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Con-Way Dips as Stifel Cuts to Hold; Valuation Rich Despite Rebound

Con-way purchased a lot of freight capacity last year and will have a hard time raising rates,
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ya, the only problem is the added capacity was moving freight at a loss
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http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowa...-cuts-to-hold-valuation-rich-despite-rebound/
 
Missouri store clerk wins $258M Powerball jackpot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100423/ap_on_re_us/us_powerball_winner_missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A central Missouri convenience store clerk with $28.96 in his bank account and a stack of utility bills to pay came forward Thursday as the winner of a $258 million Powerball jackpot.

Chris Shaw, 29, said he plans to use the winnings to pay off the $1,000 he owes a friend for a truck he recently bought, catch up on his utility bills, see a dentist about getting his two missing front teeth replaced, and take his three children and his girlfriend's two children to Walt Disney World in Florida
 
Coast Guard: No oil leak from sunken rig off La.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100423/ap_on_bi_ge/us_louisiana_oil_rig_explosion

NEW ORLEANS – No oil appeared to be leaking after a drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Friday, though officials were trying to contain what spilled from the blast and prevent any threat to the coast's fragile ecosystem.

The search continued for 11 workers missing after the explosion late Tuesday on the Deepwater Horizon, though family members said they had been told they probably did not survive.

The rig burned for nearly two days until it sank Thursday morning. The fire was out, but officials initially feared as much as 336,000 gallons of crude oil a day could be rising from the sea floor nearly 5,000 feet below.
 
Court: Wal-Mart to face massive class action suit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100426/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wal_mart_discrimination

SAN FRANCISCO – A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers can go to trial.

In its 6-5 ruling, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said the world's largest private employer will have to face charges that it pays women less than men for the same jobs and that female employees receive fewer promotions and have to wait longer for those promotions than male counterparts.
 
Just leave it up to Google to come up with something like this!!!

Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone, or your home phone speed dial:
1-800-goog411. This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great when you are driving on the road with no pen, pencil or paper handy. Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time manually dialing the number. I am driving along in my car and I need to call the golf course and I don't know the number. I hit the speed dial for information that I have programmed.

The voice at the other end says, "City & State." I say, " Garland , Texas ." He says, "Business, Name or Type of Service." I say, Garland Golf Course." He says, "Connecting" and Garland Golf Course answers the phone.

How great is that? This is nationwide and it is absolutely free!

Click on the link below and watch the short clip for a quick demonstration.


http://www.google.com/goog411/
 
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Just leave it up to Google to come up with something like this!!!

Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone, or your home phone speed dial:
1-800-goog411. This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great when you are driving on the road with no pen, pencil or paper handy. Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time manually dialing the number. I am driving along in my car and I need to call the golf course and I don't know the number. I hit the speed dial for information that I have programmed.

The voice at the other end says, "City & State." I say, " Garland , Texas ." He says, "Business, Name or Type of Service." I say, Garland Golf Course." He says, "Connecting" and Garland Golf Course answers the phone.

How great is that? This is nationwide and it is absolutely free!

Click on the link below and watch the short clip for a quick demonstration.


http://www.google.com/goog411/
[/quote]Now don't let YRC know that, because they will enforce everyone to get that updated technology. As long as it is not coming out of YRC's pocket it would be a good thing for them.
 
Lawsuits challenge new Arizona immigration law

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4nY72M0hFVOHUzIrqYpD67DoBxgD9FCUIV81

PHOENIX — Anger mounted Thursday over an Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration as a police officer filed one of the first lawsuits challenging the law and activists gathered outside an Arizona Diamondbacks game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, chanting "Boycott Arizona."

The lawsuit from 15-year Tucson police veteran Martin Escobar is one of two filed Thursday, less than a week after Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed the law that's sparked fears it will lead to racial profiling despite the governor's vow that officers will be properly trained.
 
ATTENTION VETS!!!!

Subject: [vets-39] Social Security – added benefits for Active Duty time served

DD FORM 214 -- SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT
Please share this with anyone who's had active duty service between
January 1957 to December 31, 2001 and planning for retirement.

In a nutshell it boils down to this:
You qualify for a higher social security payment because of Military
service, for active duty any time from 1957 through 2001 (the program
was done away with 1 January 2002). Up to $1200 per year of earnings
credit credited at time of application - which can make a substantial
difference in social security monthly payments upon your retirement.

You must bring your DD-214 to the Social Security Office and you must
ask for this benefit to receive it!
Soc Sec website: http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/military.htm

This is something to put in your files for when you apply for Social
Security down the road...
It is NOT just for retirees, BUT anyone who has served on active duty
between January 1957 to December 31, 2001.
FYI - this benefit is not automatic, you must ask for it!
 
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