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...Three weeks after canceling its IPO because of market doldrums, the chat-heavy Internet portal took one look into Wall Street's newly refilled capital pool and went public Friday -- and struck it rich. Priced at $9, the stock peaked at $97 before settling in at $63 for a payday of some $691 million in market capitalization -- a record for Internet upstarts...
...Angeles police to Markhasev, took center stage and pocketed a $100,000 reward for helping solve the case. The check was issued by the National Enquirer, which had posted the hefty reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Cosby's killer. For his payday, the tabloid had generously outfitted So in a baseball cap sporting the cheeky logo ENQUIRING MINDS...
...confident to be convincing, Michael Moore's humor is based on the same presumptuous cameraderie that Rush Limbaugh uses at the other end of the political spectrum. Laid off Payday workers (the gods of irony smile on Moore) cantankerously predict disappearing markets, and Moore smiles and nods, marching off to recite such stellar observations to the front desks of corporate America, never stopping to introduce the complexities of these problems to his audience. There is no mention of inflation or of developing labor markets, except from the equally prejudiced mouths of corporate representatives. When talking to PR workers, Moore feigns...
Along the way, Moore also interviews numerous unemployed workers who have been victimized by downsizing. In Centralia, Mo., Moore speaks with workers who were recently laid off by the makers of the PayDay candy bar. PayDay was one of the largest employers in Centralia, and many of the fired workers had labored at the plant for more than 20 years. At Brooks & Johnson, an automobile parts manufacturer in Milwaukee, Moore interviews workers who were terminated after the company relocated its branch to Mexico...
...best days are Thursdays through Mondays, Shorey explains, because Thursday is payday, and the tourists help on Saturday and Sunday...