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28 Dec 2009 22:41

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Biz: Taco Bell’s “Drive-Thru Diet” sounds like a load of refried beans

  • For me, I didn’t want to cut out my fast food so I started choosing Fresco items from the Drive-Thru Diet® menu and making other sensible choices. I reduced my daily calorie and fat intake by 500 calories to 1250 calories a day, and, after two years, I ended up losing 54 pounds!
  • “Christine” • Describing her miraculous, Jared-like change from regular person to hot chick thanks to eating Taco Bell. All by switching from regular Taco Bell to the “Fresco” menu – which essentially means salsa instead of cheese on most items. We’re not the only ones skeptical – the L.A. Times notes that “The blurb on Christine is more loaded with disclaimers than a box of cheese-covered nachos is with empty calories.” Julius used to work at Taco Bell – a place that deep-fries bread and calls it a “Chalupa,” and also makes its food from the same 15 ingredients. This is bull. source

28 Dec 2009 10:41

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Biz: Ho, ho, ho! Holiday spending at retail was up this year, guys

  • 3.6% increase in retail sales over last year; yay source

26 Dec 2009 21:47

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Biz: Chocolate milk under fire at schools; the dairy industry fights back

  • $1 million to convince kids that chocolate milk is A-OK source

23 Dec 2009 15:26

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Biz: Big banks pay back TARP, but small banks are simply screwed

  • 55 banks and other companies missed their TARP interest payments in November
  • 140 banks have closed this year, the most since 1992, which is depressing source

23 Dec 2009 13:49

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Biz: Wells Fargo: We don’t need your stinkin’ bailout money anymore

  • $25 billion goes back to the government ASAP source

23 Dec 2009 13:41

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Biz: Spending up, homes down: Our economy likes mixed signals

  • 0.5% increase in consumer spending in November alone
  • -11.3% decrease in new home sales; oh, how you tease source

22 Dec 2009 08:57

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Biz: The not-so-incredibly-growing economy: It’s not as big as hoped

  • +2.8% the rate that the economy grew last quarter, according to numbers released last month
  • +2.6% the revised rate that the economy grew last quarter; we want our other .6% back source
 

21 Dec 2009 10:56

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Biz: Dubai should really consider a debt-consolidation program

  • $40 billion in overcharging really big credit cards source

20 Dec 2009 11:11

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Biz: Saab dead, then Saab not dead, then Saab dead, then Saab not dead

  • The Swedish automaker has another lease on life. After GM announced that the company would be closed last week after talks with potential suitor Spyker fell through, Spyker said “not so fast” and submitted another deal. “Despite our collective 11th-hour set-back, we are returning to the table with a renewed offer,” said Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller. Saab’s 3,400 employees must be pleased that they’re being taken on such a comfortable merry-go-round. source

20 Dec 2009 10:17

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Biz: Target plays the Grinch over some Zhu Zhu Hamsters

  • 7 Target workers lost their jobs over a stupid $8 toy source