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The Rogue Angel
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What To Do? What To Do? (Dec 24 2004 02:57 GMT) - Get this shit! In my last post I said something about how we have imported more food this year than exported ... and how farmers are paid not to farm. Well, what does Bush decide to do about that? The common sense thing would be to pay our farmers to farm, in my opinion. |
A Moment with FryGuy
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"A Festivus for the rest of us!" (Dec 24 2004 02:57 GMT) - Fooey to the World: Festivus Is ComeBy ALLEN SALKIN @ The NYTGather around the Festivus pole and listen to a tale about a real holiday made fictional and then real again, a tale that touches on philosophy, King Lear, the pool at the Chateau Marmont hotel, a paper bag with a clock inside and, oh yes, a television show about nothing.The first surprise is that from Tampa Bay, Fla., to Washington, from Austin, Tex., to Oxford, Ohio, many real people are holding parties celebrating Festivus, a holiday most believe was invented on an episode of "Seinfeld" first broadcast the week before Christmas in 1997. |
The Angry Economist
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On the Impossibility of Successfully Regulating Businesses (Dec 24 2004 02:57 GMT) - Many businesses are regulated by one agency or another. For example, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Or another, the Federal Communications Commission. Or another, the Food & Drug Administration. The trouble with any of these regulatory agencies is that they have two basic choices: |
The Daily Herald
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Nat'l biz briefs 23 (Dec 24 2004 02:55 GMT) - Fannie Mae under heap of investigationsWASHINGTON -- The forced departure of Franklin D. Raines as chief executive of Fannie Mae hardly ends the turmoil at the nation's second largest financial institution. Civil, criminal and congressional investigations are under way as the mortgage giant's interim managers begin what could be a lengthy process of cleaning up the |
The Daily Herald
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EU court rules Microsoft must divulge some secrets (Dec 24 2004 02:55 GMT) - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- A European Union court ruled Wednesday that Microsoft Corp. must immediately divulge some trade secrets to competitors and produce a version of its flagship Windows operating system stripped of the program that plays music and video. |
The Daily Herald
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Uphill battle for toy train maker (Dec 24 2004 02:55 GMT) - CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- After chugging along for more than a century, Lionel LLC, the venerable maker of model trains, is struggling to stay on track following a nearly $41 million judgment that pushed it into bankruptcy.The ruling against Lionel, once the world's biggest toy maker, has exacerbated the company's existing problems in an industry where there is |
The Daily Herald
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U.S. economic growth in third quarter exceeds forecasts (Dec 24 2004 02:55 GMT) - WASHINGTON -- The economy revved up its engine in the third quarter and advanced at an annual rate of 4 percent-- even faster than previously thought.The new reading on gross domestic product, released Wednesday by the Commerce Department, exceeded the previous estimate of a 3. |
The Daily Herald
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23 biz briefs (Dec 24 2004 02:55 GMT) - AwardsOrem construction company honored -- Big-D Construction of Orem, which has more than 350 workers nationwide, was recognized by Intermountain Contractor magazine for its work on two projects in Salt Lake City and West Jordan.The company received a "Best Renovation/Restoration" award for its work on the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Salt Lake City. |
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