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...What was not considered at any length in the Treasury presentation is how fast the money can be moved onto bank balance sheets and into facilities that can free up consumer and business spending. The phase used is always "immediately", but that may be a long time depending on the flexibility of the bureaucracy that has to handle the funds...
...movie roles as she rode down Mass. Ave. in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year parade yesterday afternoon. Halfway through the parade route, a man held up a cardboard sign reading, “You complete me,” a nod to the classic phase from Zellweger’s movie “Jerry Maguire.” Zellweger, also known for her appearances in “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” “Chicago,” and “Cold Mountain,” laughed...
...Louisiana as a boy, my friend Thomas would sometimes steal ice from those machines outside gas stations. He had the theory that ice should be free. We didn't reflect much on who would make the ice if it were free, but fortunately we grew out of that phase. Likewise, those who believe that all content should be free should reflect on who will open bureaus in Baghdad or be able to fly off as freelancers to report in Rwanda under such a system...
...like a marriage, has its honeymoon phase, its strengths and strains and things that make us crazy. But now as all our emotions are rewired, we are grateful for what we once just assumed and frightened of things we once ignored. It would be lovely to rely on the wisdom and benevolence of bosses everywhere to realize that when people are frightened about losing their job, loyalty, productivity and morale all plunge. If employers are tempted to exploit such fears, squeeze more work out of fewer people, roll back benefits because there are 100 people lined up for every...
...These days, the DRAM business has entered into another destructive phase of the business cycle. Huge investments in new capacity in 2007 have created an oversupply of chips, while the global economic slowdown is drastically weakening demand for the slivers of silicon that go into computers, mobile phones, portable music players and a host of other consumer electronics products. The result has been plummeting prices. According to a price index compiled by research firm iSuppli, DRAM prices have plunged 48% in the past six months. That is good news for consumers - cheaper DRAMs mean electronics makers can pack more memory...