7 Jan 2009 at 1:31am Hubris and arrogance are too ensconced in Washington for policymakers to be aware of the economic policy trap in which they have placed the U.S. economy. If the subprime mortgage meltdown is half as bad as predicted, low U.S. interest rates will be ...
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6 Jan 2009 at 4:06pm SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The British pound's swift drop against the U.S. dollar has slashed prices on tourist favorites, with a London hotel room, trip on the Underground and pint of ale more than 25% cheaper than a year ago. But such discounts ...
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6 Jan 2009 at 2:47pm Carmen Ryan, 8 , of Brookings and Olivia Clark, 6, of Ashland play inside a bubble Wednesday at the ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum. Usually about 80 percent of museumgoers come from outside Ashland. That fell to 50 percent this summer, likely due to ...
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6 Jan 2009 at 7:45am LOS ANGELES , Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Spas continued to contribute to the top and bottom lines of U.S. hotels in 2007. Total spa department revenue increased 5.0 percent from 2006 to 2007, while spa department profits grew 5.8 percent. These are among ...
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5 Jan 2009 at 6:56am SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. DLR , the world's largest wholesale datacentre provider, has been recognised for "Innovation in an Outsourced Environment" by the prestigious Datacentre Leaders' 2008 Awards ...
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1 Jan 2009 at 5:59pm It was a Key West moment that was enough to shock this San Franciscan. I entered the 801Bourbon Bar on a Sunday afternoon. It was during my first day on the island at the southernmost tip of the continental US. I followed in the wake of another man ...
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1 Jan 2009 at 5:59pm SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Another victim of our tough economic times has been the travel industry. Stay-at-home vacations have become increasingly popular, and business travel is down. In and around San Francisco, hotels were heavily booked for New Year ...
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