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Hot wheels

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Lori Stassi
Sep 4, 2008
Could gas prices be driving up fraudulent car theft claims?...
Posted In: fraud car thefts insurance
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Google unveils new browser

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Richard Core
Sep 2, 2008
Google's debut of its open-source Chrome browser today is a hot topic on the Web....
Posted In: browser, Chrome, Google
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California lawmakers push for carbon-reduction planning

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Richard Core
Sep 2, 2008
When you live in Los Angeles like we do, you quickly learn that the reason public transportation isn't a viable option for much of the population...
Posted In: carbon-dioxide emissions, public transportation, urban planning
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GM to salaried workers: Why not retire now?

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Melissa Kaplan
Aug 29, 2008
General Motors has been looking for ways to cut its workforce down for a long time. Now it's offering 9,000 salaried workers early retirement...
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Scientists develop cells that could be disease fighters

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Richard Core
Aug 27, 2008
Scientists say they have caused one type of cell to become another -- with no intermediate step using controversial stem cells -- which could have...
Posted In: Health, medicine, stem cells
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Want to invest in rock 'n' roll?

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Richard Core
Aug 27, 2008
With all the problems the music industry is having, artists and entrepreneurs are looking for new business models....
Posted In: Bandstocks, Music
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Dell to offer low-cost computers to emerging markets

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Richard Core
Aug 27, 2008
With sales of PC laptops and desktops slowing in the United States, Dell is making a push for markets in growing economies around the world with a...
Posted In: computers, Dell
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Profits in the airline industry!

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Melissa Kaplan
Aug 26, 2008
The airlines are suffering across the board, but Virgin Atlantic is actually coming out ahead. The airline credits the "T5 Effect" for helping it...
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Fewer textbooks to carry with Kindle?

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Richard Core
Aug 25, 2008
The ARS Technica website has a report that Amazon may enter the college textbook market with a new version of its Kindle electronic reading device....
Posted In: college, Kindle, textbooks
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Colleges dropping food trays

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Richard Core
Aug 25, 2008
Several hundred colleges have either stopped using trays in their cafeterias or plan to soon, according to an Associated Press report. By serving...
Posted In: cafeterias, college, Food

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.

Annapolis57 | May 17, 2013
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld's interview on Marketplace today was absolutely unbelievable. Really. Is one of his rules not to believe your own spin? I...

jgrothues | May 16, 2013
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Ryssdal's interview with Rumsfeld was breathtakingly inappropriate. "Marketplace?" If Ryssdal wants to promote his obvious biases...

rcd43 | May 16, 2013
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How World Finance makes a killing lending on the installment (loan) plan

There is something fundamentally wrong with predatory lending businesses, whether they are pay day loans or installment contracts. The business...

entropyman | May 15, 2013

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