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Business News Wars Heating Up - Seekingalpha.com

Business and financial news remains the most lucrative topical content on the news web. While everyone had to pull in their paws during the big, bad recession, we're now seeing the gloves come off. A few of the moves: It's war for the business reader ...

Post reporters win business news awards - Denver Post

The Denver Post has won national business-news awards for enterprise stories and projects. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers announced Wednesday that Ann Schrader was judged a winner for best business enterprise story, and Miles ...

Free Press Business news honored - Detroit Free Press

The Free Press was honored Wednesday as having one of the best business news reports in the nation in 2009, winning an overall excellence award in the Society of American Business Editors and Writers' Best in Business contest. It was the second ...

Business News - HometownLife.com

La Casa Del Rio Grande Restaurant in New Hudson will host their annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration on Wednesday, March 17. Rio Grande, which has held a popular St. Patrick's dinner for several years, makes everything from scratch. Their St. Patrick ...

BUSINESS NEWS: Exelon Nuclear donates $150,000 to Limerick - Mercury

Limerick Generating Station Station Vice President Chris Mudrick, center right, presents a check for $150,000 to Limerick Township Supervisors Tom Neafcy, center left, and Joseph St. Pedro, left, along with State Rep. Tom Quigley, right. LIMERICK ...

Dallas Morning News Business section honored - Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News' Business section has been named one of the nation's best among large newspapers by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. In addition, the organization of professional business journalists gave top honors to ...

Logistics and business news: ISM's non-manufacturing index keeps ... - MODERN MATERIALS HANDLING

Most of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM)'s non-manufacturing indices reported an uptick in February, leading to more guarded optimism among analysts, according to Anthony Nieves, chair of ISM's Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee ...

Business news briefs - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PNC warns not to expect increase in dividend Shareholders of PNC Financial Services Group shouldn't expect an increase in the dividend anytime soon, CEO James Rohr said Wednesday. Mr. Rohr, speaking at an investors' forum in San Francisco, said PNC ...

New Orleans Business News - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Dillard's Inc., an Arkansas department store operator, reported improved fourth-quarter financial results this morning. During the fourth-quarter, Dillard's recorded net income of $79.5 million, or $1.08 a share. In the same period a year earlier ...

Mercury News business staff wins 3 awards - San Jose Mercury News

The Mercury News' business staff has taken three top professional awards, including one for overall excellence, in a contest sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. The awards recognize the best publications and web sites ...

Open Question: Website/Blog for Current Business News?

Can anyone plz. post link to any website/blog where i can get info of Current Business Developments.Thx to all in advance. more

Open Question: how would you simply summarize the important info. in 4-5 bullet points ?

Comcast Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides consumer entertainment, information, and communication products and services to the residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Cable and Programming. The Cable segment manages and operates cable systems, including video, high-speed Internet, and phone services, as well as regional sports and news networks. Its video services include analog, digital, on demand, and high-definition television and/or digital video recorders. This segments high-speed Internet service consists of an interactive portal, Comcast.net, which provides multiple email addresses and online storage, as well as various proprietary content, and value-added features and enhancements. Its phone services include voice over Internet protocol digital phone service that provides local and domestic long-distance calling with various features, such as voice mail, caller ID, and call waiting services. The Programming segment operates national programming networks consisting of E!, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, and Style. The company also develops and operates Internet businesses focused on entertainment, information, and communication, including Comcast.net, Fancast, thePlatform, Fandango, Plaxo, and DailyCandy; and owns two professional sports teams and a multipurpose arena, as well as provides facilities management services, including food services, for sporting events, concerts, and other events. As of December 31, 2009, Comcast Corporation served approximately 23.6 million video customers, 15.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.6 million phone customers, as well as approximately 50.6 million homes in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. more

Open Question: American cars 43%; GM up 12% as Toyota loses ground?

DETROIT — The top 10 automakers in U.S. sales reported gains in February, despite massive Midwest and East Coast snowfalls, with one notable exception: Toyota. Normally a sales stalwart able to beat the industry average in any given month, Toyota saw sales drop 8.7% in February compared with a year ago. February was the first full sales month since Toyota's sudden-acceleration recall troubles began grabbing headlines in earnest about 40 days ago. Another February surprise: Ford Motor outsold General Motors for the month, the first time that's happened since 1998, when a strike at a GM supplier choked sales. Ford had the biggest percentage gain — up 43% — among the major automakers, which was worth about 500 more vehicles sold than GM. Toyota wasn't focused on preserving sales in February, says Bob Carter, group vice president of U.S. sales. Dealers and executives were instead focused on making sure customers were able to get recall repairs done promptly, he says. Toyota guesses it lost about 18,000 sales — about 18% of February expectations — due to recall news. The losses were mostly among shoppers who haven't owned a Toyota before, Carter says. Sales are back in focus for March: The carmaker announced a big new incentive effort offering customers either a 0% loan for 60 months or a low-cost lease on popular Toyota models: Camry, Corolla, Matrix, Prius and Yaris cars; Venza, RAV4 and Highlander utility vehicles; and Tundra pickups. Buyers who already own a Toyota and buy another one get two years of free maintenance on the new one. "In March, we'll be getting back to the business of sales," Carter says. Other automakers will be looking to capitalize on Toyota's problems, but Ford — which may have been the biggest winner this month — says it doesn't know how many of its buyers would have otherwise purchased a Toyota. "Frankly, our studies show that many of the Toyota buyers were still undecided as to what they were going to do," says Ken Czubay, Ford's vice president of U.S. marketing, sales and service. GM says it doesn't know many Toyota customers it converted, but chief market analyst Michael DiGiovanni said it got its "fair share of Toyota saleshave all these recall have cause Toyota to lose sales more

Open Question: Will the opposition do nothing as the speech from the Throne outlines foriegners buying our businesses?

1 hour, 34 minutes ago By Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press ADVERTISEMENT OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is fashioning himself Canada's top frugalista with a throne speech meant to impress with style, yet cost little at the cash register. Aside from some new low-cost accessories - such as loosening of foreign investment rules and more help for single parents - the rest of the wardrobe is a retailoring of previous Conservative priorities. The agenda "recalibration" the Tories promised when Harper controversially shut down Parliament in late December consists mainly of a more restrained spending plan that will shape Thursday's federal budget. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100303/national/throne_speech Foriegn investment --- yeah -- No thanks --- the rules we have keeping foriegners out need to be tightened not let go of The PM is about to throw the reigns away Can we count on the Liberal NDP and Bloc to be sitting on their hands for the vote on a confidence matter ( All throne speeches are confidence votes) more

Open Question: Why does FOX NEWS put their brightest people on their business channel which most people don't get?

