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...been asking yourself why you aren't rich or don't have more disposable income, perhaps the answer isn't about how much money you're making. Internet behavior appears to indicate that it may have more to do with how much you're saving...
...Rove cited as high points of the Bush Administration are mostly reactions to 9/11, exclusively or in part. How Rove can identify the Iraq war as a high point beggars belief. One of the few proactive accomplishments he considered successful was the multibillion-dollar tax break for his very rich friends. Some high point. It is clear that Rove is the main inflator of the bubble in which Bush continues to reside. Neil Russell, Hong Kong...
...drafting the law, officials had to tread carefully on explosive ethnic divisions. After decades in which Saddam barred Kurds from drilling in the resource-rich north, Kurdish officials suspected that the Shi'ite-dominated government in Baghdad would try to seize control of their resource. So the new law would let regional governments negotiate directly with foreign firms. Each contract would need approval from a new Baghdad-based Federal Oil and Gas Council, in which each ethnic group will be represented. The council has 60 days to challenge a contract and send its objections to arbitration. A separate revenue-sharing...
...million hotel rooms on earth are deemed "ultraluxury." That's an emerging category defined not only by price but also by the distinctive décor in every room, attentive, personalized service and exclusivity--why would you want to hang out with people who aren't as rich as you are? These are the places at which you can call a hotel butler in the morning, say, "I need a helicopter at 3 o'clock," and actually...
...threatens to provoke the resentment of the organization's young, working-class rank and file. In 2001, three-quarters of Guard members voted for moderate President Mohammad Khatami, suggesting its majority have more in common with ordinary Iranians chafing under a poor economy, than with the hard-line newly rich leadership clique. In working-class districts of south Tehran, the discrepancy is visible among members of the Basij, a voluntary paramilitary organization that overlaps with the IRGC's membership. The sons of some elite IRGC commanders carry the latest mobile phones, attend top universities, and are as Internet savvy...