Archive for July, 2010
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Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: Newsweek
The economy added just 83,000 new private sector jobs in June according to job numbers released July 2. This has added new fuel to the already heated debate over what the government should do to help unemployed Americans.
Exhibit A: David Brooks, the great moderate hope, attacks the subject in a New York Times column [...]
Mona Lisa’s Secrets Revealed
Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: AP
Actually, the “Mona Lisa” smile still remains a mystery. However, French scientists believe they have cracked a few secrets of Leonardo da Vinci’s technique of successive ultrathin layers of paint and glaze that gave his works their dreamy quality. According to the scientists they have cracked some secrets after studying 7 of the Louvre [...]
Free Bumper Case to IPhone Owners
Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: ABC News
If you have an iPhone, Apple will give you a free bumper case that is supposed to prevent reception problems plaguing the smartphone. This offer is good until September 30 according to CEO Steve Jobs on July 17.
Customers who have already bought a bumper — a plastic cover that prevents human contact from [...]
Lohan May Serve Only 2 Weeks
Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: ABC News
Today, Lindsay Lohan started her sentence at the Century Regional Attention Center in Lynnwood California. Her stay could possibly be as short as 2 weeks. At least, this is what ABC News affiliate KABC-TV in Los Angeles learned on July 20. Her projected release date is August 2 according to her booking form. [...]
Contagious Disease and Divorce Part 2
Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: ABC GMA
Continued from “Contagious Disease and Divorce Part 1“
For more than 10 years, Fowler and his colleagues have used research from the Framingham Heart Study to examine the scope of this influence. He said his research has demonstrated that problems such as smoking, drinking, even gaining weight can all be spread through a group.
“What [...]
Is Goldman Sachs Mortal after All?
Monday, July 26th, 2010Cited: Reuters
It seems that Goldman Sachs could be mortal after all after confirming on July 20 that their quarterly earnings had fallen drastically by 82%. That is much more than the analysts had predicted. Questions were raised about whether the firm could still outsmart its competition because of a trading and underwriting slump to put [...]
Contagious Disease and Divorce Part 1
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Cited: ABC GMA
Experts are now comparing divorce with contagious diseases in close social groups. You can catch it if somebody close to you has it.
“Think of this ‘idea’ of getting divorced, this ‘option’ of getting divorced like a virus, because it spreads more or less the same way,” University of California, San Diego professor James [...]
Space as New Vacation Spot
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Cited: MSNBC
Space enthusiasts are going to have a huge choice to make when it comes to summer getaways soon. The rise of commercial space flight will allow anybody that can afford it a new choice in vacation spots.
From a simple trip to view a rocket launch, to an actual flight in space, there are options [...]
Postage Going up Again?
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Cited: AP
In January, citizens may be looking at a $.46 stamp. The post office is asking for an increase of the price of a stamp $.02. Due to the bad economy and e-mail, the post office has experienced massive losses and declining mail volume as it faces a financial crisis.
Postal officials announced a wide-ranging series [...]
Rock-Bottom Rates Has Housing Sector on Edge
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Cited: ABC News
Since the Eisenhower era, interest rates for homebuyers haven’t been lower and home prices all over the country have fallen drastically
Buyers who qualified for the federal tax credit program that ended in April, meanwhile, were given extra time, through the end of September, to close on their homes.
And yet, home sales are in [...]
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