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Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Chocolate bars challenge coffee and liquor By Ian Mylchreest Chocolate bars could be the next big thing, reports the Associated Press. The report describes Ethel’s - a new eatery in Chicago’s Lincoln Park that is the first of a chain being created by Mars.
These new dessert bars do chocolate fondue and have no trouble selling bite-size pieces for $1.50. It’s trading up one executive [...]
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Retail sales take a big jump By Ian Mylchreest Retail sales excluding autos rose 2.2 percent in January, the best result in six years, reports the Associated Press. It looks like it was all those balmy January days and the pile of gift cards that most people got that boosted the numbers.
Even with the autos left in, the numbers were pretty good but car [...]
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Cheney 1 — Media 0 By Len Butcher Our vice president accidentally shot a friend while quail hunting. Fortunately, the man was not seriously hurt and I hear is not particularly upset with the VP over the incident. In fact, the only people upset are the members of the media.
Whether they’ve got their undies in a knot because none of them were there [...]
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Chinese bankers plead not guilty By Ian Mylchreest Two Chinese bankers were in court in Las Vegas to plead not guilty to money laundering charges, reports the London Telegraph. The two men and their wives are charged with creating shell companies in Hong Kong and using casino accounts to launder the money.
They two couples have been in jail since 2004 when they were [...]
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Monday, February 13, 2006 Oh, the indignity! By Steve Sebelius Pity poor state Sen. Bob Beers. The poor guy defends the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, and even “prospects” for new members for the business group. And how is he repaid? With a big slap in the face, as the chamber today came out against his Tax and Spending Control initiative. Talk about your lack [...]
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Monday, February 13, 2006 Monday Quick Hits By Steve Sebelius • Flagging support for the warrantless spying on American citizens? Then why not cite a thwarted terrorist plot to boost support for illegal spying? That’s what President George W. Bush did Friday, telling America about a plot to destroy the “Liberty Tower” in Los Angeles. (It was actually called the “Library Tower” before being re-named [...]
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Monday, February 13, 2006 Liberty watch this! By Steve Sebelius We at Various Things & Stuff don’t mind criticism. We dish it out by the metric ton, and so not being able to take it would be the height of hypocrisy.
But we do like to respond to criticism, even if it comes from a less-than-legitimate outlet, like the e-mails of one George Harris, aka [...]
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Monday, February 13, 2006 Sun still not setting on the Sahara By Ian Mylchreest Sahara CEO Al Hummel tells the Las Vegas Sun that he isn’t going anywhere. Despite plans elsewhere on the north Strip to implode older properties and create new luxury megaresorts, the Sahara is staying as it is.
“We’re not pressed to sell it,” Hummel tells the paper. “We’re making money, and things are going well.”
If you [...]
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Monday, February 13, 2006 We need to find a new alternative By Ian Mylchreest What are the big looming problems for federal finances? Medicare? Social Security? No, reports the New York Times, it’s the alternative minimum tax.
The tax was put in place in the 1960s to prevent people with incomes over $200,000 from using exotic exemptions to avoid paying any income taxes. Basically, it said if you earned too [...]
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Monday, February 13, 2006 Cool fall brings a record wine harvest By Ian Mylchreest Drinkers can look forward to better quality and greater quantity from this year’s California grape harvest, reports the Los Angeles Times. Just over 4.3 million tons of fruit were squeezed, according to the annual Grape Crush Report from the California Agricultural Statistics Service, a 19 percent jump from2004 and an all time record.
Wine drinking is [...]
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