That FOX Business channel features John Stossel, who was the only voice in the mainstream network news media to put forth a different point of view, and Dave Ramsey who's financial plan got tens of thousands of families out of debt; yet they put them on the sister station which is not on most people's basic cable package. Yet, they put comic DJ Glenn Beck on their news mothership, along with college dropout Sean Hannity. more

Open Question: paterson was elected lt gov then gov ny,without fault due err no@law he is abusively voided@newsitem/cuomo:sos?

gop politician in usa,the late person is also a global clergy: of god/s, religions & we the people @ global democracies::: 2.24. 2010Current Events > Resolved Question Bombay W_REVIEW Member since: :::Home >appeal:us district court nashville TN@U S supreme court judge campbell:roy :notice to all:2.21. 2010:: federal lawsuits @ prorata damages basis in different jurisdictions viz 1 filed in the usdc for connecticut district at New Haven as on 2. 16. 2010 by rev dr kamal karna roy, a rebel gop politician, humanist,ordained clergy, author; for civil rights violations on weaker people @ USA et al by most of powerfuls viz people, including u s a govt set ups: (2) was filed in the us d court for e d of California at Sacremento CA as on 2.12. 2010 to revoke nys Senate decision to expel hiram from nys senate @ double jeopardy of laws.Why why?NYS legislation dept acted@misdemeanor conviction on nys senator appeal pending.err is human.amend?kr?:::Re: signed in as: : 2.11. 2010 new york::: latest COMPAINTS FILED FOR civil rights Violations against weaker people in USA: CASE DETAILS: TITLE: conglomerate of 200000+ unincorporated asscociations in usa & outsource usa by dr kamal k roy officer : 2 the rev dr kamal karna roy et al vs jungle democracies, cat & mouse doctrines of oppression....etc (2) dr kamal k roy defendant , same as plaintiff, as the later failed to secure rights of plaintiff conglomerate of 2000000= associations as he promised to do so (4)usa govt et al @USDC NDCA @ OAKLAND, California; filed lawfully on 1.30.2010. ground: us constitutional failures & damages to plaintioffs as defendants ignored 299+ petitions of redressing grievance of plaintiffs to court ordered investigations to enquire allegations ,including multiple birth place saga of bh Obama uis president on default wef 1.20.2009 as govt failed to investigate grievance; et al;;;;;;;;(b);;;session thursday:motion demanded to reopen obama birth issue and eligibility of obama to be u s president w e f 1.20. 2009 new york: misc issues :nobel peace prize wrongly awarded & a social fraud @ b h obama is much like a gratis not that he earned? :: democracy in USA: 10. 9. 2009 new york, USA.:Hi, Robin: vishwa_dh@Yahoo.com; monica.nixon@ymail.com; lisanroy2000@yahoo.com; jamesbuffet@ymail.com; premansudroy@ymail.com Hi, NorbertNorbert Account Options Edit My Account Edit My Account Sign Out Help Yahoo!7 My Yahoo!7 Mail More News Sport Video All Services Make Y!7 My Home Page Search Search scope: the Web AU only eBay Home Browse Categories Arts & Humanities Beauty & Style Business & Finance Cars & Transportation Computers & Internet Consumer Electronics Dining Out Education & Reference Entertainment & Music Environment Family & Relationships Food & Drink Games & Recreation Health Home & Garden Local Businesses News & Events Pets Politics & Government Pregnancy & Parenting Science & Mathematics Social Science Society & Culture Sports Travel Yahoo!7 Products My Activity My Q&A My Network My Network Activity Edit My Preferences About How Answers Works Community Guidelines Leaderboard Suggestion Board Answers Blog Answers Badges Ask What would you like to ask? Continue Answer Discover What are you looking for? Search Answers My Saved Search Home > All Categories > Politics & Government > Other - Politics & Government > Your Open Question Norbert W love@democracy Member since: 02 March 2010 Total points: 47 (Level 1) Your Open Question Show me another » Why laws @ every level of power, among petty powerful ,1 debbie,powerfuls &super powerfuls viz obama r ignored? 1.2. 2010: Entertainment artsSearch ArchivesMarch 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 « Could anybody name some famous artist collaborations and friendships from the last 200 years?Does anyone want to fix any mistakes they can fine in this essay? »:wrongs in democracies must be resolved @ step by step in diverse fields @ human concerns,said rev drK Roy:ok? March 1st, 2010 | Author: admin :wrongs in democracies must be resolved @ step by step in diverse fields @ human concerns,said rev drK Roy:ok? 3.1. 2010 @ world wide locations::: Yahoo!My Yahoo!MailMore News Sport Finance MoviesMake Y! My HomepageGet Yahoo! ToolbarAccount OptionsHi, NorbertProfile Contacts Applications Account Info You are signed in as: norbertwescott@ym…Sign OutHelp Searchweb search Home Browse Categories Arts & Humanities Beauty & Style Business & Finance Cars & Transportation Computers & Internet Consumer Electronics Dining Out Education & Reference Entertainment & Music Environment Family & Relationships Food & Drink Games & Recreation Health Home & Garden Local Businesses News & Events Pets Politics & Government Pregnancy & Parenting Science & Mathematics Social Science Society & Culture Sports Travel Yahoo! Products My Activity My Q&A My Network My Net more

Open Question: Did we learn our lesson to "mind our business"?

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Open Question: Help! I Have a Pregnancy Question!?

I'll give you a little background information. I am a 25 yr old male and work in a business environment. I went to an office mixer party and some how ended up getting a little bit of what is know as Seimen in my butt..I keep telling my freinds, family, and doctor that I am not homosexual. With all the homsexual questions aside I just want to know 2 things: 1.) Is there a way to siphon out the jizz from my body? 2.) Am I going to get pregnant (like Arnold Swarzenager in the movie Junior). I hope not that's going to be hard news to break to my girlfriend. Please Help! more

Open Question: I need help in Business studies?

Can someone break this business artical down for me. Its too technical for me to understand. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8546993.stm more

Open Question: Is this the beginning of the End of Manufacturing in America?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-01-townhangingon_N.htm Lots of Maytag Plants went belly up in the 90's and early 2000's Much steel now made over seas used to be made by America actually is worse as it goes on. Moving plants to other countries while taking Bail out money If Government was Made for something it is to put this practice out of business. Not to bicker over who is right or wrong In the End I think the American people don't really care who is right as long as something is better more

Open Question: What do you think of politicians convicted of tax evasion, bribery still getting massive yearly pensions?

