Month: February 2009

Casinos Not Feeling So Lucky These Days

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Juan Jimenez’s job at the casino wasn’t the most glamorous one in the place. But picking up cigarette butts, vacuuming dirt from carpets and shampooing stains from spilled drinks (and other, much worse substances) allowed him to bring his family from the Dominican Republic, buy a small house and claim […]

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The Per Capita Growth of Breakfast is Largely Gone for the Near-Term

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. is trading French toast sticks for breakfast wraps. Starbucks Corp. is introducing its first value meals. Panera Corp. spent two years developing a new coffee blend. The restaurant chains are taking another run at more profitable morning meals as customers trim spending on lunch and dinner. Across the […]

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Paul Krugman: “On the Edge”

February 6, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist THE NEW YORK TIMES On the Edge By PAUL KRUGMAN A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to economic recovery. Over the last two weeks, what should have been a deadly serious debate about how to save an economy in desperate straits turned, instead, into hackneyed political theater, with Republicans […]

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Numerous Myths and Falsehoods Advanced by the Media in Their Coverage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Media Matters for America previously identified numerous myths and falsehoods advanced by the media in their coverage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As debate on the bill continues in Congress, other myths and falsehoods advanced by the media about the recovery package have risen to prominence. These myths and falsehoods include: the assertion […]

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