Archive for July, 2010:

GMAT Tip: No time for long division? Try prime factorization for a potential test-day time saver

Today’s GMAT tip comes from Kaplan. In this article, Kaplan GMAT instructor Bret Ruber offers advice on how to use  prime factorization as a time saver: 1,960 = 49 x 16 x y. What is the value of y? When most testtakers encounter problems such as the one above, they have a predictable, yet incorrect, [...]

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Randy Jackson — Nearly an ‘American Idol’ Casualty

Filed under: Randy Jackson, American Idol Randy Jackson is the only judge returning to ” American Idol ” next season … but that almost wasn’t the case. Sources close to production tell TMZ there was “serious talk” of a clean sweep of the judge’s panel … but we’re told Idol brass wanted to… Read more [...]

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Mel vs. Oksana — Where Do You Stand?

Filed under: Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva, Celebrity Justice It’s gut check time — you’ve seen and heard some of the evidence … so how do you feel about the nine critical questions? Read more Go to Source

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Quote Stuffing Manipulation By HFT: The Evidence Piles Up

“It’s Not A Market, It’s An HFT ‘Crop Circle’ Crime Scene” – Further Evidence Of Quote Stuffing Manipulation By HFT Go to Source

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Tom Vander Ark: Let Change Happen

The situation in US K12 education is really bad: states are broke and the calcified system is unable to respond creatively; deep inequities persist; and urban centers are unable to elect and sustain effective school governance. The situation in US K12 education is really good: Race to the Top created more policy reform in eight [...]

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (FRFHF.PK) Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript July 30, 2010 8:30 am ET Complete Story » Go to Source

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Happy Birthday Milton Friedman, July 30

Classic 30-minute video of Milton Friedman in 1975 (transcript here) discussing the minimum wage, Social Security, politics, the Welfare State, doing good by spending other people’s money, housing, rent control, government intervention and the Great Depression, collectivism, the free society, greed, private charity. Go to Source

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The Gradual Decline in Presidential Approval

The chart above displays the consensus of presidential approval/disapproval polls from Pollster, showing a new record -5% gap between average approval of 45.1% and an average disapproval of 50.1%.  Go to Source

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Crowd Emerges at Site of Clinton Wedding

After weeks of intrigue and secrecy about a ceremony with VIP guest list, crowds and guests gather for Chelsea Clinton’s Saturday evening nuptials to longtime boyfriend at upstate New York estate | | Chelsea Through the Years First Families Tie the Knot Go to Source

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Exhausted Fire Crews Save California Homes

Working through the night to beat back flames, crews have wildfire north of Los Angeles 62 percent contained and say homes are no longer threatened by the blaze Wildfire Wreaks Havoc Go to Source

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