Not getting much news, but the democrat mayor of baltimore recently was indicted for major scandals involving everything from taking bribes from home builders to stealing Best Buy gift certificates. She was convicted, but the state of Maryland had decided she can keep her $83,000 a year pension for life! http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2010/01/why_sheila_dixons_pension_is_8.html Democratic controlled Maryland General Assembly voted DOWN cut in pay and pensions: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9DU4RUG0.htm more

Open Question: Why is health care so expensive?

All this talk about health care lately and no one seems to be asking the obvious question - *why* does it cost a ridiculous amount? People blame the insurance carriers, who I think carry some of the blame but are unfairly demonized. They have to make money and denying previously sick people is the only way they can do it. I find this morally wrong but what choice do they have? It's either deny some people with pre-existing conditions or go out of business, and health insurance profit margins are fair at best. I read this article a few days ago... http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-poli… Now I understand that hemophilia is a rare condition, but $60,000 a MONTH!? WTF costs that much? This guy needs that medicine to live; he needs to be insured. I wish congress would first investigate what it is about health care that drives the costs so riduculously high, then write a bill that solves those problems. My suspicion is that the system is corrupt from top to bottom - from med schools to hospitals to the manufacturing of medicine, and no politicians have the courage to actually look into it.I'm not against tort reform, but I don't buy the malpractice arguments. I live in TX where the state capped malpractice awards a few years ago, and the costs have only gone down marginally if at all. I don't think it's malpractice driving the costs, but it may be a factor. I also think patients need to be protected and have recourse available for a doctor's mistake that might affect their life significantly. more

Open Question: I'm german and I need help in english?

I'm really nervous about this starter activity I have to do in my Business Studies class about a current business event. I don't want to sound formal but relaxed like i am having a conversation with someone. If you had to do this starter on the artical on the link below, how would you give an informal slangish talk to your class. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8546736.stm more

Open Question: Why cant libs grasp that cutting taxes creates a perpetual income boost to both business & consumers?

This income boost in the form of tax cuts creates more capital for everyone, expands the tax base and everyone profits. Infusion of money creates a short term boost that is not perpetual nor produces long term self sustaining capital and business. Do liberals simply not have a basic understand of American capitalism or the free enterprise system ? Or do they know infusion of money only hurts us creating more debt, hence allowing them to ride in on their white horses with their expensive social programs to save the day and burying us in more debt creating a more government dependent society ? Thanks in advance for your answers. God bless. http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100303/us_time/08599196923100 more

Open Question: paterson d, gov nys apparently violated no laws. elected leader as citizen us@democracy may err within law:ok?

World News News Forums & Polls an elected leader is citizen (us)@democracies. leader may err within law Posted in the World News Forum Share Read Comments below Ads by Google Local Newspapers - Find Albany area newspapers - dailies, weeklies, tabloids. yellowpages.com Electricity on the Cheap? - $199 homeowner's kit that power Co execs tried to outlaw in 18 states. www.Power4AllHomes.com Latest Navy News - Leading International Military Publisher. Get Latest News Now! www.TheYearInDefense.comComments Showing posts 1 - 1 of1 Ms gargi welch Join the community Schenectady, NY 1 min ago NYgov Paterson as us citizen ,had right@help/counsel an aide/friend, talk to alleged victim of a friend:ok?KR? 3.3.2010 NYgov Paterson is us citizen , had right to help/counsel an aide & friend, talk to alleged victim of a friend.without court judgement aide was never guilty. domestic violence occurs with conducts of both m/f,et al partners.if male is physically strong, woman is often possessive by nature.some misconducts are triggered by both. god/s, goddesses were immune from domestic violences as judicial courts were not there.some domestic violences are resolved @love aftermath incident. new york news media , nys attorney general A Cuomo interfered a subjudice issue to drive out patterson@race gov nys 2010. later must amend in democratic manner; said dr kamal karna roy @par websites all over globe , see web with search words viz "kamal karna roy " et al in support of views . Categoryexplained that contrary to the conventional theory, the new theory in European studies highlighted common features between towns and villages even before 13th century. The 74-year-old expert said that in the Tamil country, the whole situation had begun to change around the end of the 15th century during the Vijayanagar Nayaka rule, which strongly controlled the towns. Emphasising that brisk trading with Arabs, the Southeast Asian nations and China took place in the later part of the study period, Professor Karashima said Tamil inscriptions were found in Takuapa (Thailand), Pagan (Myanmar) and Sumatra (Indonesia), which talked about the merchant guilds. The inscriptions belonged to the 9th-12th century period. Referring to a 13th century Tamil inscription in Quanzhou, a southern port of China, he said it talked of the plans of the Tamil community to build a Electronics Dining Out Education & Reference Entertainment & Music Environment Family & Relationships Food & Drink Games & Recreation Health Home & Garden Local Businesses News & Events Pets Politics & Government Pregnancy & Parenting Science & Mathematics Social Science Society & Culture Sports Travel Yahoo! Products My Activity My Q&A My Network My Network Activity Edit My Preferences About How Answers Works Community Guidelines Leaderboard Suggestion Board Answers Blog Answers Badges AskUse the form below to ask your question Remember to follow the Community Guidelines AnswerDiscoverWhat are you looking for? Search Answers My Saved Search Home > Ask Your Question 3 Preview your question Preview your question Norbert W love@democracy Your Question NYgov Paterson as us citizen ,had right@help/counsel an aide/friend, talk to alleged victim of a friend:ok?KR? 3.3.2010 NYgov Paterson is us citizen , had right to help/counsel an aide & friend, talk to alleged victim of a friend.without court judgement aide was never guilty. domestic violence occurs with conducts of both m/f,et al partners.if male is physically strong, woman is often possessive by nature.some misconducts are triggered by both. god/s, goddesses were immune from domestic violences as judicial courts were not there.some domestic violences are resolved @love aftermath incident. new york news media , nys attorney general A Cuomo interfered a subjudice issue to drive out patterson@race gov nys 2010. later must amend in democratic manner; said dr kamal karna roy @par websites all over globe , see web with search words viz "kamal karna roy " et al in support of views . Category Politics & Government > Law & Ethics Asking costs you 5 points. You can ask 5 questions today. Make sure your question follows the community guidelines. Share your updates withUpdates An update about your question will not be shared outside more

Open Question: Was Bunning a horrible person for asking for the unemployment extension to come from unspent stimulus money?

