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4th of July Traffic Expected to be Down Says AAA

Jul 3, 2008

For the first time in 10 years, traffic over the Fourth of July is expected to decline, based primarily on the high cost of gas. The average cost of gas reached $4.09 Wednesday, a new record according to the AAA. Last …

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Are Major Networks Trying to Talk us into Recession?

Jul 2, 2008

The answer seems to be yes. In a recent study conducted by the Business and Media Institute, it found that ABC (NYSE: DIS), NBC (NYSE: GE) and CBS (NYSE: CBS-A) on a consistent basis ""hyped similarities to the Great …

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Starbucks Shuttering 600 Stores, Cutting 12,000 Jobs

Jul 1, 2008

Analysts and investors liked what they saw, as Starbucks (Nasdaq:SBUX) announced it was closing 600 poorly performing stores today, and get rid of up to 12,000 full- and part-time workers. The stock surged by 6 percent …

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Investment Banker Jeffrey Epstein Pleads Guilty to Solicitation of Prostitution

Jun 30, 2008

... also procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. The use of underage girls for prostitution will also force Jeffrey Epstein be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Controversy …

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Andy Grove: Only the Paranoid Survive - 56

Jun 29, 2008

"The truth is so precious and so hard to coax into view--surrounded by its bodyguard of politics and half-truths--that there is simply no time for fuzzy thinking." With so much garbage and junk out there being …

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