Depending on what you want to count, Osama bin Laden in the past decade since 9/11 has cost the United States anywhere from $280 billion to well over $5 trillion. Why so big a range?
You can pretty much blame all of our nation’s economic woes on Osama bin Laden. Don’t believe me? Try this one on for size: Bin Laden caused the financial …
“All people pay for at such seminars is to listen to someone repeat the ideas that are already freely available in books and on the internet… The people who could most use the help are the people who can least afford the cost of such a seminar. It feels like preying on the weak to me.”
My, some entrepreneurial types sure are clever and quick. Over the last few days, it’s become clear that among the certainties in life, here’s one: No matter if it’s the wedding of the world’s most famous couple or the killing of the world’s most notorious terrorist, a big event is an opportunity for somebody to make money.
If Osama bin Laden wasn’t a terrorist, criminal and, you know, all around worst dude on earth, he might have made a pretty good executive. Terror analysts and economists say al-Qaeda is well financed and profitable. Perhaps the worse news to emanate from the death of bin Laden: The end of the man is unlikely to be the end of terrorist …
If you had the choice, would you fill your car with gas that costs $3.59 or $2.99 a gallon? The truth is that sometimes, you get more for your money by paying extra at the pump.
There is a saying on Wall Street that even a dead cat will bounce. How high, then, should the market bounce on the death of Osama bin Laden?
As of mid-day on Monday, the stock market was up a bit. The price of a barrel of oil had dropped on Sunday night, but I wasn’t sure why. Osama bin Laden, at least since he was kicked out of Saudi …
A $7 sixer enjoyed once a week adds up to $364 a year. Make that habit daily and, among other problems, your beer budget would hit $2,555 annually.
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If you always got what you paid for, then “cheap premium” would be an oxymoron. But more and more, consumers are learning that inexpensive doesn’t have to equate to poor quality.
Don’t worry you won’t pay at the pump for oil company tax increases (Mike Blake/Reuters)
Gas prices are up. Oil company profits are up. Should the taxes Exxon Mobil, Shell and others be going up as well?
An increasing number of politicians seem to be saying yes. President Obama has proposed eliminating $4 billion in tax subsidies oil …
“A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.” – Frederick the Great
“Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.” – George Bernard Shaw
“God save the queen/ ‘Cause tourists are money/ And our figurehead/ Is not what she seems” – Sex Pistols
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