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Bay Area officials issue air quality alert - San Jose Mercury News
By Health News on November 25, 2009
Bay Area officials issue air quality alert San Jose Mercury News AP SAN FRANCISCO—Residents across the San Francisco Bay Area are being told to refrain from building a fire in the fireplace on Thanksgiving Day. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a "Spare the Air" alert for the day, ... Wood Burning Banned In Bay Area On Thanksgiving CBS 5 Pass the stuffing and spare the air San Francisco Chronicle No gathering around the fireplace allowed this Thanksgiving Napa Valley Register Contra Costa Times - NBC Bay Area - Alameda Times-Star all 49 news articles » |
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Finance »
What Does This Real Estate Insider Know About …
September 12, 2009
SAN DIEGO, CA – by David Horwitz -No one has ever been able to explain this logic to me as soon as you fall behind on your payments, the bank charges you MORE money and often times, if possible, raises your interest rates! It seems that when we are financially in trouble, today’s [...]
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Unemployment Now Becoming A Principal Reason for Rising Foreclosures
September 9, 2009
Research by Moody’s Economy.com predicts that in 2009 1.8 million borrowers will lose their home to foreclosure. This figure rises from 1.4 million homeowners in 2008. Moody is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research. Moody attributes the increase in foreclosure rate to the rise in unemployment. At the start of [...]
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Flaw in Free Markets: Humans
September 12, 2009
THERE is broad agreement that Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, was wrong to have believed that market forces alone would insulate society from excessive financial risk. But Mr. Greenspan was wrong for reasons very different from those offered by his most vocal critics.
Those critics fault Mr. Greenspan for having overestimated the strength of competitive forces, a [...]
Technology »
iPad pricing: How low can you go, Apple?
February 8, 2010
It seems odd that Apple execs would even hint at the possibility of an early price cut lest they give folks already on the fence about buying the first iteration of the device more reason to stay there.
Health, Technology »
First Lady Aims to Fight Fat - Wall Street Journal
February 8, 2010
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First Lady Aims to Fight Fat
Wall Street Journal First lady Michelle Obama, center, speaks with Cabinet members and lawmakers on childhood obesity at the White House on Feb. 2. WASHINGTON—First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday plans to unveil a campaign to fight childhood obesity, … US first lady tackles child obesity, out to change how millions eat, look The Canadian Press Obesity threatens national security Atlanta Journal Constitution Michelle Obama’s war on childhood obesity CNN Somerville Journal - News@Northeastern - Women’s eNews all 170 news articles » |
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Federer Beats Djokovic to Reach Final
September 13, 2009
Roger Federer swept past Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5, on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the finals of the United States Open, a tournament he has won five straight times.
The fourth-seeded Djokovic, 22, who had defeated Federer in two of their three past meetings this year, was competitive throughout the match, but [...]