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...stretch of Route 1. Gail North, a former housekeeper at the motel, did notice that the men were exceedingly private and barely nodded when neighbors said hello. But they never did anything suspicious enough for her to speak up. When the manager at a nearby hotel refused a full refund to one hijacker when he checked out early, the man showed no emotion and didn't make a fuss...
OUTLOOK: U.S. stocks and bonds remain the best value for investors around the world. Housing remains strong. And interest-rate cuts are lowering the cost of capital, so businesses may start to invest again next year. Meanwhile, be patriotic and spend that tax-refund check...
...billion Amount U.S. government will have to borrow to cover the income-tax refund, because of the economic slump...
...that he had an offer on the table from power generators, including the "Big Five" - AES/Williams, Duke, Dynegy, Mirant and Reliant - for oh, $700 million, which clearly did not satisfy the California people. But perhaps for the front page, Wagner shrugged and took a more generous guess: Maybe a refund to the state of perhaps $1 billion was due, but there was the matter of the utilities' unpaid bills...
...Comparing it to a car accident in which he hit a man who owed him a ton of money - and thus would receive only a reduction in the size of his debt as damages, Wagner asked, "Can a refund be required when overcharges are less than the outstanding bill? The case judge thinks not." Citing the Rashomonic mathematics and closely guarded ledgers in the case, however, Wagner said he would recommend to the FERC that it conduct a full evidentiary hearing and take its own accounting...