9 hours ago by Wheelhouse Advisors

A few weeks ago, The ERM Current™ included a blog entry about former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s call for the repeal of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act. Many of Mr. Gingrich’s claims supporting his rationale that Sarbanes- Oxley is responsible for our current economic downturn were simply wrong. Well, ...

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2 days ago by Frank Staheli

It's beginning to look like we've reached the bottom as far as gas prices go. That's okay with me, as long as it doesn't return to previously exorbitant rates. I'd rather spend my money on products like books and restaurant food than gasoline whose price has become overly inflated due to speculation ...

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23 days ago by Freedom Manitoba

This was sent to the Winnipeg Fre Press today, I don't know if it will be published. Regarding the notion that banning hand held cell phones will make the "roads safer", is pretty amusing. It has been said that even hands free devices should be banned because they provide a distraction from the road ...

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26 days ago by Wheelhouse Advisors

A new day has dawned in America with the results of a historic presidential election. What will this mean for corporations? Will new regulations be placed on business? What will the impact be on the economy? Well, with the economic challenges facing not only the United States, but also the entire wo ...

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28 days ago by Wheelhouse Advisors

Last week, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (”PCAOB”) released proposed standards for auditors to examine and utilize risk assessments in their upcoming audits of major corporations. These standards could prove to be significant in the evolving audit approaches for internal control over ...

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29 days ago by patriot

That’s right folks. The industry that employs over 120,000 people nationwide, the industry that provides 49% of our nation’s electricity, Barack Obama wants to cap-and-trade-tax them into bankruptcy.

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29 days ago by patriot

A “Civilian National Security Force that is just a strong, just as powerful, just as well funded” as the U.S. military? For what purpose, Mr. Obama? We have police. We have the National Guard. And we have millions of firearms in the hands of responsible, law-abiding, America-loving citizens. What wo ...

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29 days ago by Prof Carey

I wrote in an earlier post about the digital divide – in particular, it was about who is buying online. Now I ask, “What is the global digital divide?” And is the gap closing? What is the Global Digital Divide? The global digital divide represents the differences in internet and other telecommunicat ...

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30 days ago by Ken

Lately, I haven’t been able to turn on TV news without the talking heads therein telling me the country’s financial state is terrible because of deregulation. The Republicans, it is alleged or explicitly stated, deregulated the financial sector, and those greedy businessmen and bankers took full adv ...

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31 days ago by Freedom Manitoba

Grant Krieger has had multiple sclerosis since 1978 and has been using marijuana to help relieve the symptoms; for him marijuana is medicine. He had permission from the federal government to possess marijuana for his own use, but not to sell it to other people for medicinal use; but he did anyways. ...

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