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Since the start of September, the dollar has strengthened 8% against a trade-weighted basket of 26 currencies, according to a Federal Reserve index the dollar has benefited from the global flight from risky assets as well as the unwinding of bets made with borrowed cash. In the longer term, the dollar's health remains dependent on foreigners' ( Read more... )

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Chevy Volt will be able to go 40 miles on a single charge.

( However, back in 1910 the car was able to ran 211.3 miles on a single battery charge. )

The specific of working in the environment where you're expected to make a quick decisions based on limited amount of information requires a very special mindset or pushing you towards artificial ways of stimulating your brain to achieve desirable specialness.

"The sisters had also planned make claims at the tribunal about the widespread use of ( Read more... )

Assets

$137B

Debt

$67B suppliers & payroll
$44B loans & bonds
$59B retiree claims
$21B misc

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($57B)

The management & Co. are asking for extra $25B. ( A bait-n-switch technique, isn't it? )

Chosen as Russia's next leader by Boris Yeltsin's inner circle, in 1999, Vladimir Putin appeared to be a blank slate on which his supporters, his country, and the world could write their desires. Few saw what he really was, or the way he brutally erased his footprints on the climb to power. Fewer still have survived to decode him. As Russian forces ( Read more... )

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"You Can't Beat White People, You Can Only Knock Them Out."
Chris Rock

Although I was rooting for Mr. McCain, despite the fact of colossal and frankly stupid mistake of running with Mrs. Palin, I only can say that this will definitely be a new era in American politics; try to rejoice in the immense significance of these election results - in a ( Read more... )