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The Audit Bureau of Circulation has released circulation figures on the nation's top twenty newspapers, and the overall news isn't good. ABC is an independent organization which measures paid circulation...
Posted on April 29, 2008 1:30 AM
Nearly half of US states, including most of the most populous states, have combined state/federal corporate tax rates higher than even Japan (the country with the overall highest national rate),...
Posted on March 24, 2008 4:15 PM
I know Jayson Javitz has already explained the sub-prime mortgage market and its implications, but some readers complain he uses too many words. So, here is Merle Hazard with his...
Posted on December 17, 2007 2:09 PM
The Audit Bureau of Circulation released circulation figures for the nation's daily newspapers based on the reporting period ended in September, and the news isn't good. Only four of the...
Posted on November 6, 2007 12:43 AM
I have many times pointed to the day Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger, Jr. took over the reins of The New York Times as the beginning of the end for the then-"newspaper...
Posted on September 28, 2007 1:42 AM
The strike may be over, Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin report for the Associated Press: The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. said Wednesday they have reached a tentative...
Posted on September 26, 2007 5:07 AM
UPDATE 12:32 p.m.: The issues were NOT resolved, and the UAW is on strike - their first against GM in almost ten years, and their first national strike against...
Posted on September 24, 2007 3:52 AM
The latest brilliant idea to raise taxes "on the rich" targets so-called "private equity partnerships," including hedge funds, and aims to take away their ability for profits to be taxed...
Posted on August 16, 2007 10:22 PM
The markets' free fall may have ended this afternoon as the Federal Reserve Board pumped another $38 billion into the banking system to avoid the feared liquidity crisis, matching the...
Posted on August 10, 2007 3:13 PM
With the passing of Michael Vale, most famous for portraying Fred the Baker in Dunkin' Donuts commercials for 15 years (as well as a stint in the 70's as Sam...
Posted on December 29, 2005 5:00 AM
At 3:31 this morning, I was awakened by a crank call. Two apparently drunken college students thought it would be funny to wake me from a sound sleep and insult...
Posted on December 26, 2005 11:00 AM
A friend of mine happened to mention her Christmas bonus,and that happened to remind me of a few things that happened several years ago. I used to work for a...
Posted on December 22, 2005 5:00 AM
I didn't realize until recently that Dunkin' Donuts, that quintessentially American franchise, was French-owned. I saw the French crullers and the French Roast coffee, and didn't think twice. I couldn't...
Posted on December 13, 2005 2:00 PM
Joel Mowbray looks at the integrity issues behind a new survey about Wal Mart by John Zogby. Mowbray points out that Zogby fails to disclose that he's been paid nearly...
Posted on December 9, 2005 12:39 PM
Earlier this week, in Lexington, Massachusetts, a house blew up. The occupants got out just in time, but the Civil War-era home was virtually levelled. Initial reports indicated a gas...
Posted on November 11, 2005 1:00 PM
Back in the 70's, when the feminist movement really began to take hold (at least as I perceived it), one of the battle cries of the feminists was that advertising...
Posted on November 7, 2005 7:30 PM
A little while ago, I wrote about how it seems that union benefits seems to fall on those who belong to them, not those that work for them. I illustrated...
Posted on October 4, 2005 7:05 AM
When I was learning to drive, I would often look for the cheapest gas prices in town. (This being a very small town, my options were pretty limited -- I...
Posted on September 26, 2005 8:00 PM
One of the issues that I've been discussing with Paul is the microeconomic impact of Hurricane Katrina on middle class homeowners in New Orleans. One thing that could really hurt...
Posted on September 15, 2005 3:45 PM
For as long as I can remember, Wal-Mart has been The Great Satan to unions. Their fierce resistance to allowing unions into their stores and facilities has been a thorn...
Posted on September 13, 2005 6:00 AM
Even while the draining of New Orleans is barely started, and the city still not fully evacuated, the infighting over who will rebuild the city (and, more importantly, be paid...
Posted on September 11, 2005 5:30 PM
It's an established legal precedent that a publicly-traded business' highest priority is to maximize its stock value, to preserve and protect the owners' investment. CEOs and boards of directors who...
Posted on September 11, 2005 6:30 AM
I've worked my share (hell, more than my share) of retail jobs, and I know how miserable they can be. But maybe I'm an oddball; I've always felt that if...
Posted on September 10, 2005 4:00 PM
With gas prices running above $3.00/gallon of late, a lot of people have been wondering what we can do about it. Some have proposed price controls (such as Hawaii --...
Posted on September 4, 2005 3:00 PM
I've never been a fan of the latest trend in businesses naming themselves or their products after made-up words. Yes, I undertand it's easier to get a trademark on Agilent...
Posted on August 22, 2005 3:30 PM
...with Comcast, the cable provider in my area. Here's the first part of their automated answering system: "Thank you for calling Comcast. If you would like to continue in English,...
Posted on August 18, 2005 4:39 PM
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Britney Spears is on vacation in Costa Rica with Mel Gibson and his wife. Of course the paparazzi weren't far behind. These bikini photos do beg the question, "is...
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"They're trying to fool you. They're trying to scare you and they're not telling the truth," a fired-up Obama declared while campaigning in South Dakota. "But it's not going to work. Both Bush and McCain represent the failed foreign policy and fear mongering of the past," Obama said. "I believe the American people are ready to reject this approach and to choose the future."
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A few years ago, I had the privilege of speaking to a gentleman who worked for the Gallup Organization. We had a substantive discussion about the business and standards of...
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Sen. John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, public records show.
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Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter known as the fastest man on no legs, will be allowed to compete at the Beijing Olympics after a ban on his prosthetic limbs...
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A spy in the audience of this Thursdays taping of the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" tells us that after Ellen mentioned the California Supreme Court ruling striking down the state's...
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Forget the engagement buzz. Not only are Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson not getting married, they're not even an item anymore. After reuniting less than two months ago, the...
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Thou shalt find the Ten Commandments up for bid this summer. A pair of faux granite tablets that Charlton Heston cradled in the 1956 biblical epic "The Ten Commandments"...
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Actress Anne Heche has blamed the cancellation of TV series Men In Trees for her inability to pay child support. The star was granted a reprieve in the monthly...
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More secret details of Angelina Jolie's pregnancy have been exposed by a Kung Fu Panda co-star - Dustin Hoffman has revealed the actress is due to give birth to...
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