http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:16:18 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_1 23b76e0d2bc460a2bed5fe2c87222c4c Up-to-the-minute advice, information, resources, and, on occasion, commentary on federal and New Jersey state income taxes, and the various New Jersey property tax rebate programs, and insights and observations on tax policy and professional tax practice, by 38-year veteran tax professional Robert D Flach. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_2 3011d6df6c8e0031336566e374b366d7 Some of the fizz has left the stock market as investors reassess hurdles facing consumers and lock in gains from an eight-month rally. That defensive posture may color trading in the upcoming week. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:16:18 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_3 785454ec0641af911b208950e258124e From various bat squeaks I’ve put together a view of what I think lies behind the surprising — and damaging — deficit squeamishness of the Obama administration. So here’s what I think they’re thinking — and why it’s wrong-headed. (Fairly wonkish stuff after the jump). (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:06 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_4 3cc8d45d20b143475a0cfe4be5940d4f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T06:08:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_5 19012cfbd3a33e220eee0ddcba469705 The following is a guest post from Kathryn Katz, an avid cat lover, single mom, internet marketer and professional copywriter. Kathryn is a Certified Personal Finance Counselor and works for Consolidated Credit Counseling Services . Many consumers have suffered from financial difficulties during the recession. High unemployment, upside down ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:08:22 PST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_6 5c29b110f9a691bed11da983cad1fa06 President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future. Citing progress... United States - Barack Obama - Asia - Economy of the United States - US (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:08:32 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_7 622ce7d5e833908e31cb6e429372c1f1 Did you take a second job this year? What about your spouse; do both of you bring home paychecks? Are you retired, but picking up some part-time work to supplement your Social Security benefits? If so, you might have to pay back some of the Making Work Pay tax credit you received. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:32:14 PST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_8 527e8c006204d9eac487dd78c193a1b5 The New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government performs oversight over the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (non land use related issues). It is the goal of the Committee to find efficient ways to disseminate public information through use of technology. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:31 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_9 27e795fbde312dc459078c90ef8bdc8f Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:08:32 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_10 8036aa5e460c9ad838ce91aa323839ef A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:22:09 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_11 6c75acd2801a7895397d4b92530f0872 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:57:30 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_12 bb4e40c825166ec6912247a0c23e937c The Trust which controls Hershey is pushing for the US food giant to make a $17 billion counter bid for British chocolate and gum group Cadbury.$ (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:32:14 PST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_13 7cd41a27da289ec8adaee0b8aad73a53 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:08:32 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_14 d8e4f66cf072855bb1b8574eeb015071 We used to have fun commenting about the bond market, including Treasuries, Mortgages, Municipals, and Corporates. But that was before the dark times. Before deleveraging. Contact the Author: accruedint at gmail.com (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:34 EST Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:50:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_16 24f7207bf5560ae0ef2fe47bbf10cbb5 LONDON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A startling report from Financial Facts has identified that consumers are ignoring the many benefits of credit cards due to worries of nightmare debts. 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(Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:45:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/1#item_20 ff1f5d695869027e2a430838a84771d4 If you are interested in using the Internet to grow your business virally, then “Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today’s Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves” is a must-read. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:32:14 PST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_1 53c5bc9dd8d3946a9cd34ecc25ca5604 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:06 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_2 ced32494e011c8ab8097bc8e78a3527c Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:06 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_3 d8809dc4cbc457aa944757e5ea33079f If you've never Googled, you probably aren't finding what you want online. Google operates the leading Internet search engine, offering targeted search results from billions of Web pages. Results are based ... 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Knowing this, ARM and the Android folks have put their heads together and [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:45:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_14 4160b75d238e0c8c7223770334a74c91 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:48:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_15 2cd16d5cbc4a6351558959f16533bd41 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:48:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_16 f83fbbff297a2ae8628c90bfc9c2752f Adobe today updated its Acrobat.com hosted applications service with a new user interface and mobile access functionality designed to enhance user productivity and collaboration. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:48:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_17 4555b60f7bc90808bcf930091819e023 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_18 db0165c6d9fffc67c4c1f9f86f225391 It's now official. Much of the hype about global warming is nothing but a complete scam. Thanks to hackers (or an insider) who broke into The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) and downloaded 156 megaybytes of data including extremely damaging emails, we now know that data supporting the global warming thesis was completely ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:06:58 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_19 da10cd3ecb57c686d025f0299cb2f2d4 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:40 +0000 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/21#item_20 2c80d5bdc021c0eb79fee9aef2ce5eb2 Public speaking for me was quite a hurtle. I knew this was a very effective way to promote my brand but the idea of it made my palms sweat. The first time I did it I spoke to a group of about 50 business woman. I was received well but they were not aware of [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_1 b1f034beae52f5a1bd784005d9b7a504 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_2 8d3e8fbf8c5872f3890e224ff3b355cc It may be a short trading week, but plenty of big companies will deliver their quarterly results. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), and Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) all report on Monday. Two of those three giants may very well have products on your Thanksgiving table. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:45:11 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_3 5c23a98de983d79f6dacbc19cccb8dc7 That's quite a feat in today's economy, even for the most qualified job hunters. But for an ex-convict, it feels like a miracle. "It's been beautiful," Headley said, while whitewashing tractor trailers for $10 an hour. "I always knew that if I was patient, good things would come." (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T06:24:00.003-05:00 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_4 4bbf8f3302de6149d19553462b75d34a Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:12:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_5 248b2c8d4b13be0da7af2f5747847991 A Dutch-based luxury sports car-maker is to switch its assembly plant from Holland to Britain to reduce its cost base. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:45:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_6 58f42081185ea7a4a0e43e4f7b4f71d3 Where the Wild Things Are is a beloved children’s book and now a beautiful movie. But in the investment world there are really scary wild things lurking about in the hidden recesses of the economic landscape. Today we look at one of the unintended consequences of the Federal Reserve’s low interest rate policy. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_7 ca6975cadb7204f1c714caae1e62ff3a Buying cheap firms with strong financial health could ease investor worries. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T16:39:35Z http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_8 c77d9434ff110542eb9e73377945e522 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:59:15 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_9 70fe73fd52a7c428ebc095e7e4e08251 Want to optimize your money making online blog? Well this is the ideal WordPress theme for your site. A Web 2.0 based look that has a sleek cool presentation to it. The original PSD graphic file is provided, so you can modify anything, from the header to your own modifications. I've included recommended plugins in the instruction. It has many ... 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We misunderstand a comment or a gesture or a policy or a contract. And then what happens? Well, if we're engaged with someone we like or trust, we give them the benefit of the doubt. We either assume that what they ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:03:21 +0000 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_14 98d023ce6db09b76de486740cfbc9edf Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_15 0bacf6370c4fb1f0e0a7d3a720365f73 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:27:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/41#item_16 898d32db94eab1cc43834a441dad8d1f 6ave.com has the Onkyo TX-SR607 7.2 Home Theater Receiver for $376 - $19 off with coupon code AFL5 = $357 with free shipping. 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Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T04:00:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_2 b8176e112622a96db9a7544fc28f73a9 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T11:22:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_3 c39b4e05785339293e5846c0ccf7a361 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:22:20 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_4 90c1d2fcb55360f403da3452248abeb7 Aurobindo Pharma has inaugurated a Rs 150 crore drug manufacturing plant at its pharma SEZ in Hyderabad. It expects revenues to hit USD 2 billion by 2013. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:07:27 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_5 06645a0c66cf2df6304d8c0520c05858 Its day three of the Department of Revenue Intelligence’s probe into Diageo for alleged duty evasion. Sources say Sun Tan Trading has admitted guilt and the DRI suspects more worms from the Diageo can. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:07:27 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_6 b37a9facb5d96798481d7a635a386be6 The folks over at the Bonefish Grill also offered to share the recipe to one of their seasonal dishes: Salmon topped with Spinach, Bacon & Gorgonzola Bleu Cheese. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:05:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_7 adf36ba5530143bc2e396a1f3aa20071 Office Max has the HP Officejet J4580 All-In-One Color Printer for $60 with free shipping. Prints 28ppm black / 22ppm color; Copies 28cpm black / 22cpm color Scans up to 19200 dpi; faxes up to 33.6Kbps, Built-in Network (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:02 CST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_8 b9070521dd8783023499e76770d08bec Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:02 CST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_9 7b234e99312580887bb0ebab95c798b5 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:56:31 -0700 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_10 c8ecae4d758d4445b9371f33f9939b9b My kids are driving me a bit crazy: they keep opening up my MacBook Pro and messing around with it, even when I tell them not to. Since I can't hover over it like an eagle, I need a software solution: how do I require a password to be typed in - to password protect the computer - on either wake from sleep or going from a screen saver to the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:44:23 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_11 3f03967ff894a68122236a75b8d0bacc Oona is 11 1/2 years old. She German Shepherd. My husband surprised me with Oona when she was only 8 weeks old. She used to love for my husband to sing to her and to keep us company sitting on the couch (naughty I know!) (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_12 004c2662e7de3d2f0e14817ed4275e8a Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_13 96d55e95ba15ef63843c4dc8b9fe8213 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_14 93c6771fb4cc4a052d739e5a520aae4d Most of the 62 companies that announced buybacks have gone slow in using their funds this year and are likely to fall short of the purchase targets. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_15 14169de548cda950418007dbc34ba770 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_16 82dd27ff45ceaa0d00c7edea668c7998 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_17 2a2a867194ec01ca88be00b01dcfffe6 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_18 7f722ba2a46564e4fb95045326ff4158 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_19 1f4712cc206bbea14b585eb36b6bd203 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/61#item_20 3a2af8ebfd175168e95b00262e4458cf Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_1 bb4faaed0de12a35428e888984a0eb1e Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_2 8f747f2d11de00e3ada04b9a3c32e2d9 The latest vampire installment rakes in $26.3 million in midnight ticket sales and is set to make more than $70 million in single-day sales. But sales are expected to drop off over the weekend. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" was on course to break two box-office records in one day. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T14:11:57+00:00 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_3 4d7f0f854834d53fc5a576d337c3ce7c As regular readers will know we've been working on this house here for some time and we're getting close to the end of the adventure. But now, of course, to enjoy living in it we need to furnish it properly: there's no point in having spent all this time and money on getting the building right if we don't get the inside right as well. Which is ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_4 0fe5aa451eca17f0a4f119657ec7c82d The Texas economy threw off mixed signals in October, with expanding payrolls but a rising unemployment rate. Employers boosted payrolls by a preliminary count of 41,700 jobs last month – a significant piece of good economic news after a year of nearly uninterrupted monthly job losses. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:00:22 -0600 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_5 0fbfc210eaed2a3fce66127d6a4e765e By Bill Freehling. Berkshire Hathaway's Board of Directors believes a 50-for-1 split of the company's B shares is advisable regardless of whether the deal to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. goes through, according to an SEC filing yesterday. Read more » » (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:50:36 PST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_6 9a704b094043f9b92a340328cd11d0ed Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:48:35 -0600 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_7 6fee485f85fdb677f2a094296f007944 By Miguel Barbosa. You've heard me talk about the book,"This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly" here's an interesting paper by the same authors. Read more » » (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T14:47:21Z http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_8 0f4b1f56f3fd39fc78d0f1f899db6861 Any industry is littered with the corpses of companies that blazed a trail and then stuttered and died. It's happened in most industry sectors but in IT some of the failures have been massive and yet strangely uplifting. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:11 +0000 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_9 b6bd1901f933ee29a1fb365138cf99c9 FaceChipz.com has all the features of a real social network – but with one big difference: kids can only communicate with others they’ve physically exchanged FaceChipz tokens with – no strangers allowed! No one can arbitrarily contact them. No one can search for them. It’s the social network they collect, but doesn’t collect them. The ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:33:07 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_10 51951083e0fbd9c49a7a1afb1f8af4d0 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:30:45 GMT http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_11 c2f6acf9793cc34631e09b3444e8931a This tax treaty controversy is snowballing. First it was just the India Mauritius Double Tax Avoidance Treaty that was under a shadow and has been that way for a couple of years then the proposed Direct Tax Code released in August this year proposed a Treaty of Override Clause. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_12 add26314c34007fdbac61aba7d510b86 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:57:49 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_13 71d58d6fe0236b7018101f9607ed2349 Down week The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the week with a 0.5 percent gain but broader in... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_14 385da542aee898c1060028f61194b5bd Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_15 32323a1fa0793ebb565c6da4f05b0b94 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_16 5bbfb40c40a7e48e4782c3c8c274f12c Southfield --This summer, after the streets of Detroit wrapped up moonlighting as New Orleans for the murder mystery flick "Little Murder," surreptitious nighttime deliveries were made at a nondescript Southfield office building just off Northwestern Highway. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_17 d579a6ae5fe0a76fb7794011a1ae2905 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_18 2f9f84c7e458fddedbeb43ad291cfc25 Most area showrooms cut loose as GM finalizes sale of quirky brand to group led by Swedish automaker When General Motors completes the sale of Saab, expected this month, it could mark a new beginning for the struggling Swedish automaker. But for six of nine Chicago-area dealers, some with decades invested in the quirky brand, it is likely the end ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_19 c867a4c4ad8821828add0029c7e062f7 Tour bus business is booming as the first wave of baby boomers retire and increasingly choose motor coaches as a means of travel. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/81#item_20 cc980236b9b3f72c09f49f4f8728ff84 Diesel, True Religion, Ed Hardy and Lululemon Athletica are among a growing list of stores that don't accept personal checks. Gap Inc. has tested the idea. Austin-based Whole Foods Market is trying it out at a few stores in California and Arizona. The organic grocer hasn't come to any conclusions yet, a spokeswoman said. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/business/1258824526/101#item_1 219f76a5562d2b3404c98a1afb0a56c6 By the time Michigan begins to pull out of this economic downturn, the state will have lost nearly 1 million jobs. That's the grim assessment in an annual forecast from the University of Michigan's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. (Read on Source) ]]>