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Surprise birthday party is a disaster on ‘Grey’s

Arizona, on her birthday, was looking after a young cancer patient named Wallace who had become something of a favorite. When his parents asked for a meeting with Arizona, the Chief and the board guy, Arizona was terrified that she was about to be read the riot act. It turned out, however, that Wallace's parents wanted to contribute $25 million to the hospital. Complete Story...

Money can’t buy love, but personality can

I have never been the romantic type. I looked to relationships with women as perfunctory. Necessary. The old attention + gifts = affection.

Funds dwindling to oversee Utah's hazardous waste

Businesses that handle some of Utah's most dangerous materials are being inspected less often because of dwindling funds to pay for the work.

Receiver sets $1.5B target for Stanford investors

The lawyer tracking down money lost in what authorities say was a massive Ponzi scheme run by R. Allen Stanford says he hopes to gain control of more than $1.5 billion that would be then returned to fleeced investors.

What was Toyota thinking with a $400K car?

By now, we should all be familiar with Toyota’s woes. No sooner did the automaker finally ascend to the No. 1 global spot, displacing General Motors, than it began to hit speedbumps and potholes. There were historic financial losses, lawsuits, and embarrassing, tragic recalls. At one point, it was widely believed that Toyota could do no wrong. All of a sudden, it could do no right.

10 tricks for swapping your way to free stuff

So maybe money’s been tight lately. tight. If the thought of meeting your family’s needs or bankrolling the holidays in the coming weeks is leaving you with a pit in your stomach, here’s an idea: Embrace bartering.

ConsumerMan: FTC nabs Moneygram

The Federal Trade Commission has settled a huge case aimed at slowing the flow of money unwittingly wired to con artists.

When giving gift cards, understand the pitfalls

You buy your sister a $100 general purpose gift card. It's for her birthday, but it might be the bank that has reason to celebrate.

Ohio senators curious about casino money

Some Ohio senators were curious Wednesday about the possibility of plugging the state's budget hole with money from casinos, should they be approved by voters next week.

Hulk Hogan: Laila Ali saved me from suicide

Hulk Hogan, as big a star as professional wrestling had ever spawned, had reached the end. For days he sat in his empty mansion, mixing rum and Xanax, shattered by an impending divorce and a family tragedy, holding a gun to his head and thinking about how little force it would take to pull the trigger and end it all.

Court to hear arguments on E. Chicago casino money

The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether a share of East Chicago casino revenues earmarked for economic development should go to a nonprofit corporation or to the city.

Tidbits: Jackson’s sons can’t accept dad’s death

As is to be expected, the grief-filled months since Michael Jackson’s sudden death have been difficult for his three young children, but one them is said to be coping much better than the others.

Man took pay from NJ company he never worked for

An Illinois man has admitted banking more than $470,000 in paychecks from a New Jersey company he never worked for.

Income, wealth of some famous Norwegians

A glance at the finances of some famous Norwegians, from an online database by national broadcaster NRK, based on government tax records (numbers reflect only income taxable in Norway, which for Norwegians working abroad may mean only a fraction of what they earn):

Lutefisk and loot: Tax records open in Norway

It's the moment nosy Norwegian neighbors have been waiting for — the release of official records showing the annual income and overall wealth of nearly every taxpayer in the Scandinavian country.

$44M in stimulus funds for NJ energy programs

New Jersey has received more than $44 million in federal economic stimulus funds to help 65 communities in the Garden State pay for energy efficiency programs.

Scoop: Time to protect the kids on reality TV

The surreal drama surrounding Jon and Kate Gosselin and their eight kids became the “biggest celebrity story of the year,” according to “The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin,” on .

Suspicions grow on ‘Housewives’

Angie changed in front of Danny, who asked if she was going to get her scar taken care of. She said she didn’t notice it anymore, and that it would cost money. When Danny said something snide about Nick’s spending, Angie reminded him that after the explosion (so ... there was an explosion?), Nick was there for her and is a good man. Danny said he’d make enough money someday to get her scar fixed and take care of her. Probably not if he drops out of school, though, as he threatened this episode.

DeMarco: Last chance for Angels to make a splash

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim find themselves back where they usually are in October — playing postseason baseball.

Powell: Can an owner be fired? ’Skins fans can hope

Suppose your team, the one you bleed for, was stuck with a quarterback. Not any quarterback. A really lousy one, who can’t impress today and doesn’t inspire confidence for tomorrow. Let’s call him JaMarcus Leinart. For lack of a better name.

Howard: Sticking with Lidge paid off for Phillies

The gall Charlie Manuel is showing right now is nothing new. But you still had to laugh at the Phillies manager’s consistency when someone asked him on the eve of the playoffs last week to clear up the scariest question his defending champion Phillies dragged into the postseason: Who was going to be the Phillies’ closer?

Great-grandma Tasered by cop admits: ‘I lost it’

Great-grandma Kathryn “Sue” Winkfein comes across as an awfully nice, polite woman. So just how did this 4-foot-11 72-year-old wind up getting Tasered by a cop?

Scoop: Jon claims Kate has a million dollars

Sun rises in the east, bear goes in woods, Jon and Kate Gosselin live to fight another day. And so is the new (sad) world order.

Obama to give $1.4 million Nobel prize to charity

President Barack Obama will donate the $1.4 million cash award that comes with the Nobel Peace Prize to charity.

Scoop: Timing of Kate’s comedy bit not her fault

With “hair that looks like she fights crime in space,” Kate Gosselin starred in one of the funnier sketches Jay Leno’s aired since the start of “The Jay Leno Show.”

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WisdomTree Registers New Inflation-Linked ETF - News In Focus
Source: indexuniverse.com

WisdomTree Trust has registered with the SEC a new exchange-traded fund that seeks to give investors long-term returns above the rate of inflation.

