click here to view the embedded video. On The ED Show, Rep. Alan Grayson discusses the bill to audit the Fed, which passed out of the Financial Services Committee on November 20, 2009. Click here to view the embedded video. Rep. Ala ...

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This is what reform sounds like… part II

21 hours ago by cate

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Thank you Chairman Gensler for your heavy lifting on derivatives reform. More on derivatives reform at Riski…

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20
Nov
2009
Heroes of the meltdown

22 hours ago by Marc

Not many heroes emerged from the rubble of the global financial meltdown. Two are Sheila Bair, the chair of the FDIC, and Brooksley Born, the former head of the CFTC. Both warned of the crisis. Both were ignored. In a June 2008 column—written before things got really bad—Steven Pearlstein of the Was ...

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How Highbury Safika dupes journalists into writing advertorial

23 hours ago by David Le Page

About a year ago, I first wrote for a magazine, African Communications, in the Highbury Safika stable. The editor, James Retief, requested that I contact and interview particular people for my articles, which I initially took as being conventional editorial suggestions. But when I saw the published ...

Leaves caution behind - lepageblog.wordpress.com · 5 references

REPORT:$53 billion of Iraqi reconstruction efforts may go to waste

1 day ago by onthedefense

From NYT By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS BAGHDAD — In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substati ...

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Budget Transparency

1 day ago by David

Kudos to Williams for being transparent to faculty/students/staff/alumni about its plans for budget cutting. Consider: Williams Budget Adjustment Summary (PDF) Williams Budget Adjustment Presentation (PDF) Fascinating stuff. My comments below: 1) My mistake! Those documents are for Swarthmore, not W ...

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