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SubscribeNHS 'spending lottery persists'
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B2B Marketing Budgets Revealed
http://www.corporate-eye.com/ 2008/ 09/ b2b-marketing-budgets-revealed/Cahners Advertising Research Reports revealed the distribution of business-to-business marketing budgets and the results shake out just about as one would expect them to with a heavy investment in trade magazine and trade shows. However, there are a few surprises and the results definitely make one
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Taxpayers to the rescue!
http://optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com/ 2008/ 09/ 08/ taxpayers-to-the-rescue/This blog knew it was coming, but now it’s official: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now wards of the taxpayer. Though it’s impossible to determine what the ultimate tab will be, my bet is it runs at least a few hundred billion dollars over time.
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Putting Today’s Economy in Perspective
http://bendegrow.com/ 2008/ putting-todays-economy-in-perspective/It’s national election season, which means perspective on the economy is badly needed. Thanks to Rossputin for highlighting this article from economists Brian Wesbury and Robert Stein. Read the whole thing for yourself, but interesting tidbits are that family income last year hit its first all-time
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Quicken Quiz Tells You How Much Money You Waste [Saving Money]
http://lifehacker.com/ 5046204/ quicken-quiz-tells-you-how-much-money-you-wasteQuicken Quiz Tells You How Much Money You Waste Find out how much money you're wasting monthly with Quicken''s Spare Change Challenge. The detailed, 42-question quiz asks about your electricity consumption, purchasing habits, loan payments, leisure spending, and more.
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Time to Boycott BestBuy and Circuit City during Microsoft’s Marketing Antics!
http://zedomax.com/ blog/ 2008/ 09/ 06/ time-to-boycott-bestbuy-and-circuit-city…Instead of using their $300 million on customer services/refunds for wrongly-installed Vistas on brand new laptops/PCs, Microsoft is trying to copy Apple Genius strategy by having 155 Microsoft Vista experts roam around your local BestBuy and CircuitCity.
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‘Futility of payback’ delays home improvements
http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/ 2008/ 09/ 06/ house-poor-consumers-say-they-…Consumers nationwide were slightly less nervous about declining home values in August than July, but they still say they are cutting back on their spending, according to the latest Discover U.S. Spending Monitor monthly survey. The August survey of 15,000 U.S.
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Amazon Prime: 5 Reasons To Try It Out If You Shop Online
http://www.thedigeratilife.com/ blog/ index.php/ 2008/ 09/ 06/ amazon-prime-5-re…Why lots of online shoppers think Amazon Prime rocks. Photo by DeWitt Clinton You may have seen Amazon Prime being touted around various sites, and for good reason. I think it’s a pretty good deal.
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A Tantalizing Preface
http://capitalgainsandgames.com/ blog/ andrew-samwick/ 501/ tantalizing-prefaceFollowing up on a tip by the indispensable Minnesota Mom, the next book on my reading list is The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War by Andrew J. Bacevich. If this excerpt from the preface is any guide, it should be on yours, too: Today, I still situate myself culturally
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Econolympics
http://theviewspaper.net/ featured/ 2008/ 09/ 4110With the Beijing Olympics drawing to a close, China has had enough reason to celebrate with the number of gold medals it has won. However, did China really win gold? Or did it lose? Rogue economists have already started asking this question.
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DD’s Monthly Expense Checkup - August 2008
http://www.thehappyrock.com/ 2008/ 09/ 06/ dds-monthly-expense-checkup-august-20…You loyal readers out there will recall that I’m charting my family’s monthly expenses in an effort to see where our money is really being spent. Below are the results from August: $830.00 - Daycare $830.00 - Mortgage $540.99 - Medical Bills $518.28 - Groceries $330 - Van Loan $208.12 - Gas $203.31
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