Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category
Monday, July 11th, 2005
FOXNews.com - Lundberg Survey: Gas Prices Hit Record $2.33 a Gallon
So, gas prices are higher then at any time in the recorded history of humanity?
The $2.33 mark remained well below the inflation-adjusted high — $3.03 a gallon, in March 1981.
So, if we really do want to reverse this recent trend, ...
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Monday, May 9th, 2005
Best of the Web from Friday.
"Wal-Mart critics often note that corporations like Ford and G.M. led a race to the top, providing high wages and generous benefits that other companies emulated. They ask why Wal-Mart, with some $10 billion in profit on about $288 billion in revenue last year, cannot ...
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Saturday, April 16th, 2005
Tax bills high for reality TV winners - Apr. 15, 2005
I've seen more than a few episodes of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". They select a particularly needy family, usually facing some sort of hardship with a disabled child or something equally devastating, and they either remodel or completely rebuild ...
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
Lawmaker wants list of companies exporting US oil
With gasoline and crude oil prices at record highs, a U.S. lawmaker wants the Commerce Department to release the names of American companies that are shipping U.S. petroleum products to other countries.
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon -- often a critic ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
Yahoo! News - Federated to Buy May in $11 Billion Deal
May sells for $11 Billion.
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Okay, I've got nothing beyond the silly headline.
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
Ten on U.S. Pain Pill Panel Had Industry Ties
The NYT wades in today with a darkly ominous lead.
Ten of the 32 government drug advisers who supported the continued marketing of the pain relievers Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx have consulted in recent years for the drugs' makers, the New York Times ...
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