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The Average Person’s Guide to Investing in 2011 [Money]

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The stock market is positively sizzling today, as Wall Street ‘s optimism pushed the Dow to a two-year high . Sounds tempting, eh? Before you wade in with your wallet, consider this short list of “Do’s” and “Don’ts.” Consider it now! More

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Investors Flee as American Apparel Teeters [Money Matters]

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

American Apparel ‘s stock plunged 27 percent today after the company’s long-delayed second quarter financial results revealed falling sales and dim prospects for improvement. Is bankruptcy on the horizon? More

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Weinstein Brothers Win Back Miramax [Hollywood]

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s like the last decade-and-a-half didn’t happen! After a fierce back-and-forth between people with lots of money, The Brothers Weinstein—financed by Billionaire Ron Burkle—have bought back the storied Miramax name and catalog. More

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Mediabistro Employee Learns to Live in Poverty

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Amanda Ernst , the new editor of Mediabistro’s Fishbowl NY , was on the Today Show this morning! Topic: How to deal with her crushing poverty as she tries to survive on a paltry Mediabistro wage. Amanda was laid off from a magazine job, and now has to scrape by as a wage slave blogger in Laurel Touby ‘s empire—where she’s reportedly paid one third her previous salary.

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Former Timesman Very Opposed to Paying Taxes

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

We take our eye off the Detroit News for a few days and what happens? Former NYT movie critic and amateur cigar smuggler Elvis Mitchell is found to owe the IRS half a million bucks

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Photo Essays of Our Time: People of Wal-Mart

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There’s a line in a song: “All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.” And then there’s this: a blog taking photos of Wal-Mart patrons. Cruel? Yes.

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Photo Essays of Our Time: People of Wal-Mart

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Ruth Madoff’s Financial Life Comes Full Circle

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The trustee for Bernie Madoff’s victims filed a $45 million suit against Ruth Madoff last week. He hasn’t succeeded in getting any money yet, but he has succeeded in further humiliating Ruth Madoff! She is basically a grounded teenager now. See, the trustee was like, “Hey she has $2.5 mil, she lived the high life on all this stolen money, she needs to pay back the victims.” And then Ruth was like “Me?

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Cash for Clunkers program is off to a running start (The Tuscaloosa News)

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

By Patrick Rupinski Staff Writer New car sales were slow in June, but business in Tuscaloosa showrooms has perked up this month, helped in large part by the Cash for Clunkers program.

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Kalamazoo car buyers flock to get cash for clunkers: Federal program offers up to $4,500 for gas-guzzlers (The Kalamazoo Gazette)

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

KALAMAZOO — Local auto dealers joined others around the country in reporting big turnouts Monday as the U.S.

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Changes in Cash for Clunkers program (News 10 NBC Rochester)

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There have been some last minutes changes in the Cash for Clunkers program. The EPA changed gas mileages figures…

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