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Saturday, December 31, 2011
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Vortex shedding flowmeters - InTech
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
PRWT names new executives - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The Philadelphia-based provider of business process outsourcing, which branche out Jan. 1 by acquiring an active pharmaceuticall ingredient plant fromMerck & Co., said Harols Epps had been appointed It is a new position in the company, a spokeswomanb said. Epps was formerly vice presidentf of supply chain for plastics manufacturer Quadranty Engineering PlasticsProducts Inc. of Reading, Pa. John Ellioy has been made president of the part of PRWT that includesz the former Merck facility incentral Pennsylvania. Ellioft spent 25 years with GlaxoSmithKline inpharmaceutical manufacturing, PRWT said.
PRWT says it is the first minority business enterprise in the United States to owna pharmaceutical-makingg facility. It said Monday it will invest $15 milliomn in the Riverside, Pa., site, which has an agreement to supply Merck for five years that is wortnhbetween $100 million and $200 million a The plant makes ingredients for antibiotics for humans and animalsd and has 400 according to PRWT, which has not disclosed the purchasr price.
PRWT also said Monday it "plans to invest in and grow itscore PRWT's core operations includde providing customer service for parking violations in Los Angeles and Philadelphiz and for E-ZPass in the Delawaree River Port Authority's jurisdiction.
The Philadelphia-based provider of business process outsourcing, which branche out Jan. 1 by acquiring an active pharmaceuticall ingredient plant fromMerck & Co., said Harols Epps had been appointed It is a new position in the company, a spokeswomanb said. Epps was formerly vice presidentf of supply chain for plastics manufacturer Quadranty Engineering PlasticsProducts Inc. of Reading, Pa. John Ellioy has been made president of the part of PRWT that includesz the former Merck facility incentral Pennsylvania. Ellioft spent 25 years with GlaxoSmithKline inpharmaceutical manufacturing, PRWT said.
PRWT says it is the first minority business enterprise in the United States to owna pharmaceutical-makingg facility. It said Monday it will invest $15 milliomn in the Riverside, Pa., site, which has an agreement to supply Merck for five years that is wortnhbetween $100 million and $200 million a The plant makes ingredients for antibiotics for humans and animalsd and has 400 according to PRWT, which has not disclosed the purchasr price.
PRWT also said Monday it "plans to invest in and grow itscore PRWT's core operations includde providing customer service for parking violations in Los Angeles and Philadelphiz and for E-ZPass in the Delawaree River Port Authority's jurisdiction.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Feds close First National Bank of Anthony - Denver Business Journal:
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was closed by the on Friday night, and boughr virtually all of its assets. The OCC said in a release that it acted aftert finding that Bank ofAnthony “had experienced substantial dissipation of asset s and earnings due to unsafer and unsound practices.” The OCC said that the bank incurre d losses that depleted most of its capital and that ther was no reasonable expectation it couldd become adequately capitalized without federal assistance. Firs t National Bank of Anthony reporteda first-quarter return on asseta of -12.7 percent. The bank lost $5.1 million in the first The bank had sixbranch offices, including one in Overlans Park and one in that operated under the name of .
The branches all reopenedd Saturday under the SNB Bank of Kansasw name and are maintaining normaooffice hours. First National Bank of Anthonyu had assetsof $156. million and deposits of about $142.45 million on March 31. SNB Bank of Kansas paid abouf $712,500, or 0.5 percent of total to buy First National Bankof Anthony’x deposits, and SNB bought abouy $156.7 million of its assets. The retained the remaininbg assetsfor disposition. SNB Bank of Kansas is based in Hutchinson and has two branches therde and onein Wichita. It is a subsidiaruy of (Nasdaq: OKSB), a holding company baseds in Stillwater, Okla., with $2.9 billion in assets.
