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ISM, Depending on what kind of car you are buying, make sure you consider the amount of dealer holdbacks. MB has 4.5%, and I THINK BMW is similar. Lexus has 3 to 4% too I believe. Those holder backs are profits to the owner of the dealership directly from the car makers. I bought /...

WSJ today had an article about Lennar has filed lawsuit against the two Chinese drywall manufacture alleging "wallboard is defective and is causing electrical problems and emitting rotten odors in dozens of homes across Florida". Lennar also says that "environmental consultants it hired...

CNBC published the following list of some of the measures in the stimulus. It was supplied to the Citizens Against Government Waste by Sen. Tom Coburn (R.-Okla.). $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded...

Blt, GW screwed up in Iraq, spilled milk. The election is over, so let's don't talk about what GW did or didn't do. How about help me to understand this: If Obama is suppose to be about change, where is the "change" in this bill with 'fully loaded crap"?

WSJ has an article showing some of the details of what is included in the $825 billion. The article is titled: "A 40-Year Wish List - You won't believe what's in that stimulus bill." "We've looked it over, and even we can't quite believe it. There's $1 billion for Amtrak, the federal...

And, actually, any job pays the same regardless of where you went to school, you just have to market yourself, not the school you attended.</blockquote> this is might be true for people who has been working for a while / out of school for a while. This is certainly NOT true for new grads...

HS_teacher, In case you forgot, we have a separate trend called "Columbus Grove: why live there".

Most of the JC kids never go to a four year college. I don't remember the exact %. If you are curious, you probably can google it. If one really can't afford a four year college, then going to a JC might be the only viable choice. My wife went to a JC college, then she went on to one...

have you tried the TJ brand sauce? very very good. I get a jar of TJ sauce, half a lb of 5% lean ground beef, a pack of muchroom, one red bell peper, bunch slices of Italina sausages. For salad, I just get a pack from TJ too, less than four bucks. We do this at least once a week, and the kids...

Most firms who need Civil Engineers are either in the process of layoffs, or is preparing for the upcoming layoffs. It is a very difficult market. This is ten time worse then the dot com bust by my personal experiences as I have come across so many of my friends / family members being laid...

you don't need a minivan with one kid, but when the second one arrives, the best thing to have IS a mini van. However, when the second one turns three or older, you really don't need the minivan anymore if you can find a SUV/crossover with third row seats ( so you can haul their play dates...

so here is the math on costs: public KG + afterschool care (lunch included? until 6pm included) = ~ $650 a month or Private KG ( day care, lunch included until 6pm included) = ~ $1050 a month. Difference is about 3.0 hours of extra learning..for $400 extra a month.

one of our good friends hired a decent one from a nanny agency. But she doesn't drive, $12.5 a hour full time. You can also hire part time ones who drive. They want around $15 / hr. Then you have to pay the agency for one month equ. of salary. It is my understanding there are a lot of laid...