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		<title>The Economy and the Job Market &#8211; Searching For Growth in Troubled Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy is clearly not in good shape. We may or may not currently be in a recession, and while conditions won&#8217;t get nearly as bad as the Chicken Littles of the world would have us believe, they most certainly won&#8217;t improve either. Well, dramatically, anyway. The economy has been under a three-pronged siege of [...]
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		<title>Hydrogen As a Fuel Source</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From water to air, there are a number of ways to energize your car. Alternatives to petroleum are a hot topic today. The growing concern for the environment is steadily increasing. It&#8217;s an important issue that many people want to feel personally connected to. Hydrogen as a fuel source is not an entirely new idea. [...]
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		<title>Capital Campaigns &#8211; Roadmap to Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your nonprofit is considering expanding or renovating, you&#8217;re probably thinking about launching a capital campaign. But how do you create an effective campaign? How many donors do you need? How much money should you try to raise? Here&#8217;s a quick tutorial to outline the answers to these questions and more. A capital campaign is [...]
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		<title>Better Not Be a Non Profit Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Non Profit organizations are often criticized for not being run &#8220;like a business&#8221;. What that means is pretty murky but seems to imply that the Non Profit is wasteful and could do better by following general business practices. This assertion has always amused me. Especially now as we see so many For Profit businesses closing [...]
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		<title>This is Why Bush&#8217;s 700 Billion Dollars Bailout Plan Will Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, the President stood before the American People to make his case for the massive bailout plan that Congress is now working to approve. With the sincerity and the passion that characterize him, President Bush made it clear that &#8220;this time is an extraordinary period for America&#8217;s economy&#8221;. He then went on to [...]
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		<title>Forget Bailout &#8211; Here is My Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone facing foreclosure knows that in most cases that they have been snookered. Funny how mortgage contracts will adjust for increasing payments, but none adjust down if the economy goes bad. Now the government is going to give Wall Street a 700 Billion dollar bailout plan. Now this plan is suppose to help the homeowner. [...]
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		<title>Crush the US Dollar and Increase the Debt?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked in one of my earlier posts if the US Dollar has bottomed or will the US Dollar crash? What I find fascinating&#8230; is that common logic &#8230;that the US Dollar should have gotten crushed over the weekend. Well it is 5 am and I am drinking my coffee and looking at the CME [...]
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		<title>Who is to Blame For High Gas Prices?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With only the possibility of John McCain and Barack Obama, I would say that whose to blame for high gasoline prices has been the most played news story across every media network over the last month or two. The national average for gasoline peaked earlier this month around $4.11 per gallon or regular 87 octane [...]
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		<title>Unemployment and Housing Data Point to Bleak</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Existing home sales fell to 4.86 million units, about 2.6% below consensus estimates of 4.94 million units. The report also cited a huge deterioration in median home prices, down to $215,000 or down over 6% from last year. This highlights the bleak outlook for the housing market, as the housing market has yet to find [...]
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		<title>The Real Issue No One Talks About</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cable business networks are all a flurry with discussions about rising prices, bank failures, and our failing economy. But I have noticed something critical missing in these discussions. Seldom is anything mentioned about the underlying cause of our troubles&#8230;The worthless piece of paper we call the dollar! The question is why? How many times [...]
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