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Practical Traveler | Gas-Free Trips: Vacation Plans That Avoid the Pump
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 10:41am EDT by By MICHELLE HIGGINS
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Eco-travelers have long embraced low-impact travel, but the high cost of fuel is inspiring even more travelers to embrace a new kind of road trip this year -- the gasless vacation.
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The Food Chain: Russia’s Collective Farms: Hot Capitalist Property
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 7:10am EDT by By ANDREW E. KRAMER
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As food prices soar, the improbable business of buying and reforming collective farms has attracted financiers.
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Checking In: A Hotel in Theory, With an Image in Fact
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 6:20am EDT by By FRED A. BERNSTEIN
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Months before a new hotel was to open in Cancún, Mexico, the owner of the site began marketing the hotel brand.
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Essay: Helping the Stars Take Back the Night
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 6:17am EDT by By JOE SHARKEY
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Darker skies can be achieved with new products and technologies, generating real benefits not only for astronomers but also for businesses.
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Billionaires’ Yacht Rivalry Spills Into Courtroom
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 3:43am EDT by By JONATHAN D. GLATER
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Two billionaires are fighting over whether the rules for the next America’s Cup disqualify a $10 million yacht.
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DataBank: Stocks Waffle, Then Dip on Spending News
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 2:13am EDT by By PRADNYA JOSHI
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The major stock indexes zigzagged through the week but ultimately ended lower.
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Preoccupations: Girl Power at School, but Not at the Office
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 2:00am EDT by By HANNAH SELIGSON
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New female college graduates, raised in a post-feminist culture, can have a hard time adjusting to a workplace where gender bias still exists.
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The Boss: Goal by Goal
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:58am EDT by By STEVEN A. DAVIS; as told to GLENN RIFKIN
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Steven A. Davis is the chief executive of Bob Evans Farms in Columbus, Ohio.
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Career Couch: Keeping a Job Search Under the Radar
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:57am EDT by By MARCI ALBOHER
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If you are properly cultivating your career — regularly meeting with contacts, attending industry events and being active on social networking sites — a hunt for new work shouldn’t be noticeable.
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Strategies: To Make a Stock Pop, Innovate
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:50am EDT by By MARK HULBERT
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There is a big temptation for companies to cut their R.& D. spending, especially during bear markets. But such thinking is shortsighted, a study says.
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Letter: Planes, Fees and Automobiles
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:49am EDT
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Letter about the article “At Least the Airsickness Bags Are Free,” published on Aug. 17.
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Letters: Staying Connected, but Not to Ourselves
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:49am EDT
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Letters about the article “Connected, Yes, but Hermetically Sealed,” published on Aug. 24.
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Discounts Beckon in Closed-End Funds
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:48am EDT by By CONRAD DE AENLLE
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Closed-end funds, particularly during skittish times, can be much more interesting investment vehicles than the more well-known exchange-traded funds.
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Novelties: Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:47am EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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An experimental Web site allows users to upload the data they want to visualize, then try sophisticated tools to generate interactive displays.
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The Count: Keeping an Eye on the Low Point of the Pay Scale
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:42am EDT by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
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Opinions vary on the minimum wage, but it has been a part of working life since 1938, when the federal Fair Labor Standards Act became law.
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Economic View: Is History Siding With Obama’s Economic Plan?
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:28am EDT by By ALAN S. BLINDER
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The United States economy has grown faster, on average, under Democratic presidents than under Republicans, a new book says.
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Everybody’s Business: Obama’s Questionable Stimulus Plan
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:16am EDT by By BEN STEIN
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The effects of stimulus plans are debatable, and financing them by taxing oil companies, whose shareholders for the most part are not rich, does not seem fair.
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Hotel Developer Lands in Red Ink, Despite Boldface Names
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:13am EDT by By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY
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Robert Falor once cut deals with such people as Nicky Hilton or Rande Gerber, but he has been left penniless after squandering business funds and now faces his old partners in court.
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Fair Game: Muni Bonds’ No-Tell Habits
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:02am EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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Municipal bonds are considered a safe bet, but their risks are ill-disclosed.
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Consumed: Ultimate Branding
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 12:57am EDT by By ROB WALKER
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A clothing line promises the “lifestyle” of people who kick one another in the face.