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...concern about rising national debt in countries without the American tax base and huge GDP has increased exponentially. It is even becoming an issue for large and more stable countries including the U.K. The British government may put some of its most valuable and well-known assets up for sale in order to prevent further increases in the national deficit. (See pictures of the snow crippling London...
...long time, and is really hitting a stride during the recession. "Walmart works hard to build a strategy around groceries," says ARG's Beemer. "They look at groceries as a way to get people in the store for the first time. Target sees it as an add-on sale." In a research note titled "It's Walmart's Time & Investors' Opportunity," Deutsche Bank analyst Bill Dreher Jr. wrote, "Bottom line, Walmart is executing flawlessly...
Could marijuana be the answer to the economic misery facing California? Democratic state assemblyman Tom Ammiano thinks so. Ammiano introduced legislation last month that would legalize pot and allow the state to regulate and tax its sale - a move that could mean billions of dollars for the cash-strapped state. Pot is, after all, California's biggest cash crop, responsible for $14 billion a year in sales, dwarfing the state's second largest agricultural commodity - milk and cream - which brings in $7.3 billion a year, according to the most recent USDA statistics. The state's tax collectors estimate the bill...
...students from Berklee College of Music, Boston University, Boston Conservatory, and New England Conservatory, and it’s just one example of the video game industry’s ability to serve as a forum of creative exploration and interaction for artists. Despite the recent economic downturn, global sales of video games have risen since 2007, reaching $32 billion at the end of the last fiscal year, according to the Berklee College website. While most other art forms struggle to find support from a weary and wary society, more and more artists are looking to the video game industry...
...French franchise that made its mark with popular albums that mixed world-music elements with a lounge-y vibe. The international eateries serve up a pan-Asian menu and aesthetic that clearly uses the Buddha more as a cultural marker than as a religious icon. Restaurant souvenirs for sale include a Buddha snow globe - not the kind of thing a member of the faithful would be likely to purchase. Indeed, the Buddhist reverence toward compassion notwithstanding, a Middle Way might not be so easy to reach in the current climate in Jakarta...