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Endless Funding for Endless Wars

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:01:44 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: On and on and on and on it goes....Why don't we just take the babies from their moms when they're born and be done with it...give 2/3 of all you earn to the Pentagon...

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

WASHINGTON - The US Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a much-disputed bill alloting 162 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The bill gives funding for the conflicts through to mid-2009 after President George W. Bush, who must now sign the bill into law, has left office.

The legislation passed 92 votes to six in the Senate after its approval by the House of Representatives June 19 topped weeks of haggling between Democrats and Republicans.

Bush has indicated he will sign the legislation despite opposing some of the measures included in it.

The deal was reached after Democrats agreed to drop a withdrawal timetable from the bill. The majority party has repeatedly failed to force Bush’s hand on Iraq since taking over Congress in 2006 elections.

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd noted that with this new funding, Congress will have approved over 656 billion dollars for the war in Iraq.

Guns N' Roses Finish Chinese Democracy

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:56:44 GMT

clipped by: kidora
clipper's remarks: This is the number five sign that the impending apocalypse is upon us ....

But if it does come out I might listen ... as long as I get my free Dr.Pepper.

Clip Source: mog.com

They said it would never happen, but apparently it has.

According to NME , Guns N' Roses have finally finished their long awaited Chinese Democracy, the album that Axl Rose has been working on for the past 14 years.

Was it Dr. Pepper's prodding that finally got Axl and the boys to finished what they started 14 years ago?

Therockradio.com reports that Geffen Records, the band's record label, have confirmed they have received a finished copy of the album, and are currently haggling over money and rights issues with Rose.

The album is reported to have cost in excess of $13 million to produce.

Axl Rose with a Kangaroo

Even at Megastores, Hagglers Find No Price Is Set in Stone

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:15:19 GMT

clipped by: rmowery

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Even at Megastores, Hagglers Find No Price Is Set in Stone

SAN FRANCISCO — Shoppers are discovering an upside to the down economy. They are getting price breaks by reviving an age-old retail strategy: haggling.

A bargaining culture once confined largely to car showrooms and jewelry stores is taking root in major stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and Home Depot, as well as mom-and-pop operations.

Savvy consumers, empowered by the Internet and encouraged by a slowing economy, are finding that they can dicker on prices, not just on clearance items or big-ticket products like televisions but also on lower-cost goods like cameras, audio speakers, couches, rugs and even clothing.

Tags: economy, negotiating, cosumer, mgastore, buyer advantage

Yahoo Haggles, Microsoft Says, "Tough."

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:09:46 GMT

clipped by: David M Ewalt
clipper's remarks: Yahoo likely wants $40 a share from Microsoft -- but Gates and company definitely do not want to raise their bid. Look for Microsoft to argue the deal directly with shareholders, maybe get them to throw out Yahoo's current board of directors.

Clip Source: news.wired.com

Microsoft is not privately haggling with Yahoo over the software maker's rejected $31-per-share buyout offer for the slumping Internet pioneer, Bill Gates said in an interview.

"We sent them a letter and said we think that's a fair offer. There's nothing that's gone on other than us stating that we think it's a fair offer," the Microsoft chairman said Monday. "They should take a hard look at it."

Microsoft Corp. made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo Inc. just over two weeks ago. At the time, the deal was valued at $44.6 billion, but since then, Microsoft's share price has tumbled 12.8 percent, pushing the value of the cash-and-stock offer closer to $41 billion.

How to Haggle Like a Pro

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:03:19 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: This makes me want to go out and try this stuff! Damn my shopaholic nature...

