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Renata Sellitti: Unemployment Blues

September 5, 2010

My name is Renata, and I have a confession to make: I’m unemployed. I lost my job early last year, becoming part of the country’s 9.6 percent unemployment rate, and I’ve been a statistic ever since. This past year, I’ve learned when you lose your job you may very well lose your mind too

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Lindsey Graham Gets It Wrong On The Stimulus: Blames Legislation For U.S. Job Losses

September 5, 2010

A top issue on the Sunday morning talk shows was the Obama administration’s record on jobs, with Republicans hitting the stimulus and calling for an extension of the Bush tax cuts. To make, his case, however, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) completely distorted the effects of the stimulus, calling it a “disaster” and trying to tie it to millions of U.S.

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Lloyd Chapman: An Open Letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

August 31, 2010

I read your speech from Friday at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In the speech you stated, “the Committee is prepared to provide additional monetary accommodation through unconventional measures if it proves necessary, especially if the outlook were to deteriorate significantly.” ( http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20100827a.htm ) It appears we are sliding into another recession and I have a simple suggestion that will redirect more money into the middle class and create more jobs than any policy proposal the Obama Administration has put forth to date

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David Isenberg: GAO PSC Interview Transcripts Online

August 26, 2010

Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy the transcripts of twenty three interviews done by the Government Accountability Office, prepared pursuant to its July 2005 report ” Rebuilding Iraq: Actions Needed To Improve Use of Private Security Providers ,” are now online in a single, searchable document.

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Karma’s Real and So Is Caitriona Taylor: Kulae Introduces New President

August 25, 2010

From Marketwire – Management Changes : NORWELL, MA–(Marketwire – August 25, 2010) –  Kulae is pleased to announce Caítríona Taylor’s promotion to President. Caítríona Taylor recently served as Chief Operating Office for Kulae’s US operations. As President, Caítríona will oversee all global operations. She will continue to increase the number of studios that carry the Kulae line, while also introducing products in regional and national sporting goods stores. In addition, Caítríona will expand Kulae’s wholesale business into the Canadian and European market.  Continue here: Karma’s Real and So Is Caitriona Taylor: Kulae Introduces New President

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Tony Greenberg: Surfing the WWC (The Worldwide Wine Club)

August 25, 2010

What Happens When A Wine Club Is Anything But Exclusive “I’d never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.”Groucho Marx Recently, I got a cold call at the office from a wine club I recently had joined (mostly for research, actually). The club had a hot deal, what the caller said was a great wine at a phenomenal price, and the cases were sure to be gone soon

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Nelson Davis: Relationships and the N-Word

August 24, 2010

I’m feeling a bit sorry for Dr. Laura Schlessinger right now as I gaze at the wreckage left behind after an indulgent and misguided five minutes of spraying the N-Word across the airwaves. She obviously shattered some important relationships with her listeners, advertisers and radio stations

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David Isenberg: Thinking Outside the Nationalist Box: PMC and International Humanitarian Law

August 23, 2010

It may be hard to believe, given all the attention paid to the issue of legal accountability of private military contractors in recent years that there is anything left to say on the subject. From a U.S.

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Ken Lewis BLASTS Merrill Lynch-Bank Of America Merger Lawsuit, Calls It ‘Implausible’

August 22, 2010

NEW YORK — Lawyers for former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis said in a court filing that a lawsuit accusing him of misleading investors during the company’s 2009 merger with Merrill Lynch was “implausible” and “inconsistent,” and should be tossed out. The filing was a response to a civil lawsuit submitted by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in February which accused Lewis and Bank of America of failing to properly disclose losses and bonuses at Merrill before the deal closed

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Bush Tax Cuts: Less Than One-Third Support Extending Reduced Rates (POLL)

August 20, 2010

Fewer than one in three Americans favor extending tax cuts enacted into law by former President George W. Bush when they expire at the end of this year, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll released Friday. The survey finds that 31 percent say they support allowing the cuts to continue for all taxpayers, regardless of income level.

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