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Tearful lobbyist Jack Abramoff gets 4 years prisonBroken and disgraced, lobbyist Jack Abramoff will spend four years in prison for his role in a corruption scandal that upended Washington politics and contributed to the Republicans' loss of Congress in 2006. ... |
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Dell to Sell Most or All of Its Factories in 18 Months [Dell]According to the Wall Street Journal, Dell is restructuring their production in a massive overhaul that will send the entire manufacturing process overseas. According to one insider's account, most or all of Dell's factories, which are based in the US, will be sold off in 18 months. Dell has long... |
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Republican National Convention Ratings: John McCain Speech Gets 38.9 Million Viewers, Beats ObamaJohn McCain has won the ratings race. The Republican nominee beat Democratic challenger Barack Obama's record-setting convention speech viewership by 500,000 viewers. McCain's address at the Democratic National Convention was seen by about 38.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Resear... |
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Drill, baby, drillIN TRUTH, there are actually some good reasons to think that America might want to exploit its oil resources more fully. Tyler Cowen discovers one today in a paper I've commented on before. It reads:This paper provides model-based estimates of the value of oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife... |
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New York Times futurist Michael Rogers to leaveBy Rafat Ali The New York Times' (NYSE: NYT) futurist-in-residence Michael Rogers is leaving the company after two years. He came in to NYT in September 2006, as an R&D consultant with a fancy name and a fixed tenure... ... |
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US jobless rate jump sparks fresh recession fearsWASHINGTON (AFP) - US unemployment jumped to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as 84,000 jobs were slashed, according to a report Friday that sparked fresh fears about recession in the world's biggest economy. ... |
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