Kevin Poulsen at Threat Level has a great item up about the growing menace of ” money mules.” The term refers to bank customers who’ve been conned into unwittingly laundering cash that hackers have stolen from business bank accounts.
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Money Mules – Boing Boing
The great American poet and prose-mangler William Burroughs once offered some words of advice for young people, words that work just as well for inhabitants of Washington D.C.: “An old junk pusher told me,” he wrote, ” ‘Watch whose money you pick up.’
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Obama’s Well-Tended Money Machine
The great American poet and prose-mangler William Burroughs once offered some words of advice for young people, words that work just as well for inhabitants of Washington DC: “An old junk pusher told me,” he wrote, “ ‘Watch whose money …
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Barack Obama's Well-Tended Money Machine – Swampland – TIME.com
Glenn Beck’s public image as a grandiose paranoid ex-drunk is so unshakable that now he’s hoping his publicist Matthew Hiltzik’s good reputation will rub off on him: He’s got such a nice flack, he can’t really be a monster, right?
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Glenn Beck's Liberal Flack Loves Money More Than Liberalism …
A legal maneuver can result in the transfer of cash from an outgoing lawmaker to a sitting member.
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What to do with extra PAC money? – Jonathan Allen – POLITICO.com
Traffic congestion reduces gross national product around the world by 1 percent, IBM researchers calculate – a serious chunk of money .
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Will Smarter Roads Save Us More Money? – Wheels Blog – NYTimes.com
Yes, those very members of Congress who solicit and receive millions of dollars from wealthy interests must vote to remove ALL money from our electoral and legislative process. Tell your members of Congress they must support campaign …
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Michael Moore: Take All Your Money Out of Banks and Stocks …
Just a tiny fraction of General Motors customers have returned their cars for refunds under the automaker’s heavily advertised money-back guarantee program — and most buyers aren’t even choosing to participate in the plan, opting for a rebate instead.
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GM: 15 vehicles returned under money-back program
Left in a money market rollover earning 5% would add $10K a year to a max low $20s Social Security check. Now this is lost to zero interest rates
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Two easy-money pieces – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com
We know the Kennedys are money magnets, but still couldn’t believe that Wednesday’s dinner for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate featured tables selling for — wait for it — $1 million. …
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ABC Anchor Charles Gibson Emcees Big-Money Fundraiser for Edward …
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