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The business case for TimesSelect

“Last month, the New York Times discontinued TimesSelect, the program that required readers to pay a subscription fee to read popular columnists and access the paper’s archives. The news was greeted with whoops and hollers from the members of the web’s hallelujah chorus, who take as a personal affront any attempt to charge for “content” […]

How To Tell if a US Dollar is Counterfeit

Less than 1/100 of 1 percent of U.S. paper currency in circulation is counterfeit. Considering recent advances in printing technology, that’s a pretty small number. In part, that’s because the U.S. Secret Service thoroughly investigates all cases. Counterfeiting is difficult because of the bills’ security features which are hard to reproduce.
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GPS Tracking forces NYC Taxi drivers to strike

On Monday October 22nd, 2007 at 5:00am EST approximately 8,800 taxi drivers will keep the keys out of their ignition and put NYC in a tight position. Taxi drivers with the Taxi Workers Alliance are striking in protest of new GPS Tracking devices and credit card billing systems with 5% surcharges. Drivers are afraid of […]

Are These 10 Common Money Mistakes Keeping You Poor?

As creatures of habit, who like to repeat the same behavior, our personal finance habits have an enormous impact on our financial well being.
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Who Really Owns the Roads? Private Companies Buying Our Highways

Companies are buying leases of public highways, bridges and tunnels from states desperately trying to improve infrastructure.
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