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• New council administration appears not to be what it seemed

  
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  We understand, on good authority, that the proposed new administration for Argyll and Bute Council has not emerged from a sound or indeed, a proper, decision taking process. Two Conservative Councillors, Corry and Kinniburgh, appear not to have been consulted by their group leader, Councillor Mulvaney, before he did ...
  1 week ago

• Why the Twitter Flash Crash Should Make You Angry

  
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  The Twitter flash crash on Tuesday that very briefly shaved 140 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average should be of great concern to retail investors. That short and sudden dip in the markets, caused by a false Tweet on a hacked Associated Press account that suggested President Obama had been injured in a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Internet Sales Tax is a "Money Grab" and a "Job Killer"

  
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  Supporters of the Internet sales tax continue to pitch it as a "fairness" issue - but experts say the tax would do costly damage to our economic recovery. The Internet sales tax would allow states to make online retailers collect taxes on purchases. It would replace a 1992 Supreme Court decision that said a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Jim Rogers on Gold Prices 2013

  
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  With the yellow metal down about 14% this year, wouldnt it be great to get the scoop from famed investor Jim Rogers on gold prices in 2013- specifically, why theyre down, and if investors should still bet on a long-term gold bull market? We had a chance to ask Rogers those very questions last weekend. Sunday ...
  3 weeks ago

• Wasteful Government Spending: Duplicate Programs Squander Billions

  
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  So many federal agencies are duplicating one anothers efforts in so many different areas that the billions lost to such wasteful government spending is impossible to calculate. A recent report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office uncovered 162 areas of duplicate spending, which at minimum ...
  4 weeks ago

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