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Sparing Joe:
Change to Believe in?
The decision to spare Joe Lieberman serious punishment is far from politics as usual.

CENTER: SMALL BUSINESS

Credit tight? Time to get creative with financing options like peer-to-peer lending.

CENTER: SMART TRAVEL

After years of dictating the terms to corporate travelers, hotels now find the roles reversed.

ON THE HORIZON
"Thousands of horses face neglect, abandonment and starvation this winter as financially strapped owners can no longer care for them."

-The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter

Oct. 24, 2008

EXECUTIVE POLL

Should the federal government bail out the U.S.-brand carmakers?

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within hours to show he's serious
about changing direction.

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Outsourcing

Surviving a Downturn Through Outsourcing

Outsourcing in tough times can make it easier to ratchet production up or down without carrying crushing overhead.

Economy

States Work on Own Stimulus Packages

State capitals are using tax incentives, jump-starting infrastructure projects and bolstering banks to boost local economies on their own.

Trade

Will Obama Take a New Path on Trade?

President-elect Obama has an opportunity to revitalize global trade, but it will take assuring Congress and Americans that the U.S. will benefit.

Crisis

World's Not Ready for a Second Bretton Woods

A new global financial agreement -- or even significant strengthening of the IMF -- won't be in the cards until more spadework is done.

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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

"Let them fail. Let the free market work. The US consumer is still going to buy automobiles. (Sure, less than before). Either a revamped Ford or GM will produce those cars or Toyota will swoop in to produce them. Either way, there is a demand for automobiles that will have to be filled. Let the market determine if that will be GM, Ford, Toyota, or all of them. Let the shareholders take the gamble, not the taxpayer."

POSTED BY: Kirt

"We have to look at the big picture. The days of tunnel vision are over. Our nation better wake up and smell the coffee. With all our bail outs along with the $168 billion economic stimulus package, that btw did nothing for our economy it is hard to understand why our government can't see the need to bail us out of our dependence on foreign oil. I am appalled at news stories of green technology losing hope of being furthered because of lower gas prices. How long does anyone really think this decline will last? OPEC holds the key and we are at their mercy."

POSTED BY: Vincent

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