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...Garton just made that look easy, basically walking 13-yards through the d-line into the end zone for a touchdown. The extra point is good. 6 plays for 54 yards, 1:32 time of possession. HARVARD 24, PENN...
...companies can boost earnings through late fees and higher interest rates. Today, however, consumers are tapped out and defaults are ratcheting up. "With charge-offs rising so fast and beyond what was expected, the losses those cause will far surpass what companies were hoping to make up with by extra card fees and higher interest rates," says Nishikawa. Nonetheless, the industry keeps trying: on Thursday, embattled Citigroup announced that, in addition to 10,000 layoffs, it would impose higher interest rates on some of its 54 million cardholder accounts. Citigroup's credit-card division lost $902 million in the third...
Seat Reassignment. On AirTran Airways flights, you can pay to upgrade from economy to business class, even after boarding the plane. So, if you're stuck next to an unsavory seatmate, just give the flight attendant the extra $49-$99 for an upgrade...
...Indeed, at the level of pure headcount, Europe has few extra soldiers to send. European nations already provide around half of the 50,000-strong ISAF force in Afghanistan, with the British, French, Germans and Dutch making the principle contributions. On top of that, this week the E.U. launched its first naval operation: a mission to fight piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia. Since the beginning of 2007, the E.U. has had 15 'battlegroups', each with at least 1,500 soldiers, dealing with local crises around the globe. "They are not just chicken, they are not just...
...York commuters exited subways and turned street corners Nov. 12 to be greeted by friendly hawkers all over the city handing out copies of the New York Times. Some thought the Times had finally printed enough extra copies of its Nov. 5 edition with Barack Obama's victory front page so that there was one for everybody. But the papers were suspiciously free and had this massive headline across the top: "IRAQ WAR ENDS." Hmm. A closer look revealed that the papers, dated July 4, 2009, weren't the product of the New York Times but an elaborately constructed copycat...