Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Bob Kraft unveiled Patriot Place to the world this week during the Patriots nationally televised home opener against the Kansas City Chiefs. Tom Brady's season devistating injury nonwithstanding, things are looking on the up and up for the long term success of the Patriots franchise. The Patriots partnership with CBS...the same CBS ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
The biggest story this week has been the floods that have washed out the nation's breadbasket. Iowa in particular has been hard hit, with some of the state's largest cities under multiple feet of water. This is truly a dire situation that has forced people from their homes, and may ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
The middle class continues to feel the squeeze as the United States government repeatedly denies that the country is in a recession. The largest portion of the blame is going on the rapidly rising price of energy, which is contributing to a severe lack of consumer confidence. The general population ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Introducing "All Business", another new segment here on whatsthe401.com that focuses on money and the corporate world. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase would be proud.
We kick this off with the obvious. Gas prices. They hit $4 a gallon for the first time in Rhode Island this weekend, and it ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A former stripper from Ohio stepped in front of the Rhode Island legistlature at the State House today (fully clothed I might add) to testify against a proposed 25% tax against the adult entertainment industry. I'm sure that this tax has come up in the news before, but apparantly I ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Straight out of the Providence Journal, it appears that Rhode Island is the only state in New England that is officially in a recession (at least according to some economists). Of course, anybody in Rhode Island could have told you that.
Thanks to our state's asinine tax laws that impede small ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Is gas on its way to $10 a gallon?
Dan Dorfman of the NY Sun certainly thinks it's possible.
According to Alan Gaines and Sean Broderick, two leading forecasters of gasoline prices, the price of a barrell of oil could skyrocket to over $200 in the next two to three years. This ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
In some rare good news out of our nation's capital, it appears that Congress is going to ban genetic discrimination. President Bush supports the law, and is expected to sign the bill once it, inevitably, reaches his desk.
With major advancements in the understanding of human genetics, this law is needed ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Courtesy of CNNMoney, here are the 33 best Fortune 500 firms to work for. There are many familiar names on this list like Nike, Starbucks, Nordstrom and eBay, and some not so familiar such as Granite and CH2M Hill.
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