The FDIC and SNB Bank of Kansasw entered into a loss share agreement onabout $130.54 million of First National Bank of Anthony’s assets. The FDIC estimatedx that the cost to the insurance fund willbe $32.23 million. First National Bank of Anthony is the40th FDIC-insurex institution to fail this year and the secondx in Kansas; Paola-based failed on Marcgh 20.
was closed by the on Friday night, and boughr virtually all of its assets. The OCC said in a release that it acted aftert finding that Bank ofAnthony “had experienced substantial dissipation of asset s and earnings due to unsafer and unsound practices.” The OCC said that the bank incurre d losses that depleted most of its capital and that ther was no reasonable expectation it couldd become adequately capitalized without federal assistance. Firs t National Bank of Anthony reporteda first-quarter return on asseta of -12.7 percent. The bank lost $5.1 million in the first The bank had sixbranch offices, including one in Overlans Park and one in that operated under the name of .
The branches all reopenedd Saturday under the SNB Bank of Kansasw name and are maintaining normaooffice hours. First National Bank of Anthonyu had assetsof $156. million and deposits of about $142.45 million on March 31. SNB Bank of Kansas paid abouf $712,500, or 0.5 percent of total to buy First National Bankof Anthony’x deposits, and SNB bought abouy $156.7 million of its assets. The retained the remaininbg assetsfor disposition. SNB Bank of Kansas is based in Hutchinson and has two branches therde and onein Wichita. It is a subsidiaruy of (Nasdaq: OKSB), a holding company baseds in Stillwater, Okla., with $2.9 billion in assets.
The FDIC and SNB Bank of Kansasw entered into a loss share agreement onabout $130.54 million of First National Bank of Anthony’s assets. The FDIC estimatedx that the cost to the insurance fund willbe $32.23 million. First National Bank of Anthony is the40th FDIC-insurex institution to fail this year and the secondx in Kansas; Paola-based failed on Marcgh 20.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Freeze Warning is in effect for the valley through early Friday - News10.net
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News10.net | Freeze Warning is in effect for the valley through early Friday News10.net THURSDAY NIGHT: Calming winds and clear skies overnight will allow temperatures to drop into the mid to upper 20s! A Hard Freeze Warning is in effect from midnight until 9:00am Friday. Protect, plants, pets and pipes! Sierra lows drop below zero. ... |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Why are we subsidising ignorance, stupidity and hatred? - Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
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Why are we subsidising ignorance, stupidity and hatred? Sydney Morning Herald (blog) As long as they enjoy a free pass from the Act, however, we will continue to subsidise their ignorance, stupidity and hatred. They know it too. Or at least the smart ones do. That's why they moved so quickly to shut down debate on this most recent ... |
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Union extends deadline for new Safeway contract - San Francisco Business Times:
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The extension was announced late Thursday by the Unitedx Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No. 7, whicuh represents about 17,000 Denver-area grocery workers now negotiatingh new contractswith Safeway, Albertson’s and . It is the thirc extension in theSafeway talks, which began in early Safeway workers voted last month to call for a strike if but neither side has indicated that a strike is likely in the near Both Albertson’s and King Sooperas workers are operating without contracts righ t now. Negotiations center around the issuesof wages, pensiomn benefits and health-care plans.
Safeway and King Sooperz have offeredpension cuts, pay raises for just a portion of the workers and new preventativs health-care benefits, saying that with the rise of non-unionh grocery stores, some cutbacksx must be made. “I thinkj this [latest extension] gives us an opportunity to continue to negotiat and really be able to tackle the tough issues like wages and pension saidKris Staaf, Safeway’s Denver-are director of public The latest counter-proposal from Safeway workers calls for annual pay increasea of 75 cents per hour over the durationn of the five-year contract, according to UFCW spokeswoma n Laura Chapin.
It also seeks assurances that workerx can continue receiving pension benefitzs at age 50 rathere than having to wait untilage 62, that currentr health benefits are not decreased and that current health-care premiumz are not increased. Safeway has not made a new contracft proposal, Staaf said. Sherree Carlson, a 15-yeatr Safeway employee from Westminster, expressed frustratio n over the pace of negotiations in a news release put out bythe “We gave you a proposal a week ago, and you keep comin g back at us with the same Carlson said. “We need a fair deal and we need to keep the work and the workersw here inour community.
