Snowden Gets Asylum, Leaves Airport

By Kevin Spak

Edward Snowden has finally left the Moscow airport he’s been calling home for more than a month now, after getting papers granting him temporary asylum in Russia. “I have just handed over to him papers from the Russian Immigration Service,” Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, told Russian media. “They are what… …read more

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Mugabe Rival Calls Shenanigans in Zimbabwe Election

By Kevin Spak

Results haven’t been officially announced yet in Zimbabwe’s just-completed presidential election, but President Robert Mugabe’s main challenger is already decrying the entire affair as a “huge farce” and declaring the outcome “null and void,” the BBC reports. “It’s a sham election that does not reflect the will of the people,… …read more

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Vanguard Health Care Fund Gains 27%, Buys 4 New Stocks

By GuruFocus, Contributor

Edward Owens retired at the end of 2012, but his Vanguard Health Care Fund (VGHCX) lives on under the management of Jean M. Hynes CFA, a Vanguard senior vice president, partner and global industry analyst who joined the company in 2008. Owens outperformed every other U.S. mutual fund since its inception in 1984 through his retirement. …read more

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Tsarnaev Doubles Sales of Rolling Stone

By Arden Dier

Further proof that a good furor can gin up business: Despite a boycott that saw some retailers yank the issue from shelves, Rolling Stone’s “Boston Bomber” cover featuring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a hit on newsstands, selling twice as many issues as usual, Ad Week reports. The mag unloaded 13,232… …read more

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Private Jet Set Kicking The Bucket

By Russ Alan Prince, Contributor For many years travel industry destination marketers elbowed each other to be on the bucket list for mass affluent consumers (household incomes between US$100,000 and US$400,000). The problem was that if per chance they were successful in getting mass affluent consumers to go to Australia this year instead of China, Alaska, Peru, Tahiti, South Africa, India, fill-in-the-blank, the net effect was that these consumers were unlikely to return to these destinations. They had spent a couple thousand bucks, checked it off their list. On the flight back home, they were already thinking about checking off the next box. …read more

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Report: Jaguar readying SUV for Frankfurt debut

By Jeffrey N. Ross

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In an effort to target higher-volume vehicle segments, Jaguar is getting ready to introduce its first-ever crossover, and Autoweek reports that we could see it debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. We’ve heard in the past that the new Jaguar crossover could carry the name XQ, but the report also mentions that the Q-type name is still in the running (now wouldn’t Audi just love that?).

A little more clear than the crossover’s name, AW says the cargo-friendly Jaguar should ride on the same platform as the upcoming Jaguar XS compact sedan rather than using a Land Rover platform. As for the on-sale date, it still sounds like the XS will hit the roads first in 2015 with the crossover model due out in 2016.

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Bizarre circuit breaker issue!

By popper07

Good day,

I just recently moved into a house that is about 26-27 years old and everything seemed to work fine except that I noticed everytime I turn on the microwave, it trips one of the breakers that has garage door and outside outlets on it. The microwave itself doesn’t shut off and keeps working but everytime it’s turned on, it trips that one particular breaker. Also, the other day I had a plumber over using one of his machines in the washroom that tripped the same breaker! As with the microwave, plumbing machine kept working but the breaker tripped. I can keep resetting the breaker but it gets quite annoying and more importantly, it has me worried that one day I come home from work and the bloody place is burned down!

Does anyone know what is going on with my breaker or did anyone have similar issues? If yes, what can I do to fix it?

Thanks in advance,
Roman

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standard disclaimer in a landscapers contract?

By digraph

My wife got a price on some tree removal work and was worried about the following that appeared at the bottom of the company’s proposal:

Quote:

“We are not responsible for any damages to lawn, bushes, fences, gutters, shingles, roof, paint, siding, walkways, driveways, asphalt, above ground utilities or below ground utilities”.


Is this shady or standard across the industry?

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