It’s not just LIBOR anymore
Excerpt from: Pre-Marketing: Romney’s early Staples worries
Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte renew their rivalry at next week’s U.S. Olympic trials, where both swimmers are entered in seven events, including six against each other.
They’ll open the eight-day meet in Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday in the 400-meter individual medley, a grueling event that Phelps had said he wasn’t going to swim anymore after the 2008 Olympics, where he won a record eight gold medals. He holds the world record in the event.
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Category : Stocks
NEW YORK MainStreet — If vacationers are already going to pay more for summer travel, they may as well pay to make it better.
Airlines have already attempted six fare hikes this year, with Delta alone attempting to boost prices three times since January. Delta was only successful once, but alleged “discount” carriers Southwest and JetBlue were behind the only other two fare increases that stuck.
All together, domestic airline ticket prices have risen between $20 and $40 this year regardless of fuel prices or demand. Since passengers’ wallets aren’t weighing them down anymore, they may want to consider springing for the following 10 items to cope with the stress and small spaces the airlines are charging a premium for:
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Category : Business
Referring to the European debt crisis with the cutesy shorthand acronym of the PIIGS just doesn’t seem right anymore.
Read the original: Europe’s woes spilling over to U.S.
Whereas pitched battles over ideology tore families — and even countries — apart in the past, a new poll done for CBC News reveals only about one third of Albertans believe the left-right distinctions remains meaningful anymore.
Continued here: Ideology not guiding Alberta voters, CBC poll shows