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Michael Bloomberg on The View Ladies...
When 67-year-old Gary Furbee and his wife Rose decided to go shopping for a time-share vacation home in Hawaii, they couldn't believe the bargains. The couple had rented a two-bedroom ocean-view penthouse unit at Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club on Oahu in 2007, liked it and resolved to watch for resales. The Furbees thought the recession might flush out some distressed sellers, but they were stunned by how far prices had plunged. "At Marriott, it was [listed] for between $50,000 and $60,000, but we paid $18,400," Gary says. He bought...
...Target Corp. continues to devote 5% of its pretax profits--$3 million a week--to charities and outfits like the Pacific Symphony. "When the economy is struggling, the arts help people move forward," says Todd Simon, senior vice president of family-owned Omaha Steaks. "We take a long-term view of our business and a long-term view of our community...
...national level of the Republican Party, we haven't certainly heard warm, encouraging words about how they view moderates: either you are with us or against us." - Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, one of three Republicans, including Specter, to support Obama's economic-stimulus package, expressing sympathy and support for Specter's switch (New York Times, April...
...tone when he says that Iran would not stand in the way if Palestinians opted for the two-state solution, establishing their own state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and relinquishing claims to territory that constitutes the state of Israel. Still, Parsi says, this simply echoes the view expressed by Ahmadinejad's predecessors, including former President Mohammed Khatami. "For Ahmadinejad, this is a rather halfhearted shift, but it is important nonetheless," Parsi says. (See pictures of Scott MacLeod's interview with Ahmadinejad...