Is Tax Deduction For Home Mortgages A Bad Idea?
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Business
Courtesy of Royal CaribbeanGigantic Cruise Ship Buoys Company's Hopes
()We're headed into the year's biggest travel week, and there's not much bigger than what's sitting in the port of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., right now. It's called the Oasis of the Seas, and it's the largest cruise ship ever built — five times the size of the Titanic, with a price tag of $1.5 billion.
GlobalPost: A New Experiment In Foreign Coverage
The online, for-profit news outlet relies on a network of 70 part-time contributors in 50 countries.
()Protests, Arrests Follow UC's 32 Percent Fee Hike
Dozens of demonstrators barricaded themselves inside a campus building.
()Health Care
Insurance Mandate Could Spur Walk-In Clinic Boom()
November 20, 2009 WFCRAs it gets more difficult to see a primary care doctor, walk-in medical centers are picking up the slack. And if Congress succeeds in passing a nationwide health insurance mandate, the urgent care industry expects even more growth.
Boeing Hopes Long-Delayed Plane Takes Off In S.C.()
November 20, 2009 Boeing has moved to South Carolina from its ancestral home in the Pacific Northwest to build the 787 Dreamliner. The company will spend less on labor and receive more than $175 million in state incentives. But it will have to train a new workforce, which Boeing's Seattle unions predict may be the undoing of the Southern operation.
Opinion
Bon Jovi Doesn't Need A Prayer To Make It On NBC()
November 20, 2009 Bon Jovi is at the top of the album charts this week, riding an unprecedented publicity push. His record label struck a deal with the conglomerate NBC Universal for an exclusive presence on their many TV networks, including appearances on Today, Inside the Actors Studio and The Tonight Show.
The Two-Way
Goldman Sachs Is Into Sharing, To A Point()
November 20, 2009 Just because they're masters of the universe doesn't mean the people of Goldman Sachs don't care about their fellow man. Fairly or not, the investment bank, which reported a $3.2 billion third-quarter profit, is perceived by many as a company that places profits and political power ahead of the general good.
