CPI inflation was unexpectedly low, the trade surplus unexpectedly high Delicious Digg Facebook reddit Technorati Michael Pettis | Sep 12, 2008 The stock markets have had a mixed week so far. On Monday the SSE Composite declined by 2.7%, before regaining a fraction of that on Tuesday to close up 0.1% and another 0.2% Wednesday. Banks and real estate developers again led the decline. Things weren’t helped by August car sales which, as I wrote Friday, Lehman Brothers had correctly predi

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As a small group of runners and walkers, most of them law enforcement personnel, approached the Lyle Torrant Center on Thursday, lines of special-education students shouted encouragement….

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WESTWOOD ONE PRESENTS WEEK TWO OF THE 2008 NFL FOOTBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE — September 14 - September 15, 2008– 0 New York, NY — September 9, 2008 — Westwood One (NYSE: WON) proudly presents week two of the 2008 National Football League season. Week two is highlighted by a key division game pitting the NFC East rivals Eagles and Cowboys against each other. Both teams got off to stellar starts and now match up on Monday night September 15th. The following schedule and announcers: Sunday Se

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Welcome to the September 13, 2008 edition of Rants. It’s a big one, due to the fact that I haven’t posted one of these since August 20…I apologize for that. There are some really good rants in here, too. So, pull up a chair, get a beverage, and have fun. Holly Ord presents Man Suffering from PTSD Sentenced for Resisting War posted at Menstrual Poetry. Dom presents Warcraft Destroyed My Life: Love or Addiction? posted at Dom At Large, saying, “Warcraft is an extremely large and involving

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GEORGE GILLETT is prepared to brave a hostile atmosphere by attending tomorrow’s Premier League showdown with Manchester United. See the original post here: Liverpool FC: George Gillett to attend Liverpool FC v Man Utd

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