Archive for February, 2011:

What Is Travel Insurance and Do I Need to Buy It?

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Kalen Smith }
Finding a flight with the fare you want is tough enough. When you consider the taxes and surcharges, extra fees for baggage, the cost of travel to and from the airport, and an extra five bucks a pop for a ...Read More »

What Is Travel Insurance and Do I Need to Buy It?

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Kalen Smith }
Finding a flight with the fare you want is tough enough. When you consider the taxes and surcharges, extra fees for baggage, the cost of travel to and from the airport, and an extra five bucks a pop for a ...Read More »

Insiders Buy a Gold Junior, Should You?

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by SeekingAlpha.com }

China’s Five-Year Economic Plan Calls For Slower Growth

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Don Miller }
China will take steps to cool off its red-hot economy in the next five years largely by increasing domestic consumption and de-emphasizing exports, Premier Wen Jiabao announced in an online chat with the country's citizens on Sunday. ...Read More »

US approves first deep water permit since BP spill

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Financial Times - US homepage }
US regulators have approved the first deepwater drilling permit since the BP Macondo disaster last April Read More »

US approves first deep water permit since BP spill

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Financial Times - US homepage }
US regulators have approved the first deepwater drilling permit since the BP Macondo disaster last April Read More »

A Leverage Strategy for Goldcorp as Bull Run Seems Likely

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by SeekingAlpha.com }

Portion Distortion – How to Control Food Portion Sizes & Fix Obesity Statistics in America

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Heather Levin }
You’ve just walked in to your favorite fast food place. You ordered your standard Value Meal #4: hamburger with cheese, french fries, and drink. When your order comes out everything looks just as it should be, and you dig in. But ...Read More »

Total Tax Burdens: Rising on the Richer, Falling on the Poorer

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Brian Doherty }
Some thought Rand Paul was being tricky on David Letterman last week in merely discussing the share the wealthy pay of income tax. David Henderson at the EconLog takes a look at the distribution of total federal taxes by via Congressional Budget Office data ...Read More »

Out of Control

{ Posted on Feb 28 2011 by Trent }
This past week, I had a wonderful exchange with Maggie, an administrative assistant at a Fortune 500 company. In one email, Maggie said the following, which I found quite compelling. The rest of my life feels completely out of control. ...Read More »