MONEY TALKS
As a journalist, you are often called upon to look at the world through other people's eyes. This can produce some unusual conversations, however. Once, I was assigned to do a heartwarming holiday story on a couple who'd been married for 50 years.
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It's pretty hard to argue against the notion that the American economy is in deep trouble. On world markets, the dollar is currently good primarily as a source of jokes. (``Congress just gave itself a raise -- they're going to take their pay in euros.'')
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Ah, Memorial Day. It's a solemn remembrance of war heroes, of course. But it's also a time of great memories. Grilling steaks on the barbecue. Driving to a rural, secluded beach for a picnic. Shopping for some new summer clothes.
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Last week, The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting story about Wachovia. It seems a Wachovia mortgage lending executive named Robert Verrone was leaving. Through the years, he'd been nicknamed ''Large Loan Verrone'' due to a proclivity for $50 million-plus commercial mortgages.
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I'm a firm believer in the green revolution. That's in part because, in my refrigerator, that is the color of most of the cheeses, processed meats and bread that, with time, has become unleavened enough to pass as matzoh.
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Perhaps we've all been looking at the housing crisis from the wrong angle. We've seen the plunging share prices of banks that made mortgages.