WisdomTree Enters the Inflation ETF Race
Source: finance.yahoo.com

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: WisdomTree has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new ETF that seeks to give investors protection from inflation. Related Quotes SymbolPriceChange CPI25.140.00 Chart for IQ CPI HEDGE IPE51.50+0.11 Chart f …

Can Obama fix the job market?

Economy is still shedding jobs and people are asking Obama to fix it. Folks, there is not much Obama can do about it. Government does not have a magic stick to swing and change the world. We have borrowed for 50 years and spent and inflated prices and salaries along with it.

How the Dollar is Being Systematically Devalued since the 1980s.
Source: mybudget360.com

Yes. The Federal Reserve and the Government are devaluing our money ON PURPOSE. Why, you ask?

t r u t h o u t | Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of Military
Source: t r u t h o u t

We as citizens of the United States need to take better care of our soldiers before and after they return from War. Who is protecting them while they are protecting us.

Ex-Goldman Sachs Partner Kaplan Expects Populist Rage to Swell
Source: Bloomberg.com

Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Robert S. Kaplan, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner who now teaches management at Harvard Business School, predicted that public anger at Wall Street will continue to grow as joblessness gets worse.

Salary raises counted as saved jobs; 2 out of 3 Head Start jobs overcounted
Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune

An Associated Press review of the latest stimulus reports — which the White House promised would undergo extensive reviews to ensure accuracy — found that more than two-thirds of 14,506 jobs credited to the recovery act under spending by just one federal office were overstate …

Wealth Creation Means What?

When we hear about wealth creation it is usually presented as gaining money and other valuable assets. Make money, then invest it to grow your net worth - a common formula.

Paying For Access To Your Credit History
Source: The New York Times

The New York Times today has an article about freecreditreports.com. You've probably seen their commercials, which feature actors who sing songs about how bad their life is since their identity was stolen. Though advertised as free, the company's ultimate goal...

Al Gore Set To Become First "Carbon Billionaire"
Source: The New York Times

Mr. Gore is poised to become the world's first "carbon billionaire," profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in.

The Trouble with Recovering a Broke Economy

One of the silent killers of the economic recovery may be a program the President first introduced in Phoenix back in February.

Obama Administration Launches Deceptive Swine Flu Propaganda Blitz
Source: Global Research News

This is proof that the pandemic is a lie or atleast there should be an open televised debate with the Doctor's who wrote this article and supporting Scientists with those who support the so called pandemic. We Americans need to stop acting like SHEEP being lead to the slaughter.

Do we still have Capitalism in this country?

A man has an idea for a product he would like to sell. He borrows some money from some friends. He buys supplies, hires some employees and begins. As his product sells he pays his employees and overhead.

NEVER Seek �Help� from the State�s Armed Enforcers
Source: LewRockwell.com

This proves my point I could write a lengthy article but who would read it., Facts are not believable unless you have the proof and evidence witch it, "Seems was the man killed'.

Regulators Seize Nine Banks
Source: TheStreet.com

The nine failed banks were in four states. All were subsidiaries of FBOP, a privately held banking company headquartered in Chicago. Together, they had $19.4 billion in assets. U.S. Bank N.A. of Minneapolis, the main subsidiary of U.S.

Why Wall Street Bonuses Won't Go Away | Newsweek Voices - Daniel Gross | Newsweek.com
Source: Newsweek

Just as chickens can run around with their heads cut off, financial firms can pay bonuses even when they've essentially failed (AIG) or clocked massive losses (Merrill Lynch).

Stimulus Overstated
Source:

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs downplayed errors in job counts identified by the AP's review, telling reporters, "We're talking about 4,000, or a 5,000 error." The AP reviewed a sample of federal contracts, not all 9,000 reported to date, and discovered errors in one in six  …

What's the easiest $25 you ever made?

So my Newsvine payout balance is sitting at a paltry $21.75, well below the $25 necessary for payouts. Right now, it tends to accrue about $0.08 per month, which would mean a long time before it surpasses that magical barrier. I need to do something about this.

Nation�s GDP rises 3.5 percent in third quarter
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The increase in real GDP in the third quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures, exports, private inventory investment, federal government spending and residential fixed investment.

We Just Launched BreakUpTheBigBanks.com: Why Everyone, Left, Right, Center, Must Join
Source: The Huffington Post

It is as simple as this: the big banks have too much economic power and too much political power to be compatible with our economic security or political democracy. Either alone is sufficient justification for breaking them up. Together, it makes it imperative. We can do it.

Local bands: are they worth paying for?
Source: TODAYOnline

IT IS often said that the measure of an artist isn't so much how many people like your work, but how much they'd pay for your work. Would a Picasso still be "a Picasso" if his paintings only cost 10 bucks?

500 turn out for $30-per-bottle beer
Source: United Press International

A California microbrewery owner said more than 500 people turned out to buy $30 bottles of his barrel-aged beer at the Great Depression-themed release party.

Action eAlert: The Great Culling Vaccines and Depopulation; NY Rally
Source: www.healthfreedomusa.org

An interesting article on the Flu Pandemic. You be the JUDGE...

Fears About Economy

There is some good economic news. Prices of homes and other real estate are rising, slowly, but still rising. This is due in part to the temporary tax credits. program which ends soon.

Bracing Ourselves for More Sham Vaccine Studies: NIAID's Reliance on Bad Science | The Smirking Chimp
Source: Smirkingchimp

The Swine Flu Pandemic is no more than a fear tactic to get people to take the flu shot. The money made from mass flu shots will benefit the Pharmaceutical Industry. Since it's been made public that the shots were never properly tested, it is a danger to everyone's health.

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