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Oil Gone Wild

Hidary notes that 55% of all the oil used in the US is guzzled by cars and SUVs. As a result, we need look no farther than our driveways to find the primary cause of our nation's energy crisis. He says the government should partner with industry to provide loan guarantees and give incentives to priv...

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THW: New 2YO Champ is a Filly!

THE HOARSE WHISPERER By Jenny Ortuoste for Manila Standard-Today,  23 July 2008, Wednesday New 2YO Champ is a Filly! Trial winner Windbeneathmywings flew over the Santa Ana Park racetrack last Sunday to claim victory in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office-sponsored Special Maiden Race for juv...

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French Firm Cashes In Under U.N. Warming Program

Wall Street Journal: A French chemical maker is reaping a potential billion-dollar windfall under a United Nations program intended to spur climate-friendly investment in the developing world, highlighting the challenges of using market forces to tackle global warming. The company, Rhodia SA, manufa...

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Clean deadline call on coal power

BBC: The government should set a deadline for coal-fired power stations to adopt "clean" technologies or close, according to a parliamentary committee. The Environment Audit Committee says the government is wrong to believe that a carbon market alone will persuade companies to invest in &q...

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Three Things

--New York Times Bits Blog talks privacy and self-regulation with the director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection. --One lawyer can get YouTube content on her TV via TV and proclaims: "YouTube has been able to become a broadcaster without having to make the significant financial investments ...

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Moral Hazard....

Once again, Tom Vanderwell here with some thoughts about moral hazard.... Barry Ritholz at The Big Picture had these two comics that brought to the forefront again the issue of moral hazard.   Check out the comics and then we'll talk "on the other side." Okay, now some thoughts about moral...

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Advertising Budget to Determine the Future???

When Al Gore challenged the U.S. to produce all of its electricity from renewable sources in 10 years, his aggressive plan to combat climate change was pitted against another recently- unveiled proposal, from Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. Gor...

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Crist back from Europe as Florida needs ideas

Last week, Gov. Crist's office was good enough to post pictures from the European tour of the man who is Florida's chief executive when he's not running to be John McCain's running mate. See Gov. Crist meeting Prince Charles. See Gov. Crist giving a television interview. See Gov. Cri...

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Now Bush Is Appeasing Iran

clipped by: merrie clipper's remarks: joined envoys from France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany in talks with Saeed Jalili -- Iran's nuclear negotiator and an Ahmadinejad confidant -- about incentives to give to Tehran. ven with record oil prices, mismanagement has driven the Iranian economy int...

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CompUSA Says They'll Make Sure Your TAP Service Is Honored [CompUSA]

Lonny Paul, the director of e-commerce for the rebooted CompUSA, contacted us today regarding a reader's tale of TAP woe. Lonny writes, The All-New CompUSA will do everything they can to assure customer satisfaction, including working with Assurant to ensure satisfacton or handle it ourselves. It is...

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Tags: Customer Service, Top, CompUSA, tap, Tiger Direct, Warranties, computer repairs, extended warranties, Technology Assurance Plan, Technology Assurant Plan, Total Assurance Plan

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The SF Chron has a list of seven good, lesser-known sites for online investing advice and info. (more...)

(ARA) - We all understand the income potential of investing in real estate. Some people decide to buy apartments or commercial buildings to rent and manage themselves. This can be rewarding, but can also be a lot of work. (more...)

The Symbio Group ("Symbio"), a leading provider of software development, testing, and globalization outsourcing services, announced today that Robert E. Grady, a Partner and Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading private equity firms, has joined the Company's Board of Directors. (more...)

John Gin will be answering your questions about investing and planning for retirement today on nola.com. (more...)

Google is investing $10 million in "enhanced" geothermal systems--essentially technology for tapping underground heat--which it says is one of most promising forms of renewable energy. (more...)

SARASOTA, Fla.----MoneyShow.com, the largest multimedia investment education destination for investors and traders, announced today the launch of a new Global Investing section designed to give investors more content and tools for investing in a global economy. (more...)

MINNEAPOLIS----In spite of the attention that Liability-Driven Investing has received, its adoption by defined benefit plan sponsors appears to be lagging. LDI strategies are not in widespread use, and only 6 percent of all survey respondents assess their manager's investment performance in relation to a liability-based benchmark, the defining characteristic of an LDI strategy. (more...)

Think the market meltdown in the U.S. has been bad? It?s been worse for most of the rest of the developed world, SmartMoney.com says. (more...)

Be careful about investing with your eyes on the rearview mirror. (more...)

In most marriages and partnerships, when it comes to balancing the checkbook and investing retirement funds, one partner usually takes the lead. However, most couples and/or partners fail to realize that this type of arrangement can be bad for a number of reasons. (more...)