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PSA: A Good Reason to Watch the NYSE Closing Bell Today

…of the event and to raise awareness about StreetWise Partners’ unconventional solutions for moving the economy forward, a variety of executives and StreetWise Partners volunteers from firms such as RBC…

Should People be allowed to buy candy with food stamps

…then let the lobbying begin. The debate will raise health awareness. After the jump, I remember being irritated in checkout lines and suggest that hunger activist Jim Weill ought to…

PTSD and our military response

Reuters reports: Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the five-year total to nearly 40,000, according…

$10,000 limit. Can’t fill the tank

Seems another sign of the new era of banking fraud awareness comes from the price of gasoline/fuel. You can’t pump more than $75 worth. The $75 limit “ensures merchants and…

The Financial Accelerator, Revisited

…Does their awareness of the financial accelerator today imply anything for what Fed officials do at next week’s meeting? It’s hard to say, but it would certainly reinforce the Fed’s…

Southeast water update

…lowest-hanging fruit: the hapless homeowner. Georgia’s conservation campaign includes a long-term public awareness program to reinforce the sought-after culture of conservation, and perhaps that will work. But nothing is more…

Slavery in my backyard and a thousand points of light

…increasing public awareness, pushing countries to do more, and producing programs to help throw the traffickers in jail and protect the survivors. We are beginning to understand the tricks of…