I have read headlines like the following: "Rebublican Senator puts federal employees out of work" "Kentucky's Bunning again blocks jobless benefits" Here is the truth that you did not see on television or from the headlines hidden deep within the story: "Bunning said again Tuesday that he opposed the extension because it would add $10 billion to the budget deficit, and he attacked Democrats for abandoning promises to pay for legislation instead of contributing to a budget deficits projected to hit almost $1.6 trillion this year. Bunning proposes to pay for the extension with unspent money from last year's massive economic recovery package, but Reid objected." Congress had passed "pay as you go" but were waiving it for this measure. #1 Should federal money be spent on unemployment benefits or loaned to tapped out state funds instead? (The states have their own unemployment insurance funds.) #2 Is it a really bad idea to ask for the proposal which includes federal money for road projects aside from the unemployment measure to be part of the stimulus spending? #3 Are we seeing several ways to increase the size of the stimulus bill without calling it that? #4 Were you aware of the increased baseline numbers in Obama's budget that make parts of the stimulus bill permanent instead of temporary? (They were hidden in footnotes at the end of the budget.) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100302/ap_on_go_co/us_budget_impasse In the follow up story to this, "Senate returns to business tax break measure", there was no mention of his request just notes about him stopping the vote. more

Open Question: Shell Company Related To The Hyrdogen Fuel Cell?

http://www.shell.com/home/content/media/news_and_library/speeches/2009/jeroen_times_20062009.html I have this article where Shell is thinking of using cleaner fossil fuels and various alternative sources to possibly fuel hydrogen fuel cells. Questions: -Does this benefit Shell by choosing fossil fuels? (Because I think fossil fuels are a major part of their industry) -Are there still environmental issues associated with this? -How would this effect their businesses internationally or their own major industries? more

Open Question: What more has to be done to prove that the millionaires on the other side do not care about the working class?

Millionaire Jim Bunning is filibusting an extension of unemployment benefits and COBRA at a time when jobs are so hard to find. He has halted 40 highway projects and forced 2,000 government workers in to unpaid leaves. He, along with the rest of the Republican Party, are against health care reform. Could it be because among the bankers and defense contractors, the health care industry contributes to his campaign? American Interventional Pain Physicians AFLAC Inc. Kindered Healthcare Rehabcare Group U.S. Oncology Conservatives in general are in the pockets of the health care industy and other corporate sponsers. The people who complain about having to pay for health care for the working poor, don't seem to have a problem with their tax dollars going the wealthiest people in the country. Our tax dollars are given to corporations in the form of subsidies and other types of corporate welfare. 60% of corporations do not even pay income taxes. The tax cuts for the rich means the middle and working class citizens have to make up the difference. The CATO institute: Congress should ● end programs that provide direct grants to businesses; ● end spending that indirectly subsidizes businesses, such as preferential loans and assistance for exporting; ● eliminate trade and regulatory barriers that favor some businesses at the expense of other businesses and consumers; ● eliminate earmarking in spending bills and subject all spending projects—assuming that they are legitimate federal activities— to expert review and competitive bidding; ● expand financial transparency with further Internet disclosures of spending details for proposed and enacted bills; and http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/angry-ky-sen-jim-342019.html http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2010&cid=N00003437&type=I http://www.cato.org/pubs/handbook/hb111/hb111-26.pdf more

Resolved Question: I'm 16,will be 17 in april and i just found out im pregnant and have no clue how to tell my parents?

My bf and i are very serious and love eachother and have been together for almost 7 months now,weve been thinking i was pregnant because i was supposed to get my period feb 5th and it never came,yesterday my friend took me to the store to get a test and i took 2 and theyre both positive. So im definatly pregnant and ive been having symptoms as well. My boyfriend knows and is scared about it financially considering neither of us have jobs or a car. Hes turning 20 this month and is going to do his best to get a job. Im already 7 weeks along and im scared im going to start showing soon.Ill thankfully be getting a car for my birthday and my license as well,so thats covered,we just need jobs which are hard to find right now,but we have 7 months to get ready even though he keeps doubting himself but I know we can get through it because were both responsible.I luckily do cyberschool so im home all day and will be able to care for my child. The thing im worried about the most is telling my parents right now. Theyre very nice people and not strict but im scared to death. I have no clue how to tell them and I wanna tell them as soon as possible but my stepdads on a business trip right now. I feel like theyll be supportive but also upset and disappointed and my moms birthday is on friday so i have no clue when to break the news or how to.My living situation is also rough because we just moved for the second time in a year and to a smaller house and i already have a younger brother and sister(twins) turning 7 in september. Im just so scared and need suggestions on how to get it out. more

Open Question: Is Ralph Cicerone correct?

Science Editorial February 5, 2010 Ensuring Integrity in Science HACKED ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF CLIMATE SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA’S CLIMATE Research Unit (UEA/CRU) led to worldwide publicity during the December 2009 Copenhagen climate change convention. UEA is conducting a formal investigation to determine whether UEA scientists manipulated or suppressed data or otherwise acted unprofessionally. My reading of the vast scientific literature on climate change is that our understanding is undiminished by this incident; but it has raised concern about the standards of science and has damaged public trust in what scientists do. In the wake of the UEA controversy, I have been contacted by many U.S. and world leaders in science, business, and government. Their assessments and those from various editorials, added to results from scattered public opinion polls, suggest that public opinion has moved toward the view that scientists often try to suppress alternative hypotheses and ideas and that scientists will withhold data and try to manipulate some aspects of peer review to prevent dissent. This view reflects the fragile nature of trust between science and society, demonstrating that the perceived misbehavior of even a few scientists can diminish the credibility of science as a whole. What needs to be done? Two aspects need urgent attention: the general practice of science and the personal behaviors of scientists. The good news is that some efforts to address both issues have already begun. But now we must make further advances on both fronts. Clarity and transparency must be reinforced to build and maintain trust¬internal and external¬in science. Scientists are taught to describe experiments, data, and calculations fully so that other scientists can replicate the research. Last year, the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine put forth a framework for dealing with research data,* emphasizing that “Research data, methods and other information integral to publicly reported results should be publicly accessible.” Some journals have established policies that require the sharing of materials and data. However, post-publication complaints regarding data sharing persist. Despite many efforts, the scientific community has failed to uniformly integrate these standards into their practices. It is essential that the scientific community work urgently to make standards for analyzing, reporting, providing access to, and stewardship of research data operational, while also establishing when requests for data amount to harassment or are otherwise unreasonable. A major challenge is that acceptable and optimal standards will vary among scientific disciplines because of proprietary, privacy, national security, and cost limitations. Failure to make research data and related information accessible not only impedes science, it also breeds conflicts. Contention over paleoclimatic data was at the heart of the UEA/CRU e-mail exchanges. Beyond data handling, the relationship between science and society depends on the personal conduct of scientists in all that they do. Fortunately, an up-to-date guide to responsible conduct in research is now available,** and its standards should be energetically pursued throughout the scientific community. Later this month, at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, NAS and AAAS will lead a discussion of these important issues, examine points raised by the UEA/CRU situation, review best practices, and encourage scientists to develop standards for data access that work in their fields. The outcome of this special session must be explicit actions, as scientists must do much more now, and with urgency, to demonstrate that science is indeed self-correcting and worthy of the public’s trust. – Ralph J. Cicerone Ralph J. Cicerone is president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. *COSEPUP, Ensuring the Integrity, Accessibility and Stewardship of Research Data in the Digital Age (National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2009). **On Being a Scientist (National Academies Press, ed. 3, Washington, DC, 2009).Are the warmers on this site also to be bound by these new rules? Warmers if you are such good scientists, why have you disrupted the scientific field... that is not good science correct. Scientific integrity is paramount, warmers bring shame to that. Why?Paul B. Duh, he is a leftist head of a leftist organization, what do you expect him to say.well put Mike more

