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...Shoptimism you examine the idea of need versus want. Obviously we need food and shelter, but we classify other items as "needs" as well. What is a need, really? We have physical and emotional needs. There is a relationship between material stuff and emotional sense of satisfaction. A material thing could have (and often does have) a profound influence on our daily lives, and can be defined as a need...
...least one thing is clear: the German government wants GM to pay back the $2.2 billion bridge loan that Berlin gave it a few months ago to keep Opel's business afloat. Jürgen Reinholz, the Economy Minister of the eastern state of Thuringia, says GM will likely do this by the end of November. But a huge question for Merkel is whether GM will now receive any of the $6.7 billion in loans the government had previously promised to Magna to seal the deal. The pledge had raised alarm bells in Britain, Belgium and Spain, where leaders feared...
Agassi also gets gooey about Graf and their two children. But unless you're part android, the notes a road-weary, heartsick Agassi writes to his toddler son will move you. Fathers may wonder why they don't do the same thing. I know this...
Lessons from off-year elections tend to be overdrawn, as much a reflection of political reporters trying to justify their existence as any message that may have been sent by the electorate. But if there is one thing that Democratic candidates in next year's midterm congressional elections might want to take from the party's bad night on Tuesday, it is this: You are on your...
...victims of the drug traffickers are themselves and their families. And that's something I found when I met Sebastián Marroquín. He was a victim, and he suffered a lot because of that. And I thought my father would say that this is the right thing...