Too bad it's not a more upbeat article. Oakland: continuing the ongoing efforts to be a No Fun Zone.


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It's fairly common to hear people argue that a corporation's highest, if not sole, duty is to maximize profits for the corporation's shareholders. This is used as the excuse for why the executives really want to do the right thing, but their hands are tied by the law and their responsibilities to their shareholders... so don't blame us ( Read more... )

I found myself laughing aloud in disbelief when I came across this latest piece of news about the ongoing economic implosion. From Forbes:In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy ( Read more... )

I stopped by Walgreens on the way home the other day to pick up some new mascara. There was a buy-one-get-one-for-half-off sale on the brand I was getting - spiff ( Read more... )