Open Question: what has America come to when business owners aren't allowed to hire and fire whomever they want?

this bartender that is all over the news because she was fired for being fat and pregnant while serving hard liquor at a strip club, honestly, the fact that she could potentially make millions off of this poor owner in the lawsit is just disgusting and despicable! more

Resolved Question: Have you seen the new rich list?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8541445.stm Ranked according to annual revenues Real Madrid top it again, however, Man Utd would have been first had the pound been as strong as it was in 2007 1) Real Madrid: 401.4m euros 2) Barcelona: 365.9m euros 3) Man Utd: 327m euros 4) Bayern Munich: 289.5m euros 5) Arsenal: 263m euros 6) Chelsea: 242.3m 7) Liverpool: 217m euros 8) Juventus: 202.3m euros 9) Inter Milan 196.5m euros 10) AC Milan: 196.5.m euros more

Resolved Question: ?? Quickie Question ?

Hello everyone, I've been trying to make out what the shadow Business Secretary Ken Clarke is saying at about 0:48 for ages but I just can't get it. Can anyone help? Here's the bit I'd like you to fill in: "... parliament in the opinion of ******* they actually followed..." And here's the link to the video clip: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100302/video/vuk-tory-warning-over-public-sector-debt-49bfa63.html ThanksI was stuck with the word "psephologist": I looked it up in the dictionary but I couldn't find it. Thank you, Jacinta. more

Open Question: Is China going to make a fortune off of global warming while U.S. big business pretends it isn't happening?

Yahoo News has the story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100301/sc_afp/chinaarcticbusinessenvironmentresearchPathetic, isn't it? Way to go USA. Jump on the religion bandwagon instead of science and reality. China won't be playing that game. more

Resolved Question: Are you willing to go to jail to help illegal aliens?

There is a major crackdown on companies and individuals who hire illegal aliens. Are you willing to get locked up and fined so you can get cheap labor? Is it even worth it? Please answer I am curious? http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/070618kansascity.htm Roofing companies indicted for money laundering, conspiring to hire illegal aliens KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Several area roofing companies here, along with their owners and several employees were indicted by a federal grand jury for using a workforce composed largely of illegal aliens. U.S. Attorney John F. Wood, Western District of Missouri; and Pete Baird, assistant special agent in charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Investigations in Kansas City, announced these indictments today. ICE agents served arrest warrants this morning in an enforcement action that resulted in arresting six of the nine individuals charged in the indictment. In addition, 34 illegal aliens were arrested on administrative charges. "Today's indictment alleges that the roofing companies utilized a business model that relied upon hiring illegal aliens," Wood said. "In fact, the indictment alleges that when his workers were arrested and deported, the business owner helped pay to have them smuggled back into the country a few days later so he could put them right back to work." Tony Evans, 48, of Stilwell, Kan., and Luis Hernandez-Bautista, 33, aka Miguel Hernandez, of Kansas City, Mo., who is a U.S. permanent resident, were charged in a 15-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury on May 29. Also charged were several roofing businesses with which they are associated: Mid-Continent Specialists Inc. (doing business as New Century Roofing), Metro Roofing Services Inc., LH Roofing LLP, and LHB Roofing Inc. Finally, the indictment also charged Mario Bautista-Ojendiz, 26, a Mexican national, of Grandview, Mo.; and the following six Mexican nationals with unknown addresses: Jose Juan Bello-Lazaro, 35, Dante Cardillo-Rendon, 25, Gaudencio Bautista, 32, Victor Manuel Castanon-Flores, 26, Armando Hernandez-Gonzalez, 31, and Abel Montiel-Angel, 38. The indictment was unsealed and made public today upon the arrests and initial court appearances of several defendants. more

Open Question: PLS READ BELOW MATTER AND GIVE ME ANSWER ITS TRUE OR NOT? AFTER I JOIN WITH HIM I ENTER ANY TYPE OF PROBLEM?

I am Mr. Muhamad Hamzah Pansuri a senior staff in file keeping section of the foreign remittance department of Bank DKI Jakarta Indonesia. I got your email id in the net during a desperate search for a reliable partner to champion this transaction. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $850,000. US dollars (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand US Dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr. Andreas Schranner who died along with his entire family in a plane crash. Crash Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting the next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that i decided to contact you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed Bill. The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remains Unclaimed after nine years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an Indonesian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I will give you 30% of this money as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be assumed for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me. There after I and my family will visit your country. more

Open Question: I run a newspaper but this guy from one day in the past keeps changing the news, the juicy stuff never happens?

He's running me out of business, what do I do? more

Resolved Question: ABC News is making 400 job cuts, and will now only have One news bureau, CBS Has already cut hunderds of jobs?

Do you think the Networks will ever realize before it is too late for them to realize, that we are not buying what they are selling? I have not watched network news in Years and years, there is just really no need anymore, with instant News, Fox news ratings are up, yet the rest of networks are cutting or have cut hundreds and hundreds of jobs who knows how many it will be total, do you think if they would come to the center a little bit more in their reporting, then more people could relate to them, under Obama we are doing many of the same unpopular policies under obama that we did under Bush, yet not a peep out of networks about the wars and the Huge Debt, the hypocrisy is so in your face, just in the last year they networks have increasingly made themselves irrevocably irrelevant by their one sided liberal reporting bias, read this article, And this a New York Times article! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/business/media/01network.html more

Resolved Question: If you become enriched by the US, why would you not want to help pay for financing US infrastructure?

