Monthly ArchiveFebruary 2009
Money admin on 27 Feb 2009
Administration Touts Numerical Tool To Tackle Economy
(FiniteTimes.com) - It received very little attention when it was revealed as part of President Obama’s 2010 initial budget last week, but a lesser-known provision in the budgetary outline could drastically affect the way Americans deal with money, time and a wide array of other number-critical areas.
“The use of lower-case numbers will have an immediate and substantial affect, pretty much across the board,” said Juan Williams, president-select Undersecretary to the Commerce Department. “This is yet another tool to combat the current economic crisis. We have little letters, why not little numbers?” Continue Reading »
Business admin on 07 Feb 2009
Insurance Industry to Push for Legal Pot
In a surprise move, a group representing insurance agencies and the insurance industry has announced that it will be launching an effort later this month to legalize marijuana. The Directorate of Insurance Executives says that the time has come for a more measured federal approach to marijuana regulations.
“Our jails are filled with young men and women whose only crime has been the wrapping up and smoking of what for millennia was a simple ditch weed,” says Emmanuel Smith, head of the New York-based group. “Our studies have shown that short and intermediate term use of marijuana is not harmful, and our drug laws should reflect that fact.”
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