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General Motors, the American automobile giant, is recalling more than 1.5 million 2007-2009 model cars, trucks and crossovers. They are doing this to disable a heated washer fluid system module that poses a fire risk. Because the feature is being disabled, GM is making a voluntary payment of $100 to the owner or lessee...
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British Petroleum announced on June 2 that it supports the United States government’s decision to proceed with the construction of six sections of the Louisiana barrier islands proposal. BP will fund the effort to build the six sections which will cost an estimated $360 million BP will not manage or contract directly for the...
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a few words (and a couple of dodges) regarding newfound competition from Google. When asked at the Wall Street Journal’s D8 Conference about Google’s rival products like Android, and whether he felt betrayed by the company (Google CEO Eric Schmidt left Apple’s Board of Directors), Jobs offered: “My sex...
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If money is tight, the best thing to do is make more money. But often times that is easier said than done. Let’s say you need some groceries. You head over to your Neighborhood Market or whatever is in your area. You grab some food, stuff it into your cart and go to the...
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There is, as you might know a huge oil spill sitting in the Gulf of Mexico. Sitting is a slight understatement as the oil spill continues to grow by over 5,000 barrels per day. There are a lot of things that are being done to try to stop the flow of oil and to...
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Nowadays, getting a new job via social media is nothing special. It happens all the time. However, there are still many creative ways to get a job with a bit of clever online marketing. Alec Brownstein is the senior copywriter at the creative advertising shop Young & Rubicam (Y&R) in New York. Last summer,...
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About a fortnight ago, many in the media, along with their Democratic cohorts, were beside themselves when they found out that Sarah Palin had made some Twelve Million dollars from her various ventures; the snide remarks came from all corners of the media, intimating that the former Alaskan governor wasn’t deserving of such a...
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Google’s Android mobile device operating system has beaten Apple’s iPhone operating system in the first quarter. It slid to number 2 in the U.S. consumer smartphone market. Number 1 in the market is the Blackberry operating system. The iPhone operating system was in second place, however, this quarter Google’s Android has slid to number...
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It is very interesting to watch (in hindsight) how a market can go completely nuts on a regular day. It looks like the recent crash on Wallstreet was caused by a sell orders of sufficient volume, right at the time when no buyers were present. As you can see from the chart above, just...
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Crude oil has been spilling into the Gulf of Mecixo since an offshore oil drilling rig exploded on April 20. So far almost none of the spilled oil has reached any land. Shifts in wind speed and wind direction could very well drive the dirty spill towards the US shore and scare the tourists....
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