While Swiss banks and agencies mull the issue of assisting the US in preventing tax evasion, the question of motive comes up. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-26/two-more-ubs-clients-win-ruling-blocking-data-transfers-to-u-s-.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/business/global/27ubs.html http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61N3Q420100224 The question is why those who enrich themselves in, by or because of the US would then want to evade US taxes? Isn't that like killing the goose that lays the golden egg?"Kojak", but one problem is that many (probably most) of the rich AREN'T working their azzes off, while the poor certainly are - and to little or no avail. Hard work is only ONE way that SOME become comfortably wealthy. Many of the rest are either born into wealth, steal it, are given it (e.g through inheritance), or simply don't pay their taxes! That's what Joseph Stack tried in vain to get away with. more

Resolved Question: Is it haraam? Or making a living is not really a bad thing?

my friend's family got a small deli store. Not only do they sell snacks, phone cards and news paper, they also sell lottery tickets, beer, cigarette, and deli ham sandwiches. I never asked her if she's ok with it since it is none of my business. But another rude idiot friend of mine did asked her and she said "I don't know, it's part of business". And both her mother, sisters, and she wears hijab. By the way their store sells condoms also. So I am wondering if this is a haraam or is this just nothing important since it's just "a part of business"? It's not just her, I've also seen other muslims that runs deli stores like these. more

Resolved Question: 10 Reasons not to vote Labour at the General Election?

Look at Labour's disgraceful performance since they have been in power - look hard at every one of these links and ask yourself - "Do i want to give THEM my vote?" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7066383/David-Kelly-death-evidence-to-be-kept-secret-for-70-years.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/7267283/Britains-debt-set-to-be-higher-than-that-of-Greece.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249540/Afghanistan-death-toll-passes-Falklands-War-milestone.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-501637/Brown-signs-EU-Treaty-experts-warn-UK-surrender-control-immigration.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2006/10/17/uk-child-poverty-the-facts-115875-17942883/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1249823/IMMIGRATION-Sir-Andrew-Green-decade-deception.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7012032.ece http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/15/public-sector-job-cuts-cipd http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/revealed-how-gordon-brown-has-cost-you-163100000-443730.html http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2010/02/22/brown-s-staff-rang-bully-helpline-115875-22060413/ Do you want to endorse this and give Labour 5 more years that will kill our country? How can Labour criticise the Conservatives when they've done this much damage? I haven't even mentioned the disgraceful Banker's bonuses scandal! It's time to vote for change - time to sort the country out!nice one punk - yes it was difficult!Sorry MPB - things will get better - sleep well!well said carol - good to see all the positive comments , keep it up!burt20 - perhaps you'd like to enlighten us which ones are not true , Dr david Kelly? War casualties? Debt? Pension funds?Blair lying? Immigration?Signing the Lisbon treaty?Child poverty?Job cuts? The only one you can doubt is the bullying story but that one is from the Daily Mirror (so it must be true!) and most people think there is some substance to it so please explain!mac the knife - i put 2 links from the daily mirror just for you and surprise,surprise , you've got nothing to say!mac the spoon - was that the best you can do? Absoloutley nothing of substance from a washed up , gullible Liebour "i'll believe anything you say Gordon" loser! more

Resolved Question: Does the fact that asian business men bankroll Labour have a bearing on its immigration policy?

Swarj paul Gulam Noon Lakshmi Mittal are all asian business men that do not pay tax in the UK but bankroll the Labour Party......what does this say about the policies that this Labour govt support ? http://www.redhotcurry.com/news/2009/non-doms-tax.htm more

Open Question: Republicans, did another one bite the dust?

Ga. GOP Rep. Deal leaving House for governor race (AP) – 3 hours ago GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Republican Rep. Nathan Deal is leaving Congress to concentrate on his previously announced race for governor of Georgia. The 67-year-old held a news conference on Monday to announce his resignation, effective next Monday. Deal represents the mountainous 9th District in north Georgia. He served in the Georgia Legislature as a Democrat and was elected to Congress in 1992 before switching to the GOP in 1995. There are six other Republicans and five Democrats in the race to succeed Gov. Sonny Perdue in November. Perdue cannot seek a third term. Deal entered the governor's race last spring, saying his biggest challenge would be boosting name recognition statewide. He is also dealing with two Congressional ethics investigations of his business contracts with the state. more

Open Question: Isn't there much more to be reported than?

OH the economy is edging up....good sign...next day OH OH everything is going down the tubes..WOW consumer spending up and up....house prices fell OH NO....stock market up stock market down....business is good, consumers tightened their belts...like we are stupid and can't see this ourselves...why report this crap? Up down up down up down....this news is beyond old. more

Resolved Question: How many times has the Fed Govt passed "extensions" to the length of time people can collect unemployment?

