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...Even for those who still have their jobs, online dating has another advantage over more traditional dating rituals: it's cheaper. Julian Glasser, 32, a real estate broker in Chicago, was forced to make financial sacrifices after the declining housing market took a toll on his formerly ample commissions. Among them was a shift in his dating habits. "I was spending less time at bars and clubs meeting girls and more time at home trying to find girls on the Internet," he says. "I used to spend hundreds of dollars a week on my various dating efforts, whereas...
...born environmentalist, but he is a born steward of natural resources," says EDF's Grossman, who pointed to Salazar's work to broker a compromise on offshore oil drilling. Obama noted that Salazar's family has farmed and ranched on the same land in Colorado for five generations, giving him firsthand knowledge of the West that other candidates to lead Interior - like the respected Representative Jay Inslee of Seattle - might lack. "You need someone who has the land in their soul," says Sharon Buccino, the director of NRDC's land program. "Salazar does...
...family and Mexican authorities now try to win his release, Batista, a Cuban American from Miami, can only hope they're using a negotiator as talented as he is. Dozens of Mexican families who have endured kidnapping ordeals praise him. Says one Mexican who watched Batista successfully broker the releases of a relative and a friend, "He is resourceful and honest, something that one needs in these cases." (See the top 10 news stories...
...cases it is common to rely on brokerage statements when auditing funds. But in this case, Niemaszyk says, the auditors most likely should have looked deeper. "You have to look at the auditors' work that you are relying on," he says. What's more, Madoff acted as his own broker instead of going through another firm...
...When a broker from the bank offers her and her neighbors up to $3,000 each in exchange for the keys to their homes and an agreement to leave shortly thereafter, it seems like the best possible deal for both parties...