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June 17, 2008 Hot Trends

Vietnamese like hi-tech TV sets

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:08:20 PDT
LCD and plasma TV sets saw a value growth rate of 183% in 2007 in Vietnam, reported market researching firm GfK. This trend is expected to continue this year.

Holy Bottom Line, Batman!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:44:57 PDT
The diminishing returns of the superhero movie franchise...will TDK reverse this trend?

Man Bites Dog

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:11:02 PDT
Or Fox, to be specific--Keith Olbermann trashes Fox's entire Monday morning coverage of Tim Russert's death, because of remarks made (quite accurately, from our perspective) by one guest, Andrew Breitbart: The final segment included Breitbart as a guest. "He was the last of an old breed of journalists who came from the Democratic party who felt incumbent of them to be fair to both sides," he said of Russert, although acknowledging Russert was a liberal. Kilmeade and Breitbart discussed some pos

Clinton and Obama to Appear Together June 26

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:25:11 PDT
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will appear together for the first time before an audience on June 16, reports the Daily News. The goal of the appearance, to take place at the Spitzer-besmirched Mayflower Hotel, will be to encourage her donors to give to Barack Obama.

IRI Consumer Trends Expert Examines the Future of Health and Wellness (Centre Daily Times)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:59:03 PDT
IRI:

A South African Warns Americans

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:41:42 PDT
The following warning to Americans is from a South African journalist. Americans had better heed the words - BEFORE it is too late! "People used to say that South Africa was 20 years behind the rest of the Western world. Television, for example, came late to South Africa (but so did pornography and the gay rights movement). Today, however, South Africa may be the grim model of the future Western world, for events in America reveal trends chillingly similar to those that destroyed our count

Northeast Ohio is Buzzing with Real-Time Local News at cleveland.com

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Cleveland, Ohio (PRWEB) September 20, 2007 -- News has taken on a whole new meaning. Gone are the days of waiting for the traffic or weather report or the latest sports and news. Or waiting days to...

Gay switchboard's unusual fundraising at Walk for Life

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:32:21 PDT
UK commits £6bn to global AIDS fight The government has announced details of a seven-year strategy to tackle the spread of HIV and AIDS. The International Development Secretary said the UK would be at the forefront of prevention, treatment and support provision. THT defends its support for ban on gay blood donations The head of policy at Terrence Higgins Trust has defended the charity’s support for the National Blood Service’s policy of refusing donations from gay men. opinionu

The News Media: NBC Furthering Fiction...NBC Furthering Lies

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:43:50 PDT
The old proverb notes that “a fish stinks from its head,” something that aptly describes the GE/NBC News team when discussing the issue of Iraq.

High Growth Forecasted for the Trends in Kids' Nutrition ... - Market Wire (press release)


High Growth Forecasted for the Trends in Kids' Nutrition ...
Market Wire (press release) - 12 hours ago
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - June 17, 2008) - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Consumer trends industry ...


Zero Capital Gains on Start-ups – A Not So Good Idea

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:01:35 PDT
Zero Capital Gains on Start-ups – A Not So Good Idea Small Business TrendsJune 17, 2008By Scott Shane According to today’s Wall Street Journal (June 17, 2008), Barack Obama “proposes eliminating capital gains taxes on start-up companies….” While the Journal points out the obvious problem with this policy idea – that the tax lawyers will have every company in America defined as a start-up – it missed the subtler problem. Cutting taxes on start-up companies will encourage people to create more


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