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Upper-Income Spending Reverts to New Normal – Gallup (This data is at odds with trickle down: Upper income spending "down 14% in November, while middle- and lower-income spending was up 7%") How To Kill OTC Derivatives…

Dolphin Browser Android App Review by AndroidTapp.com Honesty and Ethics Poll Finds Congress Image Tarnished – Gallup (Nurses get high billing. HMO managers and car dealers get low rankings.) Fool Me Twice - Patrick J. Buchanan…

James Montiers Reading List - World Beta (Hat tip Tracy Alloway) Santa's not so little helper: Today's the busiest online shopping day of the year. So are they ready at the biggest grotto this side of Lapland? | Mail Online (Great…

A friend Scott caught this article on Bloomberg about the latest economic figures out of Japan: Japan’s economy expanded less than a third of the pace initially reported in the three months to September as companies slashed spending.…

Medics respond to emergency call at Tiger Woods' home - The Globe and Mail (This thing is really out of control) Knesset passes biometric database bill - Israel News, Ynetnews (Big Brother will not let you escape.) Back to…

Pollster.com: Obama as Reagan FiveThirtyEight:: In Polls, Much Opposition to Health Care Plan Is From Left The Most Underreported Health Reform Story : CJR Don't Underestimate the Power of the iPod Touch in the Smartphone War…

China Lending Boom May Hamper Banks Asset Quality, BIS Says - Bloomberg.com Citi seeks government nod to repay taxpayers: report| Reuters BBC News - Banks criticise plans for windfall tax on bonuses FT.com - Bankers had…

Tiger Woods said to pay his wife millions to stick by him -- DailyFinance China 'wants to set up factories in Africa' | World news | guardian.co.uk (Check out the photo in this post - obviously used to show environmental effects of…

What Profits and Revenues Have to Say About Economic Recovery -- John Lounsbury Knock-on effects | The Economist (China will NOT yield to American and European lobbying on the FX front. Asians have a better chance because of shared…

Canada adds 79,000 jobs in November Rachel Uchitel: 9/11 mourner now allegedly linked to Tiger Woods Google Gets Into The DNS Business. Here’s What That Means 15 cities top 15% unemployment - MSN Money 15 Toys NOT To Buy…