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...public reaction to the Treasury Department's plan to dislodge risky loans and poorly performing bonds from banks has been positive. After the plan was announced two weeks ago, the stock market produced one of its biggest rallies in months. At its core, the plan promises to offer cheap loans to investors to purchase bank loans on which borrowers are behind or at risk of default. The plan would put needed cash into the hands of the banks. And on the surface it looks like it could produce sizeable returns for investors, as well as a smaller profit...
Value may be the sweet spot for WPS. Women's soccer is a cheap ticket - the average price is in $15-to-$19 range, and some deals let fans grab a seat for as little as $10. "We're an attractive and affordable alternative," says Antonucci. "Whereas in a good economy, we might have been perceived as, well, a lower priority among sports fans. We might actually have some sports fans sample us who wouldn't have otherwise...
...Baby. Icelandair will begin nonstop service between Seattle and Reykjavik on July 22. Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will depart Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 4:30 p.m., arriving in Reykjavik at 6:45 a.m. Get a little perspective, and some cheap deals, by visiting a nation that is undergoing a worse financial crisis than...
...Anyway, many of the new plants will never be built, and shouldn't be built, because of a second problem: Once again, nuclear power is turning out to be way more expensive than originally advertised. The plants are cheap to operate, but unbelievably costly to build; estimates for new plants have doubled and even tripled over the last year or two. One recent study priced new nuclear generation at 25-30 cents per kilowatt-hour; new wind power comes in around 7 cents, about the same as coal, and investments designed to reduce electricity consumption through more efficient appliances, lighting...
...Admit that we are powerless over addiction to easy money and cheap fossil fuel and living large - that our lives had become unmanageable...