”
The extension was announced late Thursday by the Unitedx Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No. 7, whicuh represents about 17,000 Denver-area grocery workers now negotiatingh new contractswith Safeway, Albertson’s and . It is the thirc extension in theSafeway talks, which began in early Safeway workers voted last month to call for a strike if but neither side has indicated that a strike is likely in the near Both Albertson’s and King Sooperas workers are operating without contracts righ t now. Negotiations center around the issuesof wages, pensiomn benefits and health-care plans.
Safeway and King Sooperz have offeredpension cuts, pay raises for just a portion of the workers and new preventativs health-care benefits, saying that with the rise of non-unionh grocery stores, some cutbacksx must be made. “I thinkj this [latest extension] gives us an opportunity to continue to negotiat and really be able to tackle the tough issues like wages and pension saidKris Staaf, Safeway’s Denver-are director of public The latest counter-proposal from Safeway workers calls for annual pay increasea of 75 cents per hour over the durationn of the five-year contract, according to UFCW spokeswoma n Laura Chapin.
It also seeks assurances that workerx can continue receiving pension benefitzs at age 50 rathere than having to wait untilage 62, that currentr health benefits are not decreased and that current health-care premiumz are not increased. Safeway has not made a new contracft proposal, Staaf said. Sherree Carlson, a 15-yeatr Safeway employee from Westminster, expressed frustratio n over the pace of negotiations in a news release put out bythe “We gave you a proposal a week ago, and you keep comin g back at us with the same Carlson said. “We need a fair deal and we need to keep the work and the workersw here inour community.
”
Friday, December 16, 2011
Penn State's McQueary Says He Told of Sandusky 'Sexual Acts' - BusinessWeek
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Telltale developing 'Law & Order' game - USA Today
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USA Today | Telltale developing 'Law & Order' game USA Today Adventure title developers Telltale Games are working on a new series based on the criminal drama Law & Order. The first two cases in Law & Order Legacies will debut this month for Apple's iPad and iPod Touch. ... |
Monday, December 12, 2011
Anheuser-Busch selling Columbus can-making plant - Business First of Columbus:
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Atkinson, Wis.; and Gainesville, Fla.; for $577 The plants included in the deal employ 635 168 of whom are in and they’ll be offered employment after the deal closes, the companieas said. The Columbus can-making plant is locatedr on the east side of the city at 350McCormicl Blvd., about 16 miles away from Anheuser-Busch’s 900-worker nortgh Columbus brewery, a company representative said. Anheuser-Buscnh InBev said the divested plants as a group are more focusedon soft-drino can production. They’re operated by the company’s can-makintg subsidiary, Ball has agreed to supply the brewer with cans and lids from thedivestec plants.
A-B InBev said its seven remainint metal beverage can and lid manufacturinyg plants will be more focusedon beer-caj production and represent more than 60 percent of its currenf capacity. The company said no plans are under way to sell theremaininfg plants. The deal is expectexd to close at the end of the year or earltyin 2010, and is Anheuser-Buschh InBev’s latest effort to help pay off debt tied to Belgiam brewer InBev’s $52 billion acquisition of St. Louis brewinv icon last year.
“The sale of this group of soft drinks-focuserd plants represents another step in ourdeleveraginyg program, allowing us to rationalize capitaol while retaining those facilities that remain most relevan t to our beer CEO Carlos Brito said in a statement.
Atkinson, Wis.; and Gainesville, Fla.; for $577 The plants included in the deal employ 635 168 of whom are in and they’ll be offered employment after the deal closes, the companieas said. The Columbus can-making plant is locatedr on the east side of the city at 350McCormicl Blvd., about 16 miles away from Anheuser-Busch’s 900-worker nortgh Columbus brewery, a company representative said. Anheuser-Buscnh InBev said the divested plants as a group are more focusedon soft-drino can production. They’re operated by the company’s can-makintg subsidiary, Ball has agreed to supply the brewer with cans and lids from thedivestec plants.
A-B InBev said its seven remainint metal beverage can and lid manufacturinyg plants will be more focusedon beer-caj production and represent more than 60 percent of its currenf capacity. The company said no plans are under way to sell theremaininfg plants. The deal is expectexd to close at the end of the year or earltyin 2010, and is Anheuser-Buschh InBev’s latest effort to help pay off debt tied to Belgiam brewer InBev’s $52 billion acquisition of St. Louis brewinv icon last year.
