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...question to ask your broker these days is not which stock to buy, but how much it will cost to make the trade. Across America discount brokers are slashing commissions in an all-out fight to grab new customers...
Obama's decision wasn't surprising - in his State of the Union speech, he dedicated prime space to hyping nuclear power - and on Tuesday, Feb. 16, he reiterated the need for a "new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in America." His proposed budget, released at the start of the month, would triple existing loan guarantees for new nuclear plants. While Obama has still done more to promote renewable energy than did any President before him, environmentalists are increasingly worried that greener sources like solar and wind are being downplayed in favor of nuclear, clean coal and biofuels...
...that may be the point: more-moderate Republicans like Lindsey Graham have made it clear that they believe that support for nuclear energy needs to be a part of America's new energy policy. By spending billions to back the nuclear industry, the White House may be able to get some Republican support for the floundering climate-and-energy bill, which would put a limit on greenhouse gases. "On an issue which affects our economy, our security and the future of our planet," said Obama in Maryland, "we cannot continue to be mired in the same old debates between left...
Harvard purchased over $35 million worth of shares in Bank of America and invested several million dollars in other U.S. financial firms as well. Additionally, the University purchased stakes in companies that have been the target of high-profile takeovers, including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, recently purchased by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, and Cadbury PLC, recently acquired by Kraft Foods...
...according to the antimissileers. Flying lasers are the dream of Star Wars boosters, theoretically combining the speed of light with multiple shots from a single platform. Such lasers play into America's can-do hubris, compounded by the frisson of excitement generated by theoretical invulnerability they provide. "The airborne laser is initially proven and should continue to be developed, tested and even deployed if necessary," Riki Ellison, a former NFL linebacker who now heads the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, said shortly after the shootdown. "The ability of our military to use the airborne laser ... to engage and destroy multiple Iranian...