rhoehn’s NewsCloud Journal

So it was that on the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, Roy Innis, chairman of the New York-based Congress of Racial Equality, stood before the cameras to push the magic button. Instrumental in organizing the Freedom Rides, and a sponsor of the 1963 March on Washington, CORE was a natural choice to open trading that day. Not so intuitive was the man Innis brought along to stand at his right hand: Dennis Bassford, the blond, dimpled, 51-year-old co-founder and CEO of Moneytree, a Seattle-based company that’s been widely criticized for preying on minorities.

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Taxpayers are now left holding the bag for $1 trillion in debt incurred by capitalists run rampant, brought about largely by a frenzy of deregulation over the past decade. These bailouts are as dramatic as a pandemic of influenza resulting in the Department of Health declaring marshal law, closing schools and restricting travel.

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Chris Matthews, whose negative feelings for Hillary Clinton were made very clear during the primary season Matthews (and who was ultimately forced to apologize for what many perceived as sexist comments he made about her), was overheard trashing the ide…

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How could these companies be so bad for so long? Clearly the combination of a very un-innovative business culture, visionless management and overly generous labor contracts explains a lot of it. It led to a situation whereby General Motors could make money only by selling big, gas-guzzling S.U.V.’s and trucks. Therefore, instead of focusing on making money by innovating around fuel efficiency, productivity and design, G.M. threw way too much energy into lobbying and maneuvering to protect its gas guzzlers.

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It’s been 29 days since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named the GOP vice presidential candidate. She has yet to do a news conference.

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It’s been 29 days since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named the GOP vice presidential candidate. She has yet to do a news conference.

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It’s been 29 days since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was named the GOP vice presidential candidate. She has yet to do a news conference.

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Merrill Lynch has sharply cut the use of private jets among its senior managing directors by requiring them to obtain direct clearance from the global head of investment banking to hire one and to demonstrate there is no more efficient means of transport.

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"As a blogger of all things green tech, I’m consistently bombarded with new technology that *may* be available next year. With gas prices climbing, mounting evidence of global warming, and wallets being pinched, my patience for "tomorrows technology" starts to wear thin. Thats why I was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled upon Soundspeed Scooters right here in Fremont, Seattle, selling electric scooters.

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Hype Machine: Searching for ZAP’s Fleet of No-Show Green Cars

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