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Happy bday #OWS: protest is one month old today
by
Paddy Hirsch
Oct 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street from David Sauvage on Vimeo.
The Occupy Wall Street protests celebrate their one-month anniversary today, with the news that ...
Barbie goes global: Mattel income up on worldwide sales
by
Matt Berger
Oct 14, 2011
There are thousands of happy children around the world today, and one happy toy company.
Southern California based Mattel Inc. reported that wor...
Tan tax tanks. Feds fail to collect on salons
by
Paddy Hirsch
Oct 13, 2011
One of the most widely-reported parts of "Obamacare" was the 10 percent tax on tanning salons that was added to the bill. The tax was intended to...
Harrisburg implodes -- what other municipalities are in danger?
by
Paddy Hirsch
Oct 12, 2011
When I was a lad I decorated my room with a poster of a nuclear mushroom cloud, with "Harrisburg is Everywhere" written in big letters across the...
Dollar store sells for big bucks
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 11, 2011
Discount and dollar stores have become so popular with shoppers that big-time investors -- who would have turned up their noses a few years ago -...
Scoop! Ben & Jerry's supports Occupy Wall Street
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 10, 2011
Ben and Jerry's lent its impeccable liberal credentials to the Occupy Wall Street protests today. Or its cows did, at least. The ice cream compan...
How China's growth could help us
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 7, 2011
If the jobs news today didn't inspire you, consider reading the latest report from the Boston Consulting Group....
For public good, not for profit.
Top banana -- Jobs bio hits No. 1 on Amazon
by
Paddy Hirsch
Oct 6, 2011
How much did people love Steve Jobs?
Enough to push his biography to the top of the Amazon bestseller list -- even though the book hasn't even b...
Hiring up for the holidays
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 5, 2011
The department store Kohl's is hiring 40,000 seasonal workers for the holidays. That's up five percent from last year. Macy's, JC Penney and Meij...
Casino cheating rises
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 4, 2011
We know people are gambling more in this down economy - but cheating more too? The *Las Vegas Sun *quotes security officials at gaming firms sayi...