Word: armageddon
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...course, entirely possible that even when Jobs returns, this faceless way of doing business makes more sense than the Jobs/Apple way. Apple's stores generate their own buzz, after all, despite these days of economic Armageddon. Besides, Apple's products continue to be so cool, they get us to write about them. Even in the absence of Jobs...
...prospect of chemical and biological warfare in this age of anthrax scares and WMD can feel - like the threat of nuclear Armageddon before it - like a uniquely modern terror. But a British archaeologist's recent find offers a reminder that chemical weapons are nothing new - in fact, they are nearly 2,000 years old. Simon James, a researcher at the University of Leicester in the U.K., claims to have found the first physical evidence of chemical weaponry, dating from a battle fought in A.D. 256 at an ancient Roman fortress. James concluded that 20 Roman soldiers unearthed beneath the town...
Even drowning one's sorrows may be difficult here in "fiscal Armageddon," as Governor Schwarzenegger has referred to the budget crisis; one of his solutions is a sizable tax on booze. "At a time we should be investing for our unmet needs and stimulating the economy, we're going in the other direction," says California state treasurer Bill Lockyer, a Democrat. "Every day, we go deeper in the hole...
...stimulus and they need the business community to do that," says Randy Johnson, vice president for labor issues at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents three million U.S. businesses. "Trying to pass card check would be like declaring a nuclear war with the business community. It'd be Armageddon...
...market bottoms and the financial outlook improves. "Investment-grade corporate bonds are very cheap, and high-yield bonds similarly offer great value at these levels," he says. Treasury bonds on the other hand, are widely viewed as overvalued on the basis of what can only be characterized as the Armageddon-anxiety rally of the past few months. They could wallop investors with losses should the economic recovery take hold next year...