[email_link] (CBS) –Garrett McNamara now has the Guinness World Record for the largest wave ever surfed after riding a 78-footer in November off the coast of Nazare, Portugal. Mike Parson had the previous mark, riding a 77-footer off the Southern California coast in 2008. The ruling became official on Friday by a panel of experts for the…
[email_link] Here’s a curious fact about the French economy: The country has 2.4 times as many companies with 49 employees as with 50. What difference does one employee make? Plenty, according to the French labor code. Once a company has at least 50 employees inside France, management must create three worker councils, introduce profit sharing, and submit restructuring…
[email_link] WASHINGTON — With the victory of the Socialist candidate, François Hollande, in the French presidential election, the White House has lost one of its closest allies on the Continent, but perhaps gained one with economic policy beliefs more closely aligned with its own. Mr. Hollande is virtually unknown in Washington, and his policy positions on…
[email_link] Bake sales, the calorie-laden standby cash-strapped classrooms, PTAs and booster clubs rely on, will be outlawed from public schools as of Aug. 1 as part of new no-nonsense nutrition standards, forcing fundraisers back to the blackboard to cook up alternative ways to raise money for kids. At a minimum, the nosh clampdown targets so-called…
[email_link] Yes…Robert Reich doesn’t want socialism. He just wants to redistribute the wealth. Memo to Mr. Reich: Money is not given to most people who are rich. They earn it. Government doesn’t give money to the rich. The rich give the money to the government. Inequality persists because there are some who refuse to educate themselves…
[email_link] Two weeks ago, I wrote to you about the continued deterioration in the market. Soon after, the market got a boost out of more easing talk from the fed. But the bump was fleeting…and now…as George Costanza once said: “THE SEA WAS ANGRY THAT DAY MY FRIEND, LIKE AN OLD MAN TRYING TO RETURN SOUP…
[email_link] I didn’t do nutting wrong. It’s all completely legal…because I helped write the rules! Hahahahahaha! Failed Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry’s (D., Mass.) long history of ethically dubious investments could invite controversy as he takes on a new role as a “top surrogate” for President Obama’s reelection campaign. Kerry’s net worth as listed…
[email_link] Who are they trying to kid? The fake employment figures came out today with those in power wanting you to believe the unemployment rate is 8.1%. Yup…election year anyone. These people are hoping that a country that pays more attention to what the Kardashians are doing on a daily basis will just take it…
[email_link] Facebook Inc. (FB)’s $11.8 billion initial public offering will cement the status of 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg as one of the world’s richest men and put his social network among the highest-valued companies in the U.S. Facebook is offering about 337.4 million shares for $28 to $35 each, according to a regulatoryfiling today. At the upper end of…
[email_link] FLORA, Ind. (WLFI) – 12-year-old Cody Green has always admired the strength and courage of the marines. At 12:35 Saturday afternoon, it was the Marines admiring the strength and courage of Cody. Cody had leukemia since he was 22 months old, but beat the disease three times. Although he was cancer-free, the chemotherapy lowered…