Clip Source: www.bottomlinesecrets.com

What you need to know to haggle successfully

There is room for negotiation in virtually every purchase

Good hagglers always carefully inspect items that they're interested in

it's a good idea to go to several places first to make price comparisons

check on-line to see what comparable merchandise sells for -- that's the price you want to beat

find out how much the dealer paid for the vehicle

HOW TO HAGGLE

Pretend to be only mildly interested

If you and the seller can't agree on the price of an item, ask the seller if he's got anything that he can throw in on the deal

Ask automobile dealers to throw in floor mats

with computer and stereo equipment, ask the seller for free cables and free installation

If you are willing to pay $100 for an item, offer $80 or even $60

Merchants lose about 2% when a credit card is used, so they may be willing to take a 2% bite if you pay cash

Politely point out any flaws in the merchandise

WHO BEST TO HAGGLE WITH

Small-town merchants

Jewelry stores

Car dealers

Banks

Chains

OBO

Tags: shopping, haggling, bargain, deals, price, tricks, tips, money

Beach Vacations

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:28:08 GMT

clipped by: vacationslover
clipper's remarks: I am a big fan of beach vacations so found these articles very interesting not to mention all the other vacation articles on this site

Clip Source: www.vacations-discounts.com

If you do not have any travel agent, the second best thing is searching the internet for offers or packages on beach vacations. You can start with choosing a destination like the Caribbean, Hawaii or even Boracay.� From here you can look at the hotels offering promos and compare prices and features. Choose a hotel that has air or land transport arrangements as well so that you won�t be bothered with haggling or rushing.� Before booking, check the weather forecast of the destination you like so you can be assured of a perfect time.

Tags: vacation, vacations, hawaii, cruises, beaches

Salary, Gender and the Social Cost of Haggling

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:33:00 GMT

clipped by: RayWatkins

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

The findings, published this year in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, help explain why some other studies have reached conflicting conclusions. For example, one study by Barry A. Gerhart, then at Cornell University, found little difference between male and female MBA students in whether they negotiated over their starting salary. Similarly, Bowles said, the new study showed that women did not act in the same way at all times: They were more likely to negotiate when dealing with another woman than when dealing with a man.

"It is not that women always act one way and men act another way; it tends to be moderated by situational factors," Bowles said. "The point of this paper is: Yes, there is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating. What we show is those risks are higher for women than for men."

Tags: class, gender, economics, education, amercian

Salary, gender and the social cost of haggling

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:19:27 GMT

clipped by: pibita
clipper's remarks: Women face higher social risks when negotiating higher wages. Not being able to pay the bills, keep a home, and put food on the table, in my opinion are higher risks. In the face of these responsibilities, I would hope women would get more gutsy (I'd say ballsy but then that is a male-gendered word) and start demanding what is rightfully theirs.
--gosh I love my mother for teaching me this a long time ago--

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Salary, gender and the social cost of haggling

Research shows men are more aggressive than women in asking for a raise

Women working full time earn about 77 percent of the salaries of men working full time

women who work full time and have never taken time off to have children earn about 11 percent less than men with equivalent education and experience.

men are simply more aggressive than women, perhaps because of a combination of genetics and upbringing

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

While both men and women were penalized for negotiating, Bowles found that the negative effect for women was more than twice as large as that for men.

women did not act in the same way at all times: They were more likely to negotiate when dealing with another woman than when dealing with a man

The point of this paper is: Yes, there is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating. What we show is those risks are higher for women than for men.

Tags: women, gender gap, pay gap

Salary, Gender and the Social Cost of Haggling

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:01:19 GMT

clipped by: rmowery

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Salary, Gender and the Social Cost of Haggling

By Shankar Vedantam

About 10 years ago, a group of graduate students lodged a complaint with Linda C. Babcock, a professor of economics at Carnegie Mellon University: All their male counterparts in the university's PhD program were teaching courses on their own, whereas the women were working only as teaching assistants.

That mattered, because doctoral students who teach their own classes get more experience and look better prepared when it comes time to go on the job market.

Tags: salary, gender, pay, cmu, female, male

Churchill humor

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:07:18 GMT

clipped by: Rashid Malik
clipper's remarks: He certainly could have run a successful brothel.

Clip Source: jo-kes.blogspot.com

Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?"

Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill… Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course…"

Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?"

Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!"

Churchill: "Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price."

Tags: political jokes, jokes, humor

Women fighting doggedly to keep the Dogs

Sun, 06 May 2007 23:45:32 GMT

clipped by: zephyr1

Clip Source: www.newsoftheweird.com

Tentatively scheduled for July (nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina forced the chaotic evacuation of New Orleans) is the resolution of two dog-ownership cases, in which a judge in Pinellas County, Fla., will decide, after months of relentless haggling, whether the Louisiana owners, Steven and Dorreen Couture, "abandoned" their dogs as they complied with evacuation orders, or merely left them temporarily at a shelter, which wrongly offered them for adoption. Two Florida women claimed the dogs separately, and have fought doggedly to retain them. (One is an assistant district attorney in Tampa who has been represented in part by one of the city's highest-priced lawyers.) [St. Petersburg Times, 4-18-07, 7-8-06]

Tags: dogs, ownership, katrina

Heaven sent!

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:49 GMT

clipped by: tron2007

Clip Source: masalajokes.blogspot.com

Heaven sent!

An American, a Scot and a Canadian were in a terrible car accident. They were all brought to the same emergency room, but all three of them died before they arrived. Just as they were about to put the toe tag on the American, he stirred and opened his eyes. Astonished, the doctors and nurses present asked him what happened. "Well," said the American, "I remember the crash, and then there was a beautiful light, and then the Canadian and the Scot and I were standing at the gates of heaven. St. Peter approached us and said that we were all to young to die, and that for a donation of $50, we could return to earth. So of course I pulled out my wallet and gave him the $50, and the next thing I knew I was back here." "That's amazing!" said the one of the doctors, "But what happened to the other two?" "Last I saw them," replied the American, "the Scot was haggling over the price and the Canadian was waiting for the government to pay his."

Tags: humor, humour, joke, jokes, funny

Haggle Like a Pro: 5 Lines That Work

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:49:50 GMT

clipped by: specialfx2000
clipper's remarks: Here are the highlights from a recent Readers Digest article on Haggling like a pro.

Clip Source: www.rd.com

Haggling tip: "Don't be afraid of silence," Questel says. "Silence almost always works in your favor. It says you're on the fence, that you need just one more goodie to get the deal done."

Haggling tip: "All prices on big-ticket items are negotiable," says Cohen. "You just have to find the right person who can do the deal, and then have the courage to ask."

Haggling tip: "I always say to companies that you're entitled to make a profit, but if your competitors can do it for less, you guys probably can too."

Haggling tip: "Don't start with the details -- talk first about how you feel as a customer," says Hunt, editor of cheapskatemonthly.com. "You stand a much better chance of getting your way if you are an innocent victim rather than an angry shopper."

Haggling tip: "Whenever a company or store breaks its contract, you have every right to expect something in return," Greenberg says. "Just be sure you know in advance what you want when you're asked."

Haggle Like a Pro: 5 Lines That Work

Tags: haggle, shopping, negotiating

8 Confessions Of A Former Verizon Sales Rep

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:45:24 GMT

clipped by: brotherhug
clipper's remarks: I alway thought they were out to get me.

Clip Source: consumerist.com

A former Verizon sales rep, let's call him Steve, wrote to us recently offering insider advice to all Consumerist readers. We were excited because by knowing how the sales force at Verizon are compensated, consumers can get an edge when haggling over a new phone. What? Haggling!? Over a phone!? Yes, even you can do it. Verizon Steve confesses all he knows, from the simple to the sublime...:

• Never get a 2-year contract. "The only benefit to a 2 yr contract is a $50 savings on your phone. Its not worth it. Take the $50 and get a 1 year then you can upgrade to a new phone every 10 months."

Tags: phones

8 Confessions Of A Former Verizon Sales Rep

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:29:19 GMT

clipped by: rmowery

Clip Source: consumerist.com

Tags: verizon, frugal, savings, cell phones