courier-journal.com - 10/14/2009
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In the latest sign of weakness in Louisville-area employment, about 10,000 people applied over three days for 90 jobs building washing machines at General Electric for about $27,000 per year and hefty benefits. The jobs dangle medical, eye care, prescription and dental benefit packages, as well ...
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Rolfe Winkler —
... that WSJ runs in the paper? Turns out an artist is ripping them off. “…MY DRAWING was given as a gift to Vaclav Havel who then re-gifted it for president Obama?! And it’s now hanging in the White House?! You can bet your knickers I will do my damndest to let the President know he was scammed by the Spaniards and the Czechs! ;-)))”
$9200 per square foot for Hong Kong apt (AP) Must be nice digs.
Wall Street smarts (NYT)
10,000 apply for 90 jobs (courier-journal.com) Building washing machines, pays $27,000, with ...
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The Mess That Greenspan Made —
... rumours of the dollar’s death are much exaggerated - FT Dow at 10,000? Wake me when it's 14,000 - MarketWatch Don't Reinflate the Old Bubbles - Wash. Post ECONOMY Inflation up modestly in September - AP NY Empire Factory Index Surges to Highest Since 2004 - Bloomberg Initial Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since January - Bloomberg The Dow doesn't represent the economy - MarketWatch 10,000 apply for 90 factory jobs - Courrier Journal Extending the Recession Indefinitely - ...
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