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On November 4, as Obama was celebrated for his election by 240,000 supporters at Chicago's Grant Park, there was one man watching the event on television 10,000km away who was thrilled to hear the news. In a Tokyo apartment, his wife congratulated ...
19 Nov 2008
If the entire human species were a single individual, that person would long ago have been declared mad. The insanity would not lie in the anger and darkness of the human mind—though it can be a black and raging place indeed. And it certainly ...
19 Nov 2008
Stop. I mean, don't stop reading this, but stop thinking what you're about to think. Or, O.K., I'll think it for you: The thing is hard to type on. It's too slow. It's too big. It doesn't have instant messaging. It's too expensive. (Or, no, wait, it ...
19 Nov 2008
(WASHINGTON) — Congressional Budget Office chief Peter Orszag is the front-runner to be President-elect Barack Obama's budget director, Capitol Hill Democrats say. The 39-year-old CBO director has been reluctant to leave Capitol Hill's budget ...
19 Nov 2008
(LOS ANGELES) — With a trio of once-ferocious wildfires reduced to mostly embers, authorities in Southern California shifted their attention from the blazes to their causes, and said a group of careless college kids was behind the first of them. An ...
19 Nov 2008
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- BASF SE , the world's largest chemical company, lowered its profit forecast for the second time and plans to idle 80 factories after customers in the auto, construction and textile industries reduced orders.
19 Nov 2008
-Yesterday, Time Inc. folded Cottage Living, putting 38 people out of work. Today, the publisher is expected to excise another 250 jobs. [NYP ] -It will most likely be well into next year before the sixth season of Project Runway makes it onto the air.
19 Nov 2008
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- BASF SE , the world's largest chemical company, cut full-year profit targets for a second time and will temporarily shutter about 80 factories after customers in the automotive industry jettisoned orders.
19 Nov 2008
NEW YORK - Time Inc., the nation's No. 1 magazine publisher, said Tuesday it would close Cottage Living magazine and its Web site, citing the worsening economy and the...
19 Nov 2008
Detroit's Big Three automakers are running out of time in their quest to convince skeptical lawmakers that Congress should throw them a $25 billion lifeline.
19 Nov 2008
In an economic downturn, shoppers tend to flock to big discounters like Wal-Mart. And for a long time, Dish Network has positioned itself as the Wal-Mart of satellite TV operators, with product appealing to the cost-conscious consumer who still wants options.
19 Nov 2008
Nov 19th, 2008 | WASHINGTON -- Detroit's Big Three automakers are running out of time in their quest to convince skeptical lawmakers that Congress should throw them a $25 billion lifeline. Top executives with General Motors, ...
19 Nov 2008
Earlier today, William Kristol was sitting alone by the entrance of Michael's checking his Blackberry. Mr. Kristol was there at the behest of the Independent Film Channel to participate in a panel discussion moderated by Arianna ...
18 Nov 2008
Based on the Emergent Task Timer worksheets from David Seah BubbleTimer is a quick and easy to use web application.
18 Nov 2008
Here is your hilarious coda to the Bush presidency Vice President Dick Cheney has been indicted by a grand jury.
18 Nov 2008
Not nearly enough to stick, but thick enough flurries around lunch time today, falling for long enough to make me almost appreciate the radio station that has already started to play non-stop Christmas carols ;-) ...
18 Nov 2008
Time Passes Cont'd [Jonah Goldberg]. From a reader:. Just had a similar realization last night - my high school son is studying the Vietnam war and he was talking about it like it was ancient history. It dawned on me that the Vietnam ...
18 Nov 2008