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Aug 22
Although it sounds like a stock-car race, the IRS 400 is the four hundred largest Adjusted Gross Income tax returns. Of course the IRS does not actually publish the names, but every so often they publish the year-by-year statistics for that elite group of individuals. The latest publication covers from 1992 to 2008. For 2008 …
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Aug 06
Late on Friday, August 5th, Standard and Poor’s changed their rating on long term US government debt from AAA to AA+. The move puts S&P in disagreement with Moody’s, which had reaffirmed their highest rating for the US shortly after the debt ceiling deal. It also occurred despite the administration’s position that there was a trillion dollar error …
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Aug 04
The California Legislature recently decided with the full support of Governor Brown to forgo having a split primary as it has had in recent presidential election cycles. Instead next year California will have just one primary election in June, likely well after the presidential candidates have been chosen. Envious of the attention given to small …
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Jul 20
Yesterday, we initiated a new poll regarding the topic that is dominating current financial news. However, while the poll does address the question of tax increases vs. spending cuts, any poll limited to a single question on this difficult subject cannot address the full issue. The real issue is the deficit. Borrowing is only required …
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Jul 15
America is well known for providing its workers with less vacation time than other industrialized nations. According to a 2009 study by Mercer, more than two dozen industrialized nations require employers to offer at least four weeks of paid vacation to workers. Approximately a quarter of working Americans receive no paid time off. Despite frequent …
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Jun 17
It isn’t often that a story comes along that combines my original profession, architecture, with my current, computers. This was one. Steve Jobs arrived the day after Apple’s WWDC11 conference, with very short notice, at the Cupertino City Council meeting. No surprise, they added him to the agenda. His purpose? To display to the city council …
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May 03
Recently, someone very close to me was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. When something like that happens, you do a lot of research on a whole range of subjects. One of these subjects is medical marijuana. As primary caregiver, I needed to research medical marijuana since so much of the responsibility would be falling on me. I can’t grow …
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Apr 21
Recently, Google introduced a new feature called Google +1. The announcement is clearly aimed at facebook’s ‘like’ button. It will begin by adding a ‘+1’ button to each entry in a search result but soon it will be possible to have web sites add Google +1 buttons to go along with the facebook like buttons and …
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Apr 21
Recently, Google introduced a new feature called Google +1. The announcement is clearly aimed at facebook’s ‘like’ button. It will begin by adding a ‘+1’ button to each entry in a search result but soon it will be possible to have web sites add Google +1 buttons to go along with the facebook like buttons and …
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Dec 19
“Checking it twice” is a good suggestion beyond Santa’s list…
December 19, 2011
News reporting is notorious for requiring rapid turnaround on emerging stories and budget cuts have certainly increased the pressure. Perhaps as a result, there have lately been a number of glaring mistakes from organizations that pride themselves on their economic and business reporting. For instance, Business Insider recently provided an article regarding “6 Awesome Math Tricks That Will Make Your Life …
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