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N.Y. / Region
By JOSEPH BERGER | Nov 27th 2014
The discount afforded by one of the New York City area’s great
travel bargains — crossing the Hudson River on the Tappan Zee Bridge —
is likely to shrink, but no one can say by how much.
Bridges and Tunnels; Tolls; Series; Infrastructure (Public Works)
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/ No not here.
Here: http://www.thruway.ny.gov/about/financial/bond/sales/recent.html
The rate of return is far below 4%.
The article is a bond sales brochure.
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Business Day
By JAMES KANTER | Nov 27th 2014
While the vote poses no immediate threat to the company, it
symbolizes the growing resentment in Europe toward the American
technology titan.
Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; Computers and the Internet; Privacy
Null action.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 27th 2014
The backward ban is out of step with medical research.
Blood; Homosexuality and Bisexuality; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Editorials; Blood Donation; Tests (Medical)
After a period to seroconvert and a test for blood born diseases they are lower risk than others
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 27th 2014
Peru was an empire conquered by an imperial power.
Everything belonged to the King.
When the King became the oligarchy everything became the oligarchs property though they may not have known it at the time.
All Peru still belongs to the powers in government.
One or more of the powers is socialist.
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Your Money
By CONSTANCE GUSTKE | Nov 28th 2014
The villages allow older people to stay at home by providing services and social connections.
Retirement; Elderly
A good idea. The practicalities are local.
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The Upshot
By NEIL IRWIN | Nov 28th 2014
OPEC’s decision not to cut back production helps drivers and
airline passengers, and will have ripple effects throughout the world
economy.
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; United States Economy; Economic
Conditions and Trends; Wind Power; Solar Energy; Alternative and
Renewable Energy; Commodities; Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Neil Irwin should leave the central banks out of his thought.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/oil-prices-and-deflationary-bias/
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World
By ERIC SCHMITT | Nov 25th 2014
The freed captives were six Yemeni citizens, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, who were unharmed, Yemeni officials said in a statement.
Kidnapping and Hostages; Rescues; Terrorism; United States Defense and Military Forces
A rescue attempt that won a third prize.
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N.Y. / Region
By JOSEPH BERGER | Nov 27th 2014
Hudson Valley residents worry that proposals to add high-voltage
electric transmission lines will cause disruptions including spoiled
views and loss of homes and property.
Electric Light and Power; Eminent Domain
The law and the rights of way were there before the sprawl.
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Opinion
Nov 27th 2014
The executive director of the National Conference on Public
Employee Retirement Systems says pensions should not be seen as a threat
to the city.
Pensions and Retirement Plans; Bankruptcies; Government Employees
Detroit is still bankrupt.
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World
By JODI RUDOREN | Nov 26th 2014
Neither party wants to lose.
Arts
By SCOTT REYBURN | Nov 28th 2014
At recent sales in London, auction houses struggled to sell top
Russian works of art. Some dealers said that the sluggish sales were a
reflection of what's going on in Russia.
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Science
By SABRINA TAVERNISE | Nov 25th 2014
Recommending the toughest federal alert would have signaled to
doctors that the risks of use outweighed any potential therapeutic
benefit for patients.
Steroids; Neck; Back (Human Body Part); Pain-Relieving Drugs; Labeling and Labels; Pain
Error.
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By ANNA NORTH | Nov 26th 2014
Some researchers say we need new ways of thinking about depression
entirely — and that one day, therapy could start with a blood test.
Depression (Mental); Mental Health and Disorders; Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; Research; Therapy and Rehabilitation
Find out.
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World
By RICK GLADSTONE | Nov 26th 2014
The World Health Organization reported more than 600 new cases of
Ebola in the week that ended Sunday, more than half of them in Sierra
Leone.
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Arts
By EVE M. KAHN | Nov 27th 2014
Three exhibitions in Canton, Ohio, spotlight the work of Ferdinand
A. Brader, a 19th-century artist known for his pencil drawings of farms
in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Art; Antiques; Collectors and Collections; Telephones and Telecommunications
Any possible farm will not have the labor these require.
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Opinion
By ROGER COHEN | Nov 27th 2014
London’s mayor, an American citizen, goes mano a mano with the Internal Revenue Service. He should give up and pay up.
Taxation; Tax Evasion
Boris Johnson has no need to get real.
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World
By DAVID E. SANGER, MICHAEL R. GORDON and PETER BAKER | Nov 24th 2014
Negotiations carried on in secret for months, but despite a thaw
between the governments’ top envoys, the end result is only another
extension.
Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Energy; United States International Relations
The desired deal is out of reach.
It is not destroyed.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 25th 2014
Two Minnesota men have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State group.
Terrorism
Attempting funding.
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Business Day
By TAMARA BEST | Nov 26th 2014
Mobile businesses are increasing in cities across the United
States, as entrepreneurs embrace the lower overhead and freedom to
change locations.
Food Trucks and Vendors; Shopping and Retail; Small Business; Start-ups; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
I do not want to do retail sales.
I might employ a sales clerk to run a peddling operation.
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World
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Nov 26th 2014
Dozens of passengers in Igarka, 100 miles north of the Arctic
Circle, climbed out on Wednesday ostensibly to help push the aircraft
onto the runway.
Airlines and Airplanes; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming
Good story. Better as fiction.
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