I am really started to get upset at our govt - I believe Bush passed the first extension period just prior to when he left office & the economy started tanking - then Obama since he's been in office has passed atleast one more extension, maybe TWO now, I'm not sure - now on today's news I heard they are proposing ANOTHER xx month extension to people on unemployment ! I mean, give me a Break. First we have the Highest deficit in the history of our country, we are basically broke as a country financially - We, he (Obama), everyone "wants" to improve the economy, and get people Back to work, right? Good lord, look online or in the classifieds, or any job search tool - there are SO many jobs going unfilled right now. Many people seem like they do not WANT to work any more !! Do other people notice this lately? I mean, originally unemployment lasted what was it, 3 or 6 months total, right? Then Bush passed some XX month extension, not sure how many more months that was added to the original time. Then Obama gets in office and he starts adding More and More extensions to the total time a person can collect unemployment. Where is this going to END !! I mean, why don't they just start PAYING people to stay home for 4 or 5 years or longer, and not work at all ? (oh I forgot, they already have a good program that does that, Welfare) I lost my job like millions of others did, back in 2008. My company completely shut down and laid off over 100 people. Yes it was horrible. I know what its like to lose your security, your income, your job, your career, its AWFUL. But come ON folks, you cannot stay home and sit with your thumbs up your arse for months and years, living off our already bankrupt federal government !! Take a lower paying job !! Take one that you thought was "below" your ability or skills if you have to. I did !! I was a manager with a large construction firm that built new homes for KB, Ryan, Arthur Ruttenberg, Pulte, etc. We all know what happened to the housing industry & construction. But I got another job just a couple months after being laid off - working at Lowes home improvement store. Sure it pays less than what I made, and it might not be as "impressive" to people that make a big deal out of job titles & status - but the point is I am WORKING and not collecting charity sitting at home doing nothing - I am SO sick of these constant extensions to Unemployment the govt is going - Is anyone else ?? Another thing to consider if you are one of the people thats been collecting u/e for 6 months, a year, or longer - WHO is going to hire you after your resume shows you sat at home for a year, 2 years, 3 years, longer ?? No hiring manager in his right mind would want to touch a person who's been doing NOTHING but living off the government and sitting idle for the last xx years. Go out there and take a job - walk down Main St and tell each store manager or owner that you will work & do any job he/she needs for $xxx a week !! I know several people who pounded the pavement, offered their services to businesses, stores & restaurants who did not list any openings, and got hired by just offering their skills/services for a reasonable price. Look, I used to make $35/hour. I make just under $15/hr now. But I like my job, I am thankful for what I have, and you just have to make adjustments to your standard of living and your spending, that's all. Please folks, I know so many guys & gals right now who are just laughing and sitting home since 2008 or 2009, doing nothing, and collecting unemployment, and laughing every time the Fed passes another extension for them. Don't do this. Its not right, and its just taking advantage of the system. Our country needs people to WORK and contribute to the GNP, and earn/spend MONEY. Not take charity from the government for months and years, without even trying to get a job.Scott - thanks for the reply, glad you agree - I too have several friends, and "friends of friends" who actually been going around bragging this past year or 2, about how they just keep getting one extension after another, and they've been goofing off and even working side jobs for cash under table WHILE collecting the damn unemployment. That really ticks me off. The whole situation is just not working any more - but I do have much sympathy on your job plight - some areas are very very hard to find work, some towns and counties have SO much unemployment, and relatively few employers, every job has like 500 people applying for the one job ! I was lucky getting into Lowes. I did not use the "job search" engines and all that online mumbo-jumbot (hotjobs, careerbulder, monster) - I just walked into the Lowes in my area, dressed nicely, looked good, spoke well, and courteously asked to speak to the store manager - he said he has some part time work he could likely get me hired for. Lucky. more

Resolved Question: How does Congress feel having the President...?

...tell them how to do their business <<Obama is widely expected to announce in the coming days that he is prepared to use a process known as reconciliation to force a bill through Congress against Republican objections. This process would require the House to pass the Senate bill and also the Senate to pass a second bill making amendments to their version of the legislation to reconcile outstanding differences between Democrats.>> I know he used to be in the Senate. I guess now Congress lets the President tell them how to do things. <<Pelosi, the most senior Democrat in the House, answered "yes" when asked by ABC whether she had the votes to pass the a health reform bill. "Time is up. We really have to go forth," she said, adding that the country could not wait any longer for a bill that would also bring a host of economic benefits to American families.>> Yes, the time is up Nancy. You have until November to ram this down our throats. And I have no idea what "economic benefits to American families" she is talking about. I will pay more in taxes and my premiums will go up and I will probably lose my insurance when my insurance company goes bankrupt. I hope this bill is fought in court for years on it Constitutionality. What a disgrace! http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100228/pl_afp/uspoliticshealthWere they used soley for budget matters? more

Open Question: What do you think supporters of illegals say the border patrol is unwelcomed & want them to stay away?

Some business owners at a San Juan Capistrano shopping center say routine checks by the U.S. Border Patrol are scaring away customers and hurting their bottom lines. Store owners at Alipaz Plaza at Del Obispo and Alipaz streets told Mayor Lon Uso during his Mayor's Walk this week that they want the city to ask the Border Patrol to stop going to the shopping center.The Mayor's Walk is a monthly event organized by the San Juan Chamber of Commerce in which the mayor visits local businesses to hear their concerns. Wednesday afternoon's walk was the first for Uso, who became mayor in December. "Last year I started hearing my customers say, 'Don't go to Alipaz Plaza, that's where (the Border Patrol agents) are hanging out,'" said Isabel Rizo Patron, owner of Isabel's Beauty Salon. Rizo Patron said she has a diverse group of customers but that many of her clients are Hispanic and don't like to be in an area frequented by the Border Patrol. The Border Patrol not only supervises border and interior checkpoints, such as the one a few miles south of San Clemente, but also inspects city streets much like a police force would, said Ralph Desio, a Border Patrol spokesman. He said the Border Patrol often checks shopping centers throughout Orange County as part of an increased push to check for illegal goods and immigrants beyond the borders. Uso listened to the concerns of Rizo Patron and others but said there's not much he can do when it comes to the agency formally known as U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "We don't determine what they do or where they do it," Uso said. Douglas Dumhart, the city's economic-development manager, who has been on many Mayor's Walks, said this is the first time he's heard of concerns about the Border Patrol's effect on commerce. But he said Alipaz Plaza has more Hispanic-based businesses than others that city and chamber officials have visited in the past. The center contains a few Mexican food restaurants, hair salons, a discount store and a coin laundry. Rizo Patron and Tuning Acosta, who has owned A-Team Enterprises Income Tax Services in the plaza for 15 years, said they understand that Border Patrol agents have a job to do, but they would prefer it be done somewhere else. Word of even one Border Patrol visit can spread through the community and cause some people to perceive Alipaz Plaza as an unsafe place for them, Rizo Patron said. So they spend their money elsewhere. Acosta, a paralegal who focuses on immigration law, said he is thinking about moving to another shopping center. The Border Patrol's effect, combined with the slumping economy, has decreased his client base by hundreds, he said. The Border Patrol's Desio said the fear of customers who are staying away from the plaza "perhaps has reason." "Perhaps their customers are here illegally," he said. http://www.ocregister.com/news/border-233915-patrol-mayor.html more

Open Question: Why did the economy grow....?

by 5.9% (more than previous estimate of 5.7%) in the last 3 months of 2009? I thought President Obama was trying to destroy this country not make it better. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8539099.stm more

Resolved Question: Liberals on YA are always quoting Warren Buffet, what do they think of this one?

Billionaire Warren Buffett says health care costs are a major drain on U.S. businesses and act like an "economic tape worm." Buffett says much of the rest of the world is paying about 9 percent of their GDP on health care and have more doctors and nurses per person. He says he hopes Congress will develop a new health care reform proposal that will restrict costs more than any of the current plans would. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Buffett-says-health-care-apf-2573554373.html?x=0&.v=4 At least he knows that the present Democratic plans do not do enough to lower the costs. more

Open Question: Should we call the period in the USA between 2000 and 2009 the roaring 2000s? how dit it roar?

