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- I'm glad to see that Al Gore has officially endoresed Howard Dean, this should add a lot of momentum to his already red-hot campaign. I've gone back and forth on Dean, but what's important right now is getting Bush out... |
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- Outline Approved for Sale of Nets New York Times Dec 9 2003... |
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- I ordered a piece of software from MacMall (no link, obviously, since they're here for crappy customer service). I got an e-mail that it had shipped, uncluding the "tracking number", this huge thirty-digit thing that bore no resemblance to a tracking number for any shipper I'd ever used. I cautiously fed it into all the major companies' tracking systems, all of which replied "Sorry, that's the most screwed up looking thing we've ever seen, and it's certainly not a tracking # for one of our shipments" (well, more or less anyway grin) So I decided to give them a call, and asked innocently "do you have the tracking number for that package?" CSR: "No sir. |
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- Ärzte und gesetzliche Krankenkassen haben sich auf ein Verfahren zum Einzug der Praxisgebühr geeinigt. Der Kompromiss sieht vor, dass die... |
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- Excerpt: "MFS Investment Management, the oldest mutual fund company in the country, allowed privileged clients to trade quickly in and out of its biggest funds while saying it restricted the practice for the vast majority of its shareholders, according to a memorandum from a senior company executive." (New York Times; one-time registration required) |
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- Excerpt: "United Airlines, in urgent need of pension relief before it can emerge from bankruptcy, was hoping for a key legislative victory in Washington on Tuesday, exactly one year after it filed the largest Chapter 11 filing in aviation history." (AP via Washington Post) |
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- Excerpt: "The owners of the nation's oldest mutual fund company, Massachusetts Financial Services Co., said yesterday that they expect the firm to be charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly lying to investors about widespread short-term trading in MFS mutual funds." (Washington Post) |
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- Excerpt: "Answer: Teach your employees the importance of Asset Allocation." (Financial Finesse via WorkIndex.com) |
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- 7 pages. Excerpt: "Under the proposed regulation, in lieu of filing a copy of their state registration forms with the Secretary of Labor, state-registered investment advisers seeking to obtain or maintain investment manager status under Title I of ERISA would have to electronically register through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD) as an investment adviser with the state in which they maintain their principal office and place of business." (U.S. |
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- Excerpt: "Vanguard founder Jack Bogle notes that if a trade is delayed by a day, history suggests it will be completed at a higher price about 51 percent of the time, and prices will move down about 49 percent of the time. What the SEC is implying with the rules proposal is that funds are for long-term investors, and big amounts of time diminish the potential impact of having a trade processed on a Tuesday instead of a Monday." (CBS Marketwatch via Nola.com) |
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- We go spend the night with my DH's parents and I |
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- It dawned on me today that Tootsie Rolls have a very taffy-like consistency. I e-mailed the Tootsie Roll folks in... |
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- MP3 players may not be as hot as DVD players for the holiday season, but Jupiter Research says their shipments have almost doubled this year and will continue to grow. |
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- Wagner's return may come a bit sooner Lorain Morning Journal Dec 9 2003... |
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- ...to us! Hit & Run was publicly launched exactly one year ago today. Over 3,500 entries and 55,000 comments later, we'd like to thank all of our visitors for helping to make the Reason blog a huge success. Since it's the gift-giving season, let me suggest readers give the gift of Reason. Go here for our subscription page. |
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- So I watched part one last night of Battlestar Galactica. I was really afraid it would be horrendously awful, so... |
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- The US Interactive Voice Response (IVR) market had its third down year in a row, losing over 12% in US port sales. |
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- Een nieuwjaarsweblogmeeting op 10 januari. Op een nog nader te bepalen plaats in Utrecht. Stairway to Heaven (waar je veel bier kan drinken) of Florin and Firkin (waar je nog meer whiskey kunt drinken) Ik weet het nog niet. Ik... |
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- David Byrne, who climbed to fame with the Talking Heads, lately has been wrapping his brain around PowerPoint, cranking out art. By Xeni Jardin (Wired News via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
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- Personal revelation: I've learned about myself, that if sufficiently relaxed, i can be concerned (no, make that curious) about whether Mel picks Adam or Zack. |
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- TRENTON, N.J. - As New Jersey's first bear hunt in more than three decades entered its second day on Tuesday, a federal judge lifted an order that had closed the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to bear hunters. |
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- Knee problem recurs, Pippen sidelined again Chicago Tribune Dec 9 2003... |
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- Overstock.com - Current Promotional Links And Coupons. $1 shipping on all Parlor Games and Scooters $5 off $10 (email sign up) $5 off $10 (new customers only) Free shipping on all orders $75 or more (exp. 12/15/03) Save $25 off any order of $300 or more (exp. |
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- I remember the days when rms refused to port Emacs to Windows (or the Macintosh) because they were closed platforms... |
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- Vonage, which offers a flat rate broadband Voice over IP telephone service, is coming out with a new version of the Analog Telephone Adapter box... |
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- Vonage, which offers a flat rate broadband Voice over IP telephone service, is coming out with a new version of the Analog Telephone Adapter box... |
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- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today unveiled a single, comprehensive Web site that will contain information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs. |
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- That e-voting conference is Wednesday (not today like I posted the other day). So I'll be going down to Gaithersburg tomorrow. Still not sure if I'll be blogging it from there; not sure what their connectivitiy is. Travelling to any government facility these days is a bit more involved than it used to be. |
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- Malone, Cuban Can Continue Discussion LA Times Dec 9 2003... |
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- Ever since the Cartoon Network started airing it in syndication, I've been a huge fan of Family Guy. And it... |
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- Let's say you're the Republican district attorney in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and you have just been elected a county judge. You have a lot on your plate, what with changing offices and getting fitted for robes and all that, so you... |
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Shoppimg (Dec 09 2003 15:56 GMT) - So - who is all finished shopping and wrapping?... |
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- Xmas terror "An Austrian trade union has claimed the repetitive playing of Christmas carols in department stores is nothing short of "psycho-terrorism" for its sales staff." (Sky News) In that case, Wham's Last Christmas is a WMD. |
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Galactica (Dec 09 2003 15:56 GMT) - I reserved judgment till I actually saw it, and found myself pleasantly surprised! I even liked the female Starbuck --... |
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- It's Forward and Back For Wizards' Brown Washington Post Dec 9 2003... |
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- Nathan Newman points out what the real problem with China is: Labor unrest in China is widespread. In March and... |
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- There's a new funny TV commercial with Beckham and Victoria in which they spoof American sitcoms that are shown in Japan (it's the typical voice-overs that you're used to hearing). What's especially funny is that Yuko said she saw a... |
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- Exel has launched a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) trial for Selfridges, based from the Company's Hams Hall National Distribution Centre (NDC), West Midlands. Exel is using RFID to track inbound and outbound movements of 120 food temperature-controlled containers, in 20 vehicles. |
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