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Oil Speculators Fina |
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| In March 2005, Goldman Sachs warned that the oil market was in the early stages of a ��쐓uper spike,��� and predicted that oil prices could soon rise to $105 a barrel.1 At the time, the price of a barrel of oil stood at $57. |
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Philanthropy Makes A |
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| After an intense decade or two of unprecedented ?and amazingly fast ?earning, the new generation of super-rich is fueling a growing 諛퉢lture of giving.? |
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Kill All the Trial L |
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| If any elected official stood before Congress and proposed raising taxes for the average family of four by $3,380 per year, he or she would find himself voted out of office in the next election. |
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| In 1885, the Home Insurance Building was completed in downtown Chicago. At 10 stories high, it was then the tallest building in the world. |
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| When General Motors introduced OnStar in some of its Cadillac models in 1996, it was pioneering an industry known as location-based services ?or LBS. Because of the existence of global positioning satellites that can triangulate the position of a GPS transmitter anywhere in the world, GM had the idea that roadside assistance and other services could be delivered to drivers in their cars on a subscription basis. |
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