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Government Fiddles In Secret, While Main Street Burns?

PC Maker Micron Files for Chapter 11
Circuit City Files for Chapter 11
Lenovo Profits take a nose-dive
AIG gets even more money from the Feds -another $152.5 Billion - but with changes.
Nortel cuts 1,300 jobs
DHL cuts 9,500 Jobs in the US
Fannie Mae reports record losses
Starbucks reports drop in profits
Meanwhile the Federal Reserve refuses to identify the recipients [...]

Bad Back

I was recently reading about bad backs, and how we get into bad habits at the computer. Many of us spend many hours sat in front of a computer, and bad posture can lead to problems.
Many folks sit on the edge of their chair, and hunch forward. I kow I find myself doing this at [...]

Be Careful With PayPal

PayPal is a great service generally speaking. I’ve had an account for a few years. I’ve got their debit card, and one for my wife too. I like that they give me 1.5% back into my PayPal account every time I use the debit card. I get quite a few hundred bucks back each year [...]

In The Money

When these were legal tender, and I got one as a kid on my birthday, I really did feel like I was in the money. Face Value was 50 pence, which is currently about US$1.

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Ford Out, Toyota In

Ford has spent the last thirty years moving many of its factories out of the US , claiming they can’t make money paying American wages.
TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US Paying American wages.
The last quarter’s results:
TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up [...]