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...Waiters prefer cash. People think that's so the IRS doesn't know, but that's not true. We always get to take cash tips home. You may get credit-card tips in a check a week later, or two weeks later, but cash, you take home. I always like a good mix of credit card and cash. If it's $1.75, just give me $2. Round it up. Don't dump your pennies on the table. That drives us bananas. You should ask for the check, and then pay within five minutes of receiving it. If you order takeout...
...purpose, or a for-profit organization, in which the directors' first responsibility is to the financial interests of shareholders. I would suggest a third way: for-profit companies that both pursue a purpose and seek a financial return for investors. I believe there are millions like me who would prefer to place both our investment dollars and our philanthropic ones into such ventures. Investors in third-way companies could be confident that reasonable returns were being sought on their behalf. At the same time, organizations with missions would have new freedom to raise capital and engage talent, rather than begging...
Enough Already. Things we would prefer to see banned through Election...
...have been the second most reliable bloc in the Republican base, after Mormons. So it's no surprise that most are once again lining up behind this year's GOP presidential nominee. A new TIME poll of white Evangelical voters finds that 70% support John McCain. Large pluralities also prefer him over Barack Obama when it comes to fixing the economy and restoring America's image in the world. For a man who has had a sometimes prickly relationship with religious conservatives, these numbers have to be good news...
Musharraf has said in the past that he would rather resign than face the prospect of impeachment. Resignation is an option the coalition would also prefer over an all-out confrontation. The impeachment timetable allows Musharraf space to quietly step aside Proceedings are unlikely to begin until late August, and even before then pressure will be applied. The legislatures of the four provinces will ask the president to seek a "vote of confidence," and given his supporters' dramatic defeat in February, Musharraf is unlikely to survive that event...