Satyajit Das: The Great Pretender – India’s Economic Past & Future, Part 1: “India Shining”

Source: Naked Capitalism

By Satyajit Das, derivatives expert and the author of Extreme Money: The Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk (2011). Jointly posted with Roubini Global Economics In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, optimists hoped ...
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Greatest shipwreck overshadowed

Source: The Springfield News-Leader

When the Titanic was launched 100 years ago, so too was launched a commercial venture which yielded more money than the hapless vesselÂs construction cost. Diving expeditions, movies wherein stars and songs were born, museums, Broadway mu ...
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Keep kids safe from common risks

Source: The Springfield News-Leader

Sometimes we need to rethink and relearn what we should be eating, says Torrie Bedell, mother and...- 10:57 pm Food trucks are one of the newest trends in Springfield dining.- 11:02 pm Lawmakers, caseworkers and children's advocates agree ...
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Tennessee judges' dads were in same POW camp

Source: KnoxNews

The World War II prisoner of war identification card of Lt. Harold Leibowitz, the father of Knox County Criminal Court Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz. When Leibowitz's plane was shot down over Germany, he was imprisoned in the same ...
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Worth the Gap? A year off requires well-crafted plans

Source: Lansing State Journal

Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, or volunteer. They can be Âexcellent opportunities for students to mat ...
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Scott McNutt's Snark Bites: Operation Silk Purse from Sow's Ear: Council explores ways to make pension plan sexier

Source: KnoxNews

Knoxville City Council has chosen the nips and tucks for the employee pension plan face-lift, and council members are considering other ways to make the plan "sexier" to attract the public's attention. Ideas i ...
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SBTB/DA Bestsellers List: 15-22 May 2012

Source: Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Some of our recent posts for your viewing pleasure. We read a lot of books I still remember it being 3 am, and me sitting at the dining room table 8 1/2 months pregnant and Knowing I had to get some sleep but I had to know what happened in The Pass ...
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Tellwut Opinion Poll Provides Insight into How Americans will Spend their Memorial Day Weekend

Source: PRWeb

One member hopes to have their son home who is retiring after 22 years in the US air force. Tellwut wishes all a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend! Memorial Day: A time to reflect, remember and honor the more than one million men and women who have giv ...
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In the circles of sacrifice: A place of remembrance

Source: Greensboro News Record

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row ... If you come upon it by chance, the sight might just take your breath away. Set into a corner of Forest Lawn Cemetery , the veterans memorial is like a mini ...
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