By Len Butcher
It seems that no matter where the senseless violence takes place–whether it be in Iraq, Spain, London or Israel–and now India–the terrorists have made bombs their preferred weapons. And why not? This way, these cowards (I’m not including the insane suicide bombers) are able to cause a great degree of death and destruction while remaining [...]
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Southwest is looking to age gracefully
By Ian Mylchreest
Las Vegas number one airline is thinking of messing with the most fun part of the ticketing process, reports USA Today. It is running a six-week trial from San Diego by giving out assigned seating and the bottom line is that assigned seats may be faster and save money.
They've already made it too easy to [...]
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Kimco buys shopping REIT
By Ian Mylchreest
This has been a big couple of days for retail real estate consolidation. First Centro Watt buys Heritage and now, reports the Reuters, Kimco is expanding its presence in the Western United States by purchasing Pan Pacific Properties.
The deal is worth $4 billion and means that many of those Pan Pacific signs around the valley [...]
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Quick Hits: On our brave new world, and Goodman
By Steve Sebelius
• When will it end? First the U.S. Surgeon General put out a report that says a mere whiff of secondhand smoke will instantly give you cancer, and now the American Cancer Society is saying tobacco use will kill a billion people this century alone.
And yet, in dropping somebody off at the airport, we [...]
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