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A few days ago, Target made the claim it would not reduce employee hours because of Obamacare.
Please consider a Fairleigh Dickinson University report Your Tax Dollars into NFL Owners’ Pockets? Americans may love football, but few support the use of public funds and tax breaks for the National Football League and a vast majority were unaware the NFL is a not-for-profit entity, according to a recent national survey from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind.
See the article here: Venezuela Enacts "Law of Fair Prices" Banning Profits Over 30%, with 10-Year Imprisonment for Hoarding
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In their latest article, " Political crisis in Thailand: You go your way, I’ll go mine ," one of these lobbying firms comes to mind - fellow Chatham House corporate member Amsterdam & Partners . Robert Amsterdam  is currently representing deposed dictator, accused mass murderer, and convicted criminal Thaksin Shinawatra, as well as his "red shirt" enforcers. It claims: Indeed, many red shirts say Bangkok is already lost. Mr Suthep has nearly free rein there, closing down most government offices.
Earlier this month, Reuters reported Argentine peso at new lows as food price controls take effect Argentina’s peso slid to an all-time low on Tuesday as supermarkets froze prices in a deal with the government aimed at shielding poor families from one of the world’s highest inflation rates. The year-long price fix on 200 basic food products signals continuation of President Cristina Fernandez’s interventionist policies even as polls show her image has been battered by 25 percent inflation, falling reserves and electricity shortages. Tight currency and trade controls, as well as last year’s state seizure of Argentina’s top energy company YPF have taken a toll on confidence, while the electricity grid, ailing from lack of investment, fails to keep air conditioners humming at the height of the Southern Hemisphere summer
Here is the pertinent discussion from Dissecting the Fed-Sponsored Housing Bubble Comparative Growth in HPI vs. OER From 1994 until 1999 there was little difference in the rate of change of rent vs. housing prices.