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Over the years, bloggers could have made more money working minimum-wage jobs and become part of the elitist ‘ownership society'. However, we do it for the love of it. Evil vs. Evil: From Bad to Worse

Invisible Hands & Markets: Get Rick Quick in Iraq.
@ least $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds given to Iraqi ministries by the former US-led authority there cannot be accounted for, according to a draft US audit set for release soon.
The exact methodologies of the thefts was inventive and varied, forming a veritable encyclopedia of third-world graft, diverted funding and government fraud. The specific schemes mentioned in the article involved padded payroll; often thousands of salaries would be on the books but only a few hundred workers actually existed.
• US audit cites lax 'stewardship'
• · Can Shareholders Fight Terrorism?
A right-wing campaign against companies that do business in terror-sponsoring states ignores the most obvious targets
• · · Applicants wait to obtain their visas in the longest line at the Foreigners' Police I am aware that what people go through here is undignified
• · · · It is amazing in late 1980s Jeff was just another voiceless librarian on the internet forums. Listen to his entrepreneural voice now! Jeff Bezos, the dotcom king: Amazon irrepressibly casts every challenge as an opportunity [Amerikan and Japanese Goodness Grecious How About this! Amazon.com is buying Joyo.com, China's largest online retailer of books, music and videos, for $US72 million
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• · · · · · Dreams Coming true: Huge net gains for Google staff