I remember distinctly as recently as 2 or 3 years ago watching FOX news and seeing the political analysts and business analysts talk about how our economy was just booming out of its mind, how grand things were, and how they could not understand why some USA hating people had concerns. more

Open Question: Please hellp? article?

http://www.financialpost.com/news-sector… quickly skim this article and tell me is this article relates to international business? if so, how? thanks! more

Open Question: Does Yahoo and/others like Google etc, award Suggestions?

I have some suggestions for Y, G and others. One is to add radio buttons or pop menu to News page, so we, the users/readers can mark the news we just read and it will not appear next time in maybe one hour I will be checking the news. I find this feature very interesting improvement, and I am curious is there already a "culture" at yahoo and/or Google (for this relates to them equally) to award such suggestions. Or they simply use it and say or don't say "thanks". I think America is not so favorable for these kind of "business". In Europe, I made a suggestion to a company and they found it not usable, but they awarded me $140 (100 euros) just for trying to improve their image. My other suggestion is maybe even more interesting, but will wait. more

Open Question: article? help.please!?

http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/technology/story.html?id=2605570 quickly skim this article and tell me is this article relates to international business? if so, how? thnaks! more

Open Question: What do you think about this ordeal?

Once again, it’s about being the judge and jury. We as a people have to stop making accusatory remarks about whom we don’t know. We don’t sleep in the same bed with these people, we don’t brush our teeth in the same bathroom as these people. We most certainly don’t shower with these people, so what’s the catch? To me, the media is nothing more than hearsay and speculation. Yes, we adore the celebrities and that’s fine. We are not innocent on this Earth and we ALL go through problems, but we do strive to be better individuals. They are simply flesh and blood like us all on this Earth. We cannot and will not worship these people. Getting back to Mr. Gary Coleman, he’s a wonderful person and the Lord has made him just like he has made us all. What’s going on in his life is his business and not ours. Now from what I’ve heard and read for years, is that the man has not been WELL. At one point in time, Gary Coleman did not have his two kidneys. That had a traumatic effect on him. At one moment in the discussion Mr. Coleman talked about falling down a flight of steps and the reporter dissed him. Mr. Coleman has been harrassed and discriminated upon because of his ethnicity and his health condition. I don’t watch the television anymore because of too much bureaucracy and hatred. The news has a more negative agenda on crucifying cultures and tearing people apart. The reports on “The Insider” did the job they were told to do. They were TOLD by the head people who are in charge of the NETWORK to lambaste Mr. Coleman, which is really unfortunate. What’s really sad is that at the end of the day, the reporter that degraded Mr. Coleman, would have a good bonus for being an irresponsible, uncompassionate racist jackass. I applaud Mr. Coleman’s actions, because I would have reacted the same way he did. I’m totally sure that these same reporters have promiscuous activities going on in their very own lives and they quite naturally, wouldn’t want the media to know about it. Yet, they are so involved about what’s occurring in other people’s lives, they can’t contain themselves. Right after the interview with these snaky sons of b 1+@43$, Mr. Coleman was so upset, that he went into a seizure. I hope that this won’t happen to anyone in the news media that they care dearly about. more

Resolved Question: What do you think about my politics? PLEASE ANSWER?

Don't be too harsh, I'm 13 years old and get most of my info from the news and google. I believe lower taxes can increase the flow of money in businesses, put more money into the people, and increase tax revenue. I'm a big Calvin Coolidge fan and think we should abolish income tax except for the top 2% (so we still have some government money) or just institute a flat tax I believe in cutting spending (majorly) and paying off our national debt while cutting taxes (like what Coolidge, Jackson, and Jefferson did) I'm a constitutionalists and support the right to bare arms. I think Gay Marriage doesn't affect me at all so it should be legal. I think the Iraq war was a mistake and we should only have special forces and predator drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen instead of 30,000 troops because these people are guerrilla fighters. I think we should abolish welfare and corporate welfare. I think Government should not be involved in the Free Trade Market Social Security should be optional. Abortion of a fetus is not okay but it is okay if they abort an embreo (however you spell it). I think we should legalize all illegal immigrants and then tighten up the border. I think that's all. BQ: What books can I read to learn more about economics??? I've read Free To Choose by Milton Friedman BQ2: If I were running for president against a random kid (my age), who would you vote for? more

Open Question: Becoming a well paid financial analyst...?

The good news is i have found my niche for life, the bad news is im 23 years old and only a junior in college. I want to become a financial analyst, I like researching companies and putting the work in to see if it is worth investing money into their business. The thing is I'm 23 with no business background on my resume. I'm gonna start my own blog here soon, it will cover topics on the broader economy and i also plan on analyzing certain companies annual reports. Hopefully the process of writing this blog will help me understand the economy and financial markets more in depth. Also when I'm looking for a job, a blog will be very beneficial for my resume and it will help me standout from other applicants. My question is what else can i do to put on resume to land a great job after college, when i'm about 25. It bothers me that i cant go get my CFA till i accumulate 3 years of on the field experience, so if i get lucky and find at job out of college i wont be able to get my CFA till im 28! You guys have any tips for me for breaking into the business field... Thanks more

Voting Question: Need Ideas To Make My Business More Profitable?

I publish a monthly community newspaper. Includes news and opinions, its free to pick up, advertising pays for printing. Eight years old, female owned. Any ideas how to get bigger, better paying advertisers with a circulation of about 30K? more

Resolved Question: Why have food stamp rolls increased 28% under Obama, bankruptcies increased 32%, 160 banks failed under Obama?

32.8 MILLION people on Food Stamps; rolls up 28% in 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8933161 Bankruptcy Filings increase by 32% in 2009 to 1.4 MILLION http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bankruptcy_boom 160 Banks Failed http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Banks-in-Calif-Ill-Fla-Texas-apf-1195100471.html?x=0&.v=12 Are these signs of the stimulus "recovery" Obama and Biden keep talking about? more

Resolved Question: What value is placed on a human life?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100227/ap_on_re_us/us_seaworld_death The article says the whale who killed the trainer "will remain an active contributing member of the team in part because the whale shows are big business, etc." So dollars are more important than human life now? This is despite the fact that the whale was involved with the death of a second trainer before. When a bear or wildcat or what ever kills a human they are usually put down. What makes the whale so different? more

Voting Question: Why are workers forced to accept Cuts in their working conditions while the companies make huge profits?

Employers and Companies make huge profits but never share those profits with the work force or their customers. It is sad to see old and low paid workers having to struggle through life while such obscene profits are made. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8535850.stm more