Final Note

Nov 24, 2011
A national sales tax on Black Friday purchases?
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Cornell economics professor Robert Frank is proposing a national sales tax on all purchases made between 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and 6 a.m. on the following Friday. Would you support it?
Nov 23, 2011
Turkey (the country) gets a pardon
Fitch said it's bumping Turkey's outlook to positive from stable. Something to be thankful for.
Nov 22, 2011
The stimulus added how many jobs?
The Congressional Budget Office says the 2009 economic stimulus added lots of jobs. But we're not sure about how many.
Nov 21, 2011
Poll: 69% of us knew super committee was doomed
How did Republicans and Democrats compare in their predictions?
Nov 18, 2011
NCAA launches investigation into Penn State
NCAA President Mark Emmert has announced that an investigation into the Penn State scandal would start immediately.
Nov 17, 2011
Happy Guinness World Records Day!
More 200,000 people around the world took part in attempts to break or make records.
Nov 16, 2011
Toxic chemicals in your baby shampoo
Johnson & Johnson announced today it's going to start removing two toxic chemicals from its popular baby shampoo.
Nov 15, 2011
Fannie, Freddie executive pay and the STOCK Act
The House Financial Services Committee voted to stop the multimillion dollar bonuses Fannie and Freddie executive have been getting. And the STOCK Act is introduced in the Senate.
Nov 14, 2011
What’s your tourism slogan for the U.S.?
A new marketing campaign calls America "The United States of Awesome Possibilities." Can you do better?
Nov 10, 2011
Betting the odds on the Republican presidential nomination
This final note today about the GOP debate and what markets can tell us about ourselves.

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