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Currency War Fears Prompt Global Economy Week
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Rachel Hanson | No Comment | ]
Currency War Fears Prompt Global Economy Week

If there is anything the global economic powers are agreeing on, it is the fact that none wants a currency that is strong, currently.
A good number of advanced economies are expecting not too hot or too cold growth in domestics, right through to 2011, making most of them dependent on exports. Even the main emerging economies, such as Brazil and China rely heavily on exports as well. This means that a weak currency would offer their commodities a better advantage in competition.
Since there are fears that there could be …

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Homes for Sale Rising up Everywhere in Reno, Sparks
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Martin Shaffer | No Comment | ]
Homes for Sale Rising up Everywhere in Reno, Sparks

There are good news for those hunting for houses, since developers are once again building better and new homes. Homes for sale are now priced competitively.
Drywallers, Roofers and Framers have been intensely in the process of working on novel homes almost in every corner of Sparks and Reno, right from the north of Cold Springs to the southern side of Damonte Ranch to Northwest of Reno in Wingfield Springs. New constructions are now available for home for sale buyers to see, such as high-end and semi custom type of homes …

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NFL Week 4 Action
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Grace Taylor | No Comment | ]
NFL Week 4 Action

Jay Cutler suffered a knock that threw him out of the game after getting a concussion much earlier in the first half, with Todd Collins coming to relieve him. Todd again lasted in the game up to the fourth quarter for the Chicago Bears before facing a knock out, with the game laid at the hands of Caleb Hanie. Chicago was facing a rough ride allowing 10 good sacks, which included about nine in the first half that set a record. The New York Giants emerged the winner, at 17 …

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Textbooks to be offered by iPad eBook Reader
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Andres Ruiz | No Comment | ]
Textbooks to be offered by iPad eBook Reader

If the current trend is anything to go by, Student might be continuing to offer a good chunk of their loan checks to the prolific Apple. While iPhones, iPods and Macs are still very popular with crowd of college students, the release of Apple’s long awaited product, iPad, did set it among the heart of must haves in terms of school supply lists after its release in April 2010.
The CEO of McGraw Hill, Harold McGraw III was quoted earlier by the media explaining that the textbooks of the company will …

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College Football Week 4
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Charles Glover | No Comment | ]
College Football Week 4

After the completion of the college football week 4, there was a lot of action on and off the pitch. One was Boise States’ first ever taste of the Gameday College Crew courtesy of ESPN, and hardly disappointed. They survived some mistakes and were able to beat Oregon by 37 to 24. If Alabama and Buckeyes were to trip, it is likely Boise could slide right into one of the two top most spots.
The Broncos boost might be Nevada Wolfpack rise into the top most 25, ranked 4-0 for the …

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Obama Administration on the Throat of Tax Deferrals
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Margery Zimmerman | No Comment | ]
Obama Administration on the Throat of Tax Deferrals

As many people work on their taxes end month, the fact is that some of the largest companies in the world as well as the most profitable are enjoying quite a lower rate of tax more than many, if they do pay any tax at all.
The most shocking example was the company ‘General Electric’, where the conglomerate was able to generate about $10.3 billion dollars income before tax and at the end of it all it owed nothing to the government, recording a hefty tax benefit totaling 1.1 billion dollars.
General …

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Match with Woods Makes Good Case for Westwood to be No. 1
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Rachel Hanson | No Comment | ]
Match with Woods Makes Good Case for Westwood to be No. 1

Lee Westwood’s Saturday game against Woods did make a big statement for the golfer in becoming No. 1 player world wide in the game. His display in the Ryder Cup in the weekend was evidence of Lee’s lofty position in Golf.
Teaming up with Luke Donald, Westwood made a very amicable lead in the alternate type of play as they played against Steve Stricker and Woods, prior to halting their match due to darkness, after about nine holes. This capped a huge day that had started with Westwood aiding in the …

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Elko Nevada is the Place Recession Forgot
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Martin Shaffer | No Comment | ]
Elko Nevada is the Place Recession Forgot

Gold has become defense from home for Elko, Nevada, with the city thriving superbly in the last two years. A local says that they are calling the town a place where the recession seems to have forgotten.
Elko is about 300 miles from Reno in the Eastern part, sitting astride the largest ever-gold deposit found anywhere within the United States: Carlin Trend, with a width of five miles and a length of 40 miles. In the town, more than fifty million capacities of troy ounces of precious gold have been produced. …

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Top Territories and States with Higher Women Earnings Courtesy of Census Data
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Grace Taylor | No Comment | ]
Top Territories and States with Higher Women Earnings Courtesy of Census Data

According to data released last week by the United States Census from American Community Survey of 2009, Puerto Rico remains the only state or a territory of United States that gives a woman the chance to earn more money than men, standing at 103% of what men are earning.
However, Puerto Rico is hardly an area that is high paying for both genders, with the women estimated median earning standing around $20, 563 by 2009.
From Alaska right to Rhode Island, only females who were located within a single place …

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New Direction Signaled by HP CEO Choice
[5 Oct 2010 | posted by: Andres Ruiz | No Comment | ]
New Direction Signaled by HP CEO Choice

Hewlett-Packard has appointed its CEO, a software executive from German, sending clear signals that the global leader in technology’s board is now preparing to roll out big in software business.
This is what analysts seems to suggest that it should do, so that it can refrain from being outsmarted and left behind in its line of businesses, namely printer and computer, which have been seen as not offering a lot of room for big profits or even growth.
The new CEO, Leo Apotheker, formally of SAP AG, said software was what would …