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• Quotation Of The Day: Comparing Abstractions
• Quotation Of The Day: Gender Pay Discrimination
• Quotation Of The Day: Happy Capital Day?
• Walmart Gets Nifty With Polaris

Quotation Of The Day: Comparing Abstractions Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:34 AM PDT “Sports statistics are kept in a much more rational way than statistics about political issues. Have you ever seen statistics on what percentage of the home runs over the years have been hit by batters hitting in the .320s versus batters hitting in the .280s or the .340s? Not very likely.” “Such statistics would make no sense, because different batters are in these brackets from one year to the next. You wouldn’t be comparing people, you would be comparing abstractions and mistaking those … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Quotation Of The Day: Gender Pay Discrimination Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:20 AM PDT “The reason economists have trouble with the idea of rampant [gender] pay discrimination is that it defies common sense. Let’s say I own a company and I am employing only men. Is it really true that I could fire all the men, replace them with women and lower my cost of labor by 23%? If I could do that why wouldn’t I? If I were stupid enough not to do it, wouldn’t a competitor of mine do it and drive me out of business?” “In other words, if workers received substantially different pay for doing … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Quotation Of The Day: Happy Capital Day? Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:00 AM PDT “Capital without labor means machines with no operators, or financial resources without the manpower to invest in. Labor without capital looks like Haiti or North Korea: plenty of people working but doing it with sticks instead of bulldozers, or starting a small enterprise with pocket change instead of a bank loan.” “Like most Americans, I've traditionally celebrated labor on Labor Day weekend—not organized labor or compulsory labor unions, mind you, but the noble act of physical labor to … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

Walmart Gets Nifty With Polaris Posted: 31 Aug 2012 01:21 PM PDT 09/01/12 The world’s largest retailer developed its own search engine to boost online sales. @WalmartLabs hatched up Polaris to power its web … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Mortgage Rates, Credit Card Rewards or Best Credit Cards

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