“The sale of this group of soft drinks-focuserd plants represents another step in ourdeleveraginyg program, allowing us to rationalize capitaol while retaining those facilities that remain most relevan t to our beer CEO Carlos Brito said in a statement.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Kim Ramsey, National Renal Alliance - Nashville Business Journal:
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What do you do? My job is excitinhg because every day bringssomething different. The aread I cover are broad and includes functions such ashiring physicians, disaster planning, lobbyin for dialysis reform, developing collateral materials for the companyy and developing joint ventures with hospitals and physiciahn groups. What led you to your current role? A weatherr delay landed me in the terminalof O'Hare Airport in Chicago with the CEO. He was travelint with some investment bankers doinh a roadshow to raise the equity to start NationapRenal Alliance. We all chatted in the terminakland then, by chance, I sat next to the CEO on the flight back to Nashville.
When we he told me he wanted me to come workfor him, and that he was goingv to call me when everything was in Six months later, my phone rang with an invitation to join his managemeng team. I was the fifth employee and we did not even have letterhea or a copy much less anydialysis clinics, the firstt day I started. Now, we have over 600 employeess and 50 facilities in ten statese in less thensix years. To what do you attributde yourearly success? It was, without a doubt, havintg someone that believes in you. I honestlgy did not know anythinyg about dialysis or have many of the skills needed formy position. Our CEO took a huge chance inhiring me.
I literallyt stopped him in the interviewaand said, "Why in the world would you want to hire He replied that a good company is built on good and that his philosophy is to find the best peoplse he can and then developsx jobs for them. What has been your biggest professionalmistake ? My biggest professional mistake was waiting too long to get involved in professional organizations. The relationships that I have built through those organizations are definitely one of the biggestg reasons that I am where I am at in mycareer today. Is there a famous quote that inspiress you? "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how closed they were to success when theygave up.
" -- Thomasd Edison What role has mentorship playedf in your career? Mentorship has been critical to my My mentors were a driving force in me completinhg my master's degree in communications and also in recentl returning to school to pursue my MBA. I reallg do not think I would have done either of the programs without the encouragement ofmy mentors.
What do you do? My job is excitinhg because every day bringssomething different. The aread I cover are broad and includes functions such ashiring physicians, disaster planning, lobbyin for dialysis reform, developing collateral materials for the companyy and developing joint ventures with hospitals and physiciahn groups. What led you to your current role? A weatherr delay landed me in the terminalof O'Hare Airport in Chicago with the CEO. He was travelint with some investment bankers doinh a roadshow to raise the equity to start NationapRenal Alliance. We all chatted in the terminakland then, by chance, I sat next to the CEO on the flight back to Nashville.
When we he told me he wanted me to come workfor him, and that he was goingv to call me when everything was in Six months later, my phone rang with an invitation to join his managemeng team. I was the fifth employee and we did not even have letterhea or a copy much less anydialysis clinics, the firstt day I started. Now, we have over 600 employeess and 50 facilities in ten statese in less thensix years. To what do you attributde yourearly success? It was, without a doubt, havintg someone that believes in you. I honestlgy did not know anythinyg about dialysis or have many of the skills needed formy position. Our CEO took a huge chance inhiring me.
I literallyt stopped him in the interviewaand said, "Why in the world would you want to hire He replied that a good company is built on good and that his philosophy is to find the best peoplse he can and then developsx jobs for them. What has been your biggest professionalmistake ? My biggest professional mistake was waiting too long to get involved in professional organizations. The relationships that I have built through those organizations are definitely one of the biggestg reasons that I am where I am at in mycareer today. Is there a famous quote that inspiress you? "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how closed they were to success when theygave up.
