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That's Where the Money Is

Courtesy Earl Johnson via Right Wing News. Five percent will pay for a tax cut for 95%. Five percent will pay for health care for all. Five percent will pay for the bailout of the banks. Five percent will pay for better schools. Five percent will pay for tuition tax credit. Five percent will pay for expanded stem cell research. Five percent will pay for broadband access for everyone. Five percent will pay for a "digital smart grid" (what ever that is?). Five percent will pay for American car comhttp://www.uncorrelated.com/2008/10/thats_...

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Secondary Sources: Rates, Innovation, Recession, Suprime Lending

A roundup of economic news from around the Web. Blaming Rates: On his Marginal Revolution blog, Tyler Cowen responds to a post by Barry Ritholtz that puts a portion of the blame for the housing crisis on the Greenspan Fed’s maintenance of a low rate for too long. “I don’t side with Austrian Business Cycle Theory in citing loose monetary policy as the main factor in the artificial boom which preceded the crash. I view the boom as having been fueled by new global wealth, most of all in Asia, andhttp://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/10/21/...

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Sean Avery Returns for an Anti-Charm Offensive

Photo: Getty Images Sean Avery came back to the Garden last night in his only appearance this year as a member of the Dallas Stars, and the evening played out like his Rangers career conveniently condensed into a tidy three-hour recap. Naturally, he had some antics on the ice; he was booed every time he touched the puck by the same fans who worshipped him just six months ago. In vintage Avery fashion, he spent the pregame warm-ups yapping at the Rangers, then exchanged words with goalie Henrikhttp://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/sean_...

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Swarmcast Launches Comprehensive Live Sports Streaming Solution - MarketWatch

Swarmcast Launches Comprehensive Live Sports Streaming SolutionMarketWatch - 32 minutes agoBuilt on Swarmcast's patented Autobahn Platform which creates a TV-like experience for consumers, Swarmcast For Sports enables rights holders, ...Sports world can't escape credit crunch guardian.co.ukall 4 news articles http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us...

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German Health Insurers to Charge Extra Amount, Rheinische Says (Bloomberg)

The fund will pool health insurance premiums of 15.5 percent of gross pay, topped up by public funding, and redistribute the money to health insurers according to an allocation formula that includes the percentage of chronically ill.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/searc...

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