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Archive for November 27th, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006 Has Borat ourtsmarted himself? By Ian Mylchreest Lots of people have been critical of Sacha Baron Cohen's apparently underhand techniques to get people to participate in his film but he could have shot himself in the foot with Borat, reports the Los Angeles Times. Fox declined to distribute his next film, which features the campy-to-the-max Austrian character Bruno. The big question is [...]
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Monday, November 27, 2006 IRS puts up some weird numbers By Ian Mylchreest The latest numbers from the Internal Revenue Service show that we haven't yet had as good a year as we had in 2000, reports the New York Times. In 2004, the last year for which the government has crunched the numbers, all taxpayers together reported income of $7.044 trillion, down from more than $7.143 trillion in [...]
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Monday, November 27, 2006 Ye olde Monday Quicketh Hits By Steve Sebelius Having recovered from consuming our weight in turkey and trimmings (and that is no small feat, we must say!) we at Various Things & Stuff are back with a few post-Thanksgiving Quick Hits. Eat them before they spoil!
» If you didn't already suspect Gov. Kenny Guinn doesn't think Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons is up to [...]
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Monday, November 27, 2006 They say we've finally arrived By Ian Mylchreest Music is a little off the beat of the Business Press blog but we couldn't resist this social commentary and musical criticism in the New York Times. Editorial observer Nicholas Kulish notes what some local observers have been saying for a long time: Las Vegas is getting to be a lot like the rest of [...]
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Monday, November 27, 2006 Supreme Court looks at big state regulation case By Ian Mylchreest It's not about the usual hot button issues that make headlines but businesses of all kinds should be looking at the Supreme Court this week. It will be hearing a case brought by Wachovia Corp. to shut down unwelcome inquiries from bank regulators in Michigan, reports Bloomberg.
The case involves a national bank that is unhappy [...]
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