" -- Thomasd Edison What role has mentorship playedf in your career? Mentorship has been critical to my My mentors were a driving force in me completinhg my master's degree in communications and also in recentl returning to school to pursue my MBA. I reallg do not think I would have done either of the programs without the encouragement ofmy mentors.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Nixon, Quinn push Biden, LaHood for high-speed rail - Washington Business Journal:
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In April, Nixon and Quinn, along with six other Midwestern governors, to LaHood askingh him to support plans for rail corridorss between cities intheir states, including St. Louise to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas Illinois has completed an environmental impacf statement forthe Chicago-St. Louis corridor. “Missourui and our partner states in the already have a competitivee advantage because we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statementg afterthe roundtable.
“I reiterated our strong positionj to Vice President Biden today while we discussed the viabilitu of high speed rail The White House and the have said they wouldr from the American Recover andReinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five yearws as a down payment to develop a passengerr rail system. The other governors at the meeting were Jim Doyle of Jennifer Granholmof Michigan, Tim Kaine of Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonny Perdude of Georgia and Ed Rendell of
In April, Nixon and Quinn, along with six other Midwestern governors, to LaHood askingh him to support plans for rail corridorss between cities intheir states, including St. Louise to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas Illinois has completed an environmental impacf statement forthe Chicago-St. Louis corridor. “Missourui and our partner states in the already have a competitivee advantage because we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statementg afterthe roundtable.
“I reiterated our strong positionj to Vice President Biden today while we discussed the viabilitu of high speed rail The White House and the have said they wouldr from the American Recover andReinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five yearws as a down payment to develop a passengerr rail system. The other governors at the meeting were Jim Doyle of Jennifer Granholmof Michigan, Tim Kaine of Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonny Perdude of Georgia and Ed Rendell of
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Alaska Airlines to fly San Jose-Austin 'nerd bird' - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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A week after said it wouled cease theSan Jose-Austin daily service that bore that said Monday it will inaugurat daily service between the technology hubs startingt Sept. 2. The flights earned the nicknamse because they are usually fillee withtech workers. The San Jose-Austin route is a naturakl extension ofour network, providing a vital link betweenj two high-tech hubs,” said Andrew Alaska Airlines’ vice president of planning and revenuee management. “We are excited to offer this new market to our The new flight will depart San Joseat 8:55 a.m. Pacific time and arrivde at Austin-Bergstrom International Airportat 2:15 p.m. Centra l time.
The return flight will depart Austimn at3 p.m. Central time and arrivs in San Joseat 4:40 p.m. Pacific The flight will originat ein Portland, Ore. An Alaska Airlinews jet will replace one of five existingf Horizon Air flights betweenj Portland andSan Jose, increasing capacity in the market. The Alaskas flight will depart Portlandat 6:20 a.m. Pacific time and arrive in San Joseat 8:10 a.m. Pacifi time. The return flight will depart San Joseat 5:25 p.m. and arriv e in Portland at 7:10 p.m.
Alaskas Airlines will operate the flights withBoeing 737-800s, accommodatinv 16 passengers in first class and 141 in the main Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group together serve more than 90 citiesa through an expansive network in the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and
A week after said it wouled cease theSan Jose-Austin daily service that bore that said Monday it will inaugurat daily service between the technology hubs startingt Sept. 2. The flights earned the nicknamse because they are usually fillee withtech workers. The San Jose-Austin route is a naturakl extension ofour network, providing a vital link betweenj two high-tech hubs,” said Andrew Alaska Airlines’ vice president of planning and revenuee management. “We are excited to offer this new market to our The new flight will depart San Joseat 8:55 a.m. Pacific time and arrivde at Austin-Bergstrom International Airportat 2:15 p.m. Centra l time.
The return flight will depart Austimn at3 p.m. Central time and arrivs in San Joseat 4:40 p.m. Pacific The flight will originat ein Portland, Ore. An Alaska Airlinews jet will replace one of five existingf Horizon Air flights betweenj Portland andSan Jose, increasing capacity in the market. The Alaskas flight will depart Portlandat 6:20 a.m. Pacific time and arrive in San Joseat 8:10 a.m. Pacifi time. The return flight will depart San Joseat 5:25 p.m. and arriv e in Portland at 7:10 p.m.
