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...than a decade before anyone would try again.) In late 1994, Usenet - a newsgroup precursor to the Internet - was inundated by an advertisement for the immigration-law services of Laurence A. Canter and Martha S. Siegel. Despite the ensuing outcry, the lawyers defended their practice, called their detractors anti-free speech "zealots" and wrote a book about the practice titled How to Make a Fortune on the Information Superhighway. Pandora's Box had been opened...
...markets by Chinese companies selling similar products for 30% less than rivals. The dispute has the potential to increase trade frictions between China and the West. Earlier this year, U.S. customs officials ruled that imported solar panels were subject to a duty of 2.5% (panel imports were previously duty-free...
Bartercard's bank-like system - which includes monthly statements and an interest-free line of credit - also provides security and accountability that informal bartering can't. Members must pass a credit check and sign a contract pledging to deliver goods in a timely manner. In terms of barter rates, a service that costs $600 is equivalent to 600 trade pounds; members constantly police one another, ensuring that their advertised barter rates match the rates they charge the public. (See 10 ways your job will change...
...does a man ride a horse?" Earhart responds when George Putnam (Richard Gere) - her future manager, publisher and husband - asks why she wants to fly. When he first proposes marriage, she demurs, telling him, "I want to be free, George, to be a vagabond of the air." To a bleary-eyed pilot who questions her decision to take to the skies in dicey weather, she says, "I'm as serious as you are hungover." Earhart may well have said all these things, but you wish the filmmakers had been bold enough to let their heroine sound like a real person...
...always come back to on the Cheapskate Blog is, Do I need this?" Then Tuttle suggested some sites, such as Eversave.com and Coupon.com where I could print out coupons for stuff I wanted. He also mentioned a deal I couldn't pass up: that weekend, Ikea was giving out free breakfasts...