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Easiest 10% jump I've ever seen! lol
GRRRRRR just got my connection back!
It was out all morning. What did I miss today gang???
I saw that! NITE really did his best to keep the lid on this one into the close.
CYTV intent on holding .12 :( geeez
you should def check it out.
don't forget BISA
YF: Wal-Mart Workers Win $62 Million
Wednesday October 3, 11:56 am ET
By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Writer
Judge Awards Wal-Mart Workers Another $62 Million for Lost Break Time
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Wal-Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled Wednesday.
About 125,000 people will receive $500 each in damages under a state law invoked when a company, without cause, withholds pay for more than 30 days.
A Philadelphia jury last year awarded the workers the exact amount they had sought, rejecting Wal-Mart's claim that some people chose to work through breaks or that a few minutes of extra work here and there was insignificant.
"Just as highly paid executives' promised equity interests or put options or percentage of sale proceeds are protected fringe benefits and wage supplements, so too the monetary equivalents of 'paid break' time cashiers and other employees were prohibited from taking are protected fringe benefits and wage supplements," Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Mark Bernstein wrote.
Similar suits charging that Wal-Mart violated state wage laws are in play across the country.
A California trial ended with a $172 million verdict that Wal-Mart is appealing while the Bentonville, Ark.-based company settled a Colorado suit for $50 million.
A trial opened last week in Minnesota while suits are pending in New Jersey and several other states.
The Pennsylvania class-action suit involves 187,000 current and former employees who worked at Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs from March 1998 through May 2006. The initial $78.5 million award represented the wages lost by those workers.
A smaller number -- about 125,000 -- qualified for the damage award Wednesday. The others were excluded by legal time limits and are seeking interest on the back wages.
"The law in its majesty applies equally to highly paid executives and minimum wage clerks," Bernstein wrote.
Plaintiffs' lawyer Michael Donovan credited Bernstein for recognizing in Wednesday's ruling "that ordinary workers are entitled to the same protection under the law as executives."
His clients have not yet received any money and likely won't for some time if the company appeals. The payments for lost wages are expected to range from about $50 to a few thousand dollars, depending on employment history.
A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said the company discourages employees from working off the clock and disciplines managers who permit it.
"Many employees testified that they skipped rest breaks by choice. While we discourage that practice, employers should not be penalized when employees do that on their own," said the spokeswoman, Sharon Weber.
Wal-Mart shares rose 56 cents to $45.43 Wednesday in midday trading.
CYTV .128 x .125 whaaat??? lol
yeah CHNR is nutso! :))))
Yeah I've been out of commish the past couple of days. Got all my funds settled. Ready to rock the rest of the week!!
lol love that pic!
Afternoon LOTTO, I stayed out laaaaaate last night. lol
holding GTEC??
BRVO killin' it!
So I just received a PRE-APPROVED Loan offer from ETRADE for 400K. LOL!!!!!!!!
That's ridiculous!!!!
Yes, AWSOME WEEK!
be sure to click back on my link!
OVERALL WHAT A GREAT WEEK :)))))))
Was nice to see things on the up and up more than it has been in recent weeks thanks to TEAM LOTTO and the great work you all do PM and during the session. Keep up the good work while the gettin is good ya'll!
So here's to you this weekend!!
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 17, 2007.
It's an Executive Order. I don't think it's up for discussion.
How about this one? The Michael Moore doctrine???
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
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Fact sheet Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,
(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:
(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or
(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this order.
Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government, consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.
Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 17, 2007.
WOW thanks for the post on Prodigy. :00:
The demonstrations started over fuel price hikes according to Yahoo video.
Depends on who you believe.
nice one bagheera!
GREAT DAY TODAY LOTTO! cya all tomorrow!
Looks like our "friend" HDSN.. right?
hehe ETIM
You can run newer Macs in "classic" mode to do this too SL. Classic works on all G4 G5s, EXCEPT for Intel based ones produced since September 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_(Mac_OS_X)
With your help and the LOTTO team, I'm turning things around lately though!.
Wish I had all this info when I first got into to penny market earlier this year. I would be looking for my new boat right now instead of a truck. lol
awesome awesome MUST READ for peeps
awesome MM tutorial today SL!!!!!!
another one? lol :)
excellent alert rooterjack!
BISA new hod .115
later stuffit!
CNIC winning the race today!