More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves...
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Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
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New Mexico Boosts Economy With Rodeos
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Three years ago New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson formed a rodeo council to help his state's economy. The effort is beginning to pay off. This week, the state hosts the...
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Leaders for the last economy
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I was thinking recently that most businesses suffer from having the wrong leader at the right time. What I mean by that is that anyone can run a firm when the economy is...
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Tidbit: American Immigration Policy in Perspective
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Although, as you all know by now, I’m no fan of the New York Times, I was pleasantly surprised by this editorial on American immigration policy published today. Â I...
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'Paralysis' warning over planning - BBC News
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Telegraph.co.uk'Paralysis' warning over planningBBC News - 47 minutes agoChronic problems with England's planning system could lead to...
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A college that works
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We’ve blogged before about Berea College, a school that “accepts only applicants from low-income families” and doesn’t charge a dime of tuition. ...
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Property rights under attack, or liberated?
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In Ideas Have Consequences, that seminal 20th century work of conservative philosophy, Richard Weaver explains that property rights are one of modern man’s last...
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Wanna bet?
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(this is a restored post; comments lost) In a comment on Ryan Sholin’s blog, Howard Owens said that when the economy comes back (God, Fannie Mae, and OPEC willing)...
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AT&T Posts Good 2Q Numbers
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AT&T’s second quarter numbers are in today, and the company has meet Wall Street’s expectations. The company saw its profits increase 30%, despite a slowing down...
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An Infomercial For Stupidity
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From “Why India Will Beat China” at Business Week (currently the Most Read article!): But even if the hare is running into obstacles of its own design, how...
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Yahoo: Microhoo, Icahn drama cost us $22 million; Economy soft
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The Carl Icahn proxy battle and Microsoft buyout drama appears to have been a slight distraction for Yahoo, which seeing slowing display ad demand amid a weak economy....
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America's Elderly Most Concerned About Iraq War And The Economy, According To Wesley Enhanced Living Survey
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Wesley Enhanced Living, a progressive aging services provider and continuing care retirement community (CCRC) developer, has released the results of its first resident...
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Debt Slavery: Why Are Americans So Willing To Dig Themselves Deep Into Debt? [Ponderables]
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The New York Times has an article that tells the unfortunate tale of Diane McLeod and her love affair with debt. She started out "debt free" when she got married, but...
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Ticket to Ride's Europe expansion boards next Wednesday
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Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Strategy, Casual XBLA's excellent Ticket to Ride is ready to cross the Atlantic to receive the Europe expansion board next Wednesday....
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100 billion dollar bills from Zimbabwe will ... [Inflation]
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100 billion dollar bills from Zimbabwe will get you a loaf of bread in that country, or $80 from a collector on eBay. "Official inflation is quoted at 2.2 million percent...
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What is Protected By the FDIC
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Without getting too specific about the company I work for, a large company like mine has to make efficient use of its financial assets. Most of a company’s money...
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Tell Us Something We Don’t Know [PE HUB]
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So I’m watching NBC Nightly News last evening (yes, I still do that on occasion), and hear that some video has emerged showing George Bush discussing the economy when...
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It's the hemlines, stupid
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Once again, fashion points towards tough times. Let's just hope that ties don't come back as "must have" items for business meetings.Fashion designers now seem...
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John Tomasic: CitizenTube's Monday Campaign-Video Hotlist
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CitizenTube's Monday video hotlist includes footage of Obama with the troops in Kuwait (the audio is as off as his jumper is on!), an answer to Michelle Obama's...
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Accountants and the crisis: standard setters - troubled waters
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Peter Williams, Accountancy Age, Thursday 24 July 2008 at 18:58:00 When the economy is in decline, standard setters are in the firing line As the storm clouds of...