Archive for the ‘Business Plans’ Category

Dallas Morning News Article

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>> The big problem that the airline industry is only beginning to face is > old vs. young labor.  Jet Blue has an enormous advantage over the > legacy carriers because its workforce is young and healthy, with low > senority, low pension costs since they’re a long way from retirement, [...]

OT: Durable Goods Orders Sink Unexpectedly

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Durable Goods Orders Sink Unexpectedly WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for long-lasting U.S.-made goods plunged unexpectedly by 2.8 percent in March, the biggest drop since September 2002, as orders for aircraft fell sharply, the government said on Wednesday. Excluding the volatile transportation category, orders for durable goods — pricey [...]

FS: Hickok 752A tube tester

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If there are tubes this tube tester can’t put through their paces, from sensitive leakage tests and transconductance readings to matched pairings, I can’t think what they would be. The 752A is toward the upper end of the Hickok line–in fact, it was introduced to replace the 539C, according to Hickok [...]

Trip Insurance Prices

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Has anyone used Travelex as a trip insurance carrier?  Their rates are considerably lower than others, and I’m wondering why.    

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It depends on what you need and what is important for you. Look for things like:  preexisting condition wavers; primary vs secondary on luggage, etc;  medical coverage (your medicare WON’T [...]

Possible NAMM AGB summit

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We just booked a great room today.  There are rooms available.  We didn’t go through NAMM though. Steve, eh? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I’ll be there. >If someone plans a get together…let me know. >I booked the reservations 2 months ago. >There wasn’t much left for hotels. [...]

USAirways

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Responsible future plans or wishful thinking….? US Airways Unveils Nonstop Service to Venice and Barcelona Wednesday November 17, 12:27 pm ET Summer 2005 Schedule Includes 13 Nonstop European Destinations http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041117/dcw034_1.html

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Gate spaces they can sell if they need to.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Responsible future [...]

Semi-OT: Pro Musicians and Health Insurance?

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> 1) Actually, America is quite diverse, socially economically, ethnically, > geographically and economically. > The population makeup, density, income, and type of health care concerns in > say, Los Angeles may not necessarily exist in South Dakota. > I think it would be foolish to try and create an [...]

OT: Bush's Lost Year

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The Atlantic Monthly | October 2004 Bush’s Lost Year By deciding to invade Iraq, the Bush Administration decided not to do many other things: not to reconstruct Afghanistan, not to deal with the threats posed by North Korea and Iran, and not to wage an effective war on terror. An inventory [...]

US back in Chapter 11

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> And Lorenzo had absolutely NOTHING to do with saving CO.  That was all > done by Bethune and his team after Lorenzo had alienated everyone and > managed to dupe SAS into buying his shares, sticking them with the > loss he had created before [...]

# More Bush Distortions

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->BUSH TO ALTER ECONOMIC STATS AGAIN >Last week, the Census Bureau released statistics showing that for the first >time in years, poverty had increased for three straight years, while the >number of Americans without health care increased to a record level.[1] But >instead [...]