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• PHOTOS: In-N-Out, Five Guys Tops, McDonald’s Dead Last In Consumer Reports’ Fast Food Burger Rankings September 8, 2010
  Consumer Reports ' October issue runs the results of their fast food burger survey , taken by 28,000 of their online subscribers. The respondents ranked 18 fast food burgers on a scale of 1 to 10, and the final results of the survey, along with a photo of each candidate, is below. In-N-Out Burger and Five Guys shared the top honors, each earning an aver […]
• Katherine Warman Kern: The Dog Look September 8, 2010
  Ever get that clueless "dog look"? Here's an example shared by Adriana Lukas : A Doctor's office attempts to fix a problem -- patients are sitting on hold waiting endlessly to schedule appointments -- by buying a turnkey platform designed to speed up the process online. But this solution creates a new problem. Namely, personal data is req […]
• Simon Johnson: Think Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability, Let Bush Tax Cuts Expire September 8, 2010
  According to the Congressional Budget Office, extending all the Bush tax cuts would add $2.3 trillion to the total 2018 debt. The single biggest step our government could take this year to address the structural deficit would be to let the tax cuts expire. Such a credible commitment to long-term fiscal sustainability should reduce interest rates today, helpi […]
• GM Testing Facebook Status Update Voice Command September 8, 2010
  DETROIT — General Motors Co. is testing software that would let drivers talk to their cars to update status messages on the Facebook social media website, as well as listen to Facebook messages, the company said Wednesday. The verbal updates would be made through GM's OnStar safety network and are part of the automaker's effort to use the OnStar br […]
• Video: Olsen Sees `Range Trading’ for U.S. Stocks in Short Term: Video September 8, 2010
  Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hans Olsen, chief investment officer at JPMorgan Private Wealth Management, talks about the outlook for the U.S. stock market. Olsen talks with Matt Miller, Carol Massar, Julie Hyman and Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." Stutland Equities LLC's Dan Deming also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg) […]
• Edwin D. Hill: Union Members to Palin: Where Do You Stand? September 8, 2010
  In an attempt to rally rank-and-file union members behind the Republican Party in advance of November's midterm elections, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin recently took to the Internet to appeal to union members to oppose President Obama and congressional Democrats. To my hardworking, patriotic brothers and sisters in the labor movement: you don't h […]
• Video: Gregoire Says Rise in U.S. Job Openings Could Continue: Video September 8, 2010
  Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Gregoire, chief executive officer of Taleo Corp., which makes internet-based software that lets customers recruit employees, assess worker performance and determine pay levels, talks about the outlook for the labor market. Gregoire talks with Matt Miller and Carol Massar on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart". […]
• Robert E. Scott: Summers brings back bubkes from Beijng September 8, 2010
  Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, returned empty handed from meetings this week with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other senior government officials. Although China announced in June that it would allow its currency to fluctuate, the yuan has gained less than one half of one percent since then. Summers was officially rebuffed by a s […]
• Mike Larsen: The Investment Answer – Tiny Book Will Help Turn Your Nickel Into 6 Cents September 8, 2010
  During my two year hiatus from television writing that I spent on Capitol Hill, I met dozens of exceptionally smart people and a handful of colossally ignorant ones . A common quality shared by the smarties, unfortunately, is that they were often difficult to understand - at least for someone like me who relies on my nerdy eye wear to appear smarter than I r […]
• Larry Gellman: Let’s Be Honest: About Jobs and the Economy September 8, 2010
  As many of you know, I have been obsessing lately about the way in which truth and facts have seemingly become irrelevant and missing from the public conversation of politicians and our news media. It's not about whether one agrees or disagrees with the point of view of another. It's about the way issues are framed in a way that often has nothing t […]