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Chanukah

Stolen Bread at Whole Foods

Infinite Markup? Why is Whole Foods selling stolen bread? (and for so much, too). And isn’t announcing it to the world rather brazen? The explanation, for fellow dyslexics, bad spellers and/or Emily Litella fans (Gilda Radner’s old SNL character): that would actually be “stollen bread,” a Christmas specialty (guess who celebrates Chanukah?).
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"Dear Ben" (er, Santa Claus)

An Open Letter to the Federal Reserve Chairman Dear Ben Bernanke (er, Santa Claus): Speaking for millions of my fellow investors, I want to thank you for all your efforts to date, uh, “supporting” stock prices. I/we are certainly better off for it (at least in the short run; in the long run, direct federal...
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