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There are many personal-finance software packages that help people track their money, including the industry mastodon, Intuit's Quicken, which dwarfs Mint with 15 million users. But consumers have taken a liking to online money management, mostly because it's free. Microsoft stopped developing its Money program in June, and Intuit started offering Quicken Online for free in October 2008. Banks, too, have started to offer a similar service to their customers, but somehow, having an outside party monitor your bank seems like a better idea. Mint makes some money - it's unclear how much - by recommending credit cards...
...senior executives say the company won't reach sustained profitability until 2011, the company surprised analysts by posting net income of $2.3 billion in the second quarter and followed that with healthy sales increases in July and August thanks to an assist from the federal cash-for-clunkers program. For its next sales boost, Ford is counting on a marketing blitz, which will be well in evidence in the days ahead, as Ford is a primary sponsor of NBC's new Jay Leno show...
...best thing about this new television program is that, with it, Harvard has shared some of its incredible academic resources with the rest of the world and has invited the public to join its unique academic community. Just as “Justice” itself urges students to reconsider their beliefs and approaches to action, it is good to see Harvard open its long-closed gates in dialogue with the local and national communities...
...Amad Khan, Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister, dismisses suggestions of lingering Pakistani support for Iran's nuclear program. "We have a three-tier system that prevents proliferation," he told TIME. But Islamabad is happy for Tehran to acquire nuclear capability for energy uses. "Since Iran is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, if it requires capability for energy, we have no problems with that." The Deputy Foreign Minister added that Pakistan sees Iran as a "responsible" nation and therefore "doesn't expect Iran to pursue nuclear-weapons capability." (Read "Rehabilitating Pakistan's Nuke...
...Even then, a number of different domestic political factors will keep Pakistan on the sidelines of any showdown over Iran's nuclear program. With anti-Americanism running high - an August poll by the Pew Research Center revealed that 64% of Pakistanis "regard [the U.S.] as an enemy" - backing new sanctions against Iran could provoke a domestic backlash. "It would be seen as Pakistan against the Muslim world," says analyst Fair. (See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election...