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As Sarah Vowell warns early on in The Wordy Shipmates, "Readers who squirm at microscopic theological differences might be unsuited to read a book about seventeenth-century Christians." She's right, for despite some lively writing, much of her tale of the settlers who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony involves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

Before the market opened - a day before the one-year anniversary of its record high - Sal Buccellato, a currency trader with Gallant FX, warned that not everyone was going to enjoy the end-of-the-year holidays, but he was more optimistic over the long term. Buccelato - who said he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Down-Up-Down Day on Wall Street | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

The advantage in having the rest of the world use your currency is that you can borrow easily: that's why the U.S. government and U.S. companies have long been able to borrow cheaply and why mortgage rates in the U.S. have historically been low. If the dollar has to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Global Markets' Meltdown | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

And, so, we propose to all the companies flailing in this soon-to-be bankrupt economy a "take-away test" to figure out which of your employees you really need. Simply give each worker a nice long vacation - paid, of course (it will be a cost-saver in the long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Workplace Quiz: Which Employees Are Worth Keeping? | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

I wish the world were a different place. I’d like to go on vacation, go and romp and play—just, do that. But I can’t, because I’m busy, preening my CV or illustrating my libretto. And it�...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: From a Future Freshman | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

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