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Checkmark For Hillary Clinton: Chen Guangcheng Lands In America
Earlier this month, I predicted that Chen Guangcheng would be 's biggest foreign policy challenge. A challenge he was indeed. For weeks, Guangcheng made news, begging to be granted permission to leave China and come to the U.S. This weekend, he arrived safely in America. Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese lawyer and activist who was jailed ...
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More Billionaires Backing Romney Super PAC
Restore Our Future, the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC, picked up a few more deep-pocketed supporters last month. A Federal Election Commission filing Sunday showed that new donors in April included billionaires Harold Hamm, chairman and CEO of Continental Resources and an energy adviser to the Romney campaign; investor Wilbur Ross and Leslie Wexner, founder of ...
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Startups Are All About the Execution, So Tell Me How
When entrepreneurs come to me with that "million dollar idea," I have to tell them that an idea alone is really worth nothing. It's all about the execution, and investors invest in the people who can execute, or even better, have a history of successful execution. Execution is making things happen, and for startups it ...
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Many American States And Municipalities Believe They Can Play Greek Games And Get Away With It
As if to demonstrate that there are no Third World countries, but only Third World governments, recent Greek governments have raised expectations and spent far more than they are capable of collecting as tax revenue. The corruption and economic stagnation that accompany the growth of any government's reach and power, untempered by respect for private ...
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What JP Morgan Chase Forgot About 2008
1.?? JP Morgan Chase?s chief investment office accumulated a huge bet? maybe $100 billion? in a so-called ?weapon of mass destruction??? (as in self-destruct) in a very risky credit default swap contract that was a bet on corporate credits improving despite a soft economy? a kissing cousin to the credit default swaps in mortgage backed ...
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A Diamond Or A Rembrandt?
Which is the better buy: a fabulous, world-class diamond ? or a Dutch Old Master painting? In the wake of last week?s $9.57 million Sotheby?s Geneva sale of the ?legendary? Beau Sancy diamond ? a stone whose history embraces royal passions and the honor of empires ? renegade Rembrandt scholar Schwartz provides a simple analysis ...
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Post Wedding Update: Zuck Ups Privacy Settings; No More Views of Toy Puppy
Update: CEO Zuckerberg ups privacy settings on page, photo above no longer available for non-friend view on his page. , CEO of married his long-time girlfriend, Pricilla Chan at his home in Palo Alto, Saturday in a private affair. Guests thought they were celebrating Chan's graduation from medical school and were stunned to learn the ...
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What Is Energy?
We need to know what energy is so we can choose the right mix
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Where Karma Could Take Facebook
Facebook could also be moving to position itself as an alternative to the mobile wallet in a round about, long-term-vision fashion.
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Mark Zuckerberg Masters The Privacy Settings On His Wedding
It would seem that only by keeping their plans to marry a secret from friends and family until the last minute were Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his new wife able to keep the information from leaking out. Are these the new insane lengths one has to go to in order to control the flow of information in the social media age?
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Hey, Krugman, Ask China If Stimulus Is a Good Idea
Beijing's spending program, announced in 2008, is now killing the Chinese economy.
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Mark Zuckerberg's $10 Billion Bet on the Sanctity of Marriage
There?s been much chatter about the sanctity of marriage of late, from the presidential campaign trail to the kitchen table, but yesterday founder put his money where his mouth is. Ten billion dollars worth. As you know by now, Zuckerberg had a busy week. Friday?s IPO made him one of the richest people on the ...
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Will U.S. Sovereignty Be LOST At Sea? Obama Signs U.N. Treaty That Redistributes Drilling Revenues
A proposed Law of the Sea Treaty will subordinate U.S. naval and drilling operations beyond 200 miles of our coast to a newly established U.N. bureaucracy. If approved, as much as 7% of U.S. government revenue that is collected from oil and gas companies operating off our coast will be forked over to ISA for redistribution.
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Only The Rich Should Quit Their Job To Write A Novel
From Harvard to Goldman to corporate lawyer to best seller list. Are only the rich allowed to be this lucky? Cristina Alger, author of "The Darlings" shows, reminds one-percenters and 99-percenters that a little bit of luck, a lot of a talent and hard work (sometimes) pays off no matter how rich you are.
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Mark Zuckerberg's Wife Priscilla Chan: A New Brand of Billionaire Bride
Meet the Harvard-educated doctor who tied the knot with Mark Zuckerberg -- almost nine years after their first meeting.
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