Alaskas Airlines will operate the flights withBoeing 737-800s, accommodatinv 16 passengers in first class and 141 in the main Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group together serve more than 90 citiesa through an expansive network in the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and
Thursday, December 1, 2011
My apologies for hurting the economy - Denver Business Journal:
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What’s that? You didn’t know? wake up and behold the awesomre power! Well, it’s not just me. It’s the My colleagues and I are responsible for the sorryu state ofthe don’t you know? At the very least, we’r e standing in the way of recovery. That’s what I get told almostr every week. Readers, public officialw and even the mayor of HizzonerJohn Hickenlooper, tell me they wish the mediaz would stop reporting all that bad economif news. Why? Because all that bad news is makingpeopl scared. And you know what happens when peoplare scared? They stop spending money.
When they stop spendingv money, companies stop making money, lay off peoplre and stop paying taxes. Pretth soon, you’ve got a mess. We’ve got a all right. And it’s all my fault, evidently. It wasn’tf Wall Street bankers — making obscene salariees and dreaming up ridiculous financial schemesz that brought down some ofthe nation’s most respected financialo institutions — that caused problems in the It was the It wasn’t Congress, whicy insisted that banks lend money to deadbeate in pursuit of the glories of home ownership (and It was the It wasn’t crooked mortgage brokers who got stupid peoplwe to sign loan documente they didn’t understand.
Nor was it the real estat agents who talked them into biggedr houses than theycoulrd afford. It was the media. Yes, as members of the mainstream MEDIA, my colleagues and I are personally responsiblwe for the fortunesof America’s economy. If we would only write abou t something good, everything would be better. There’ds a lot of good news out peopletell me. Hey, didn’t we introduces you to the term “green shoots”?
We all took it down when Ben Bernankdesaid it, and then spread the gospel of green shootas all across this great land of Green shoots, in case you’ve sworn off economi news because it’s so negative, are those littld tendrils of growth on the economic curling skyward, that soon will grow into sinewy vines, just like in “Jack and the One day, it could be news about applications for unemploymenty compensation. The next, foreclosures. It all depends on what’sx “expected.
” If unemployment is to go up a “lot” in one month, and it only goes up a that’s a “green because it’s considered “good” Unless you’re unemployed.
What’s that? You didn’t know? wake up and behold the awesomre power! Well, it’s not just me. It’s the My colleagues and I are responsible for the sorryu state ofthe don’t you know? At the very least, we’r e standing in the way of recovery. That’s what I get told almostr every week. Readers, public officialw and even the mayor of HizzonerJohn Hickenlooper, tell me they wish the mediaz would stop reporting all that bad economif news. Why? Because all that bad news is makingpeopl scared. And you know what happens when peoplare scared? They stop spending money.
When they stop spendingv money, companies stop making money, lay off peoplre and stop paying taxes. Pretth soon, you’ve got a mess. We’ve got a all right. And it’s all my fault, evidently. It wasn’tf Wall Street bankers — making obscene salariees and dreaming up ridiculous financial schemesz that brought down some ofthe nation’s most respected financialo institutions — that caused problems in the It was the It wasn’t Congress, whicy insisted that banks lend money to deadbeate in pursuit of the glories of home ownership (and It was the It wasn’t crooked mortgage brokers who got stupid peoplwe to sign loan documente they didn’t understand.
Nor was it the real estat agents who talked them into biggedr houses than theycoulrd afford. It was the media. Yes, as members of the mainstream MEDIA, my colleagues and I are personally responsiblwe for the fortunesof America’s economy. If we would only write abou t something good, everything would be better. There’ds a lot of good news out peopletell me. Hey, didn’t we introduces you to the term “green shoots”?
We all took it down when Ben Bernankdesaid it, and then spread the gospel of green shootas all across this great land of Green shoots, in case you’ve sworn off economi news because it’s so negative, are those littld tendrils of growth on the economic curling skyward, that soon will grow into sinewy vines, just like in “Jack and the One day, it could be news about applications for unemploymenty compensation. The next, foreclosures. It all depends on what’sx “expected.
” If unemployment is to go up a “lot” in one month, and it only goes up a that’s a “green because it’s considered “good” Unless you’re unemployed.
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