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• The Pros and Cons of Recent Financial News

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 615
  The news always lends itself to an array of varying interpretations. Today is no exception. People will glean from the headlines what they want to hear, of course…and then pimp the data points out to arguments that support their own point of view. In other words, they will come to believe what they must, when they ...
  6 hours ago

• Galleon Group Founder Indicted on Insider Trading Charges

  
  Securities Law Prof Blog — Authority: 478
  A Federal grand jury indicted Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group, and Danielle Chiesi, a former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager, of operating a complex insider trading ring that has been described by the government as the largest insider trading...
  7 hours ago

• well my face is red...

  
  Blonde Intuition — Authority: 128
  I had two web pages open on my browser earlier: one story from Bruno about Vegas FINALLY (FINALLY!!!) getting legalized male prostitutes, and another on how to make better chocolate chip cookies . I was emailing my gf and I sent her the link to the chocolate chip cookie recipe, along with the note, "I cant wait ...
  8 hours ago

• Worlds Luckiest Track Inspector!

  
  ForumGarden — Authority: 157
  This track inspector should look for another job. YouTube - Worlds Luckiest Track Inspector! - Who Says Employees Are Just Looking To Make A FELA Claim? Talk about lucky! That’s some real Die Hard stuff there!
  8 hours ago

• Condoms - made for a purpose or made for fashion?

  
  ForumGarden — Authority: 157
  China is entering into the world fashion stakes in an unusual way. They made a condom show, and as you can see, there are a lot of beautiful and interesting outfits! I, personally, think the wedding dress is stunning! What do you think? Condom Show China – You wanna wear it? - Fill Inn
  9 hours ago

• House Bill Allows Broker-Dealers to Switch Hats

  
  Securities Law Prof Blog — Authority: 478
  Investment News reports on a provision buried in the financial reform legislation passed by the House last year that would allow broker-dealers to switch hats. The legislation would require the SEC to adopt rules that would establish a fiduciary duty...
  10 hours ago

• Southern California Home Sales, Prices Up in November

  
  RelistrReal Estate News, Mortgage, Housing, Homes For Sale - Relistr.com — Authority: 453
  Southern California’s housing market continued its step-by-step climb up from the January-February bottom as both sales and prices saw gains last month, a real estate information service MDA DataQuick of San Diego reported. A total of 19,181 new and resale homes sold in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, ...
  11 hours ago

• Social Work dean named to national academy

  
  News from The University of Texas at Austin — Authority: 495
  Dr. Barbara White, dean of The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, has been selected as an inaugural board member and fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, a society of scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the fields.The academy, formed last month ...
  12 hours ago

• Profs novel is 2010 Mayors Book Club selection

  
  News from The University of Texas at Austin — Authority: 495
  Oscar Casares, assistant professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, is the author of "Amigoland," which was announced as the ninth annual selection for the Mayors Book Club at a press conference on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at City Hall in downtown Austin.Casares was present during the announcement. ...
  12 hours ago

• reminding certain countries they’re not above the law

  
  Niqnaq — Authority: 151
  Dutch probing Ahava’s settlement status Herb Keinon, JPost, Dec 15 2009 A Dutch decision to investigate whether contrary to EU regulations Ahava is benefiting from lower tariffs given to Israeli-made products when its cosmetics are made in a settlement, has nothing to do with a recent British decision to advise ...
  14 hours ago

• 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Inches Up

  
  RelistrReal Estate News, Mortgage, Housing, Homes For Sale - Relistr.com — Authority: 453
  The weekly average rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for 30-year fixed mortgages increased five points last week to 4.72 percent, up from 4.67 percent the week prior, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by leading real estate Web site Zillow.com®. Rates for 15-year fixed ...
  16 hours ago

• Movoto.com Brings Online Homes For Sale Search to New Jersey

  
  RelistrReal Estate News, Mortgage, Housing, Homes For Sale - Relistr.com — Authority: 453
  Movoto.Com Launches Homes For Sale Search Website In New Jersey And Offers Introductions To Top Local Real Estate Agents To Help 1st Time Home Buyers Purchase Foreclosure, Short Sale Or Traditional Listings. Movoto Real Estate announced the launch of its unique, turnkey online home buying solution in New Jersey, ...
  16 hours ago

• Real Estate Website Zillow Adds Homes For Rent

  
  RelistrReal Estate News, Mortgage, Housing, Homes For Sale - Relistr.com — Authority: 453
  Real estate website Zillow.com , one of the most popular website for home sales searches, attracting 8.3 million monthly visitors, on Tuesday said it expanded its services to include the rental market. Zillow, the Seattle-based company, added home for rent listings. For the first time on Zillow.com, owners of rental ...
  16 hours ago

• lots of steadfastness

  
  Niqnaq — Authority: 151
  Palestine will determine world’s fate: Ahmadinejad Mehr News, Dec 13 2009 Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad says the Palestine issue will determine the fate of the entire world. At a meeting with Hamas Political Bureau chief Khaled Meshaal in Tehran on Sunday, Ahmadinejad said it is essential that all Muslim and free ...
  16 hours ago

• Mont. enviro board backs development of greenhouse gas rule

  
  EarthNews — Authority: 432
  Greenwire : The Montana Board of Environmental Review voted last Friday to start developing the state’s first greenhouse gas rule in response to pending U.S. EPA mandates. “This is all driven by the federal government,” said Richard Opper, director of the state Department of Environmental Quality. “I ...
  17 hours ago

• Methods to limit fracturing’s impact underused

  
  EarthNews — Authority: 432
  Greenwire : While energy firms have known for some time how to limit the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing — a type of drilling increasingly used to extract natural gas from shale — such technologies have seen limited adoption unless firms have been prodded by state regulations. One of the largest ...
  18 hours ago

• Bolivian cities at risk with glacier melt

  
  EarthNews — Authority: 432
  Greenwire : The Bolivian city of El Alto could perhaps be the first large urban casualty of climate change . The glaciers that have been long providing water and electricity to this southwestern Bolivian city and its neighbors are rapidly melting and disappearing. A World Bank report released last year found ...
  18 hours ago

• In the Kitchen with Kristian - Turn food exploration into a group …

  
  Today's Review — Authority: 466
  However, for all the fun we have, and considering all the news stories you hear about food borne illnesses, I am surprised at the lack of sanitation and safety I see in a household kitchen . Wash your hands, clean and sanitize the … Continue reading from the original source: In the Kitchen with Kristian - Turn ...
  19 hours ago

• what happens when you let ‘businessmen’ run everything

  
  Niqnaq — Authority: 151
  How new Tube line left passengers baffled (extract) Andy McSmith, Independent, Dec 15 2009 The Circle line has taken on a new shape. It is now more like a lasso, or a figure six turned on its side, with a beginning and end. The old circle has been broken at Edgware Road, in west London, and stretched all the way ...
  23 hours ago

• i blame ’secret agencies’ too

  
  Niqnaq — Authority: 151
  TTP blames secret agencies for terrorism Pakistan News, Dec 15 2009 A spokesman for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Azam Tariq on Monday denied involvement in the ongoing spate of terrorist acts in major cities of the country, saying it was an attempt by the state’s secret agencies to defame Jihadi ...
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