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Here’s the story: The AFL-CIO labor union has a new tax in mind. Specifically, the union wants to apply a small tax — a tenth of 1 percent — on every stock transaction. The tax would especially target firms that use so-called high-frequency trading, which uses technology to oversee many transactions in the blink of [...]
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The National Association of Broadcasters has enlisted the recently re-minted lobbying firm of Bluewater Strategies in its quest to combat the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.In a Wednesday filing at the Senate Office of Public Records, lobbyists Tim Kurth, Andrew Lundquist and George Nethercutt, former Republican representative from Washington, said [...]
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That’s the teaser for this pic on Colleghumor: Girls making out is the new black. (from CollegeHumor) It seems every generation wants to shock the previous generation by doing things they THINK their parents never did. My generation did it mainly by having guys primping like a girl, and girls appearing to be plastic replicas [...]
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OK, here’s the teaser. I read somewhere that fat states voted for Bush. In other words, red states were fatter than blue states. This fits right in with the bogus claim that blue states were smarter than red states. Etc.. So, I thought I’d take a closer look. From the Centers for Disease Control: Here’s [...]
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CBO report says a smaller percentage of Americans will be in the workforce 10 years from now. September 17, 2004: 2:23 PM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A smaller share of Americans will be in the workforce 10 years from now as baby-boomers retire and rising taxes dampen the incentive to work, congressional analysts said Friday. [...]
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