James M. Allwin, a 54 year old former Morgan Stanley banker who was president of Aetos Capital, has died. James Allwin was the Founder and President of Aetos Capital.

James Allwin was head of the Investment Management businesses of Morgan Stanley

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Great review of Greg Mankiw's blog on economics. A lot easier to understand and more pertinent to our everyday lives than most people think.

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Every Presidential candidate is out there trying to buy your vote. This statement may not go over very well in conservative circles, after all, this is an accusation commonly hurled at Democrats, but it also fits the Republican framework as well. Th

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In the last Presidential election apathy was the order of the day. Many people saw their vote as almost meaningless. They refused to go to the poles. Excuses ranged from having no time to claiming the state they lived in always went to the other sid

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We’re gearing up for another presidential campaign, and we have some serious domestic issues on our hands. Large parts of New Orleans still look like a war zone two years after Hurricane Katrina, the Administration is dragging its collective feet on

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The chaotic situation in Pakistan is troubling and dangerous, but isn't it funny to see guys dress up in coat and tie to battle with police? It reminds me a little of pictures of baseball games in the 40s where all of the men were dressed in suits

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Should a political leader also lead a nation's military? George W. Bush has the cheek to tell Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf to stick to politics! When asked about the phone call with Musharraf at a news conference, Bush said “my mess

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Is your voice helping you close more sales or hurting you? It had to happen but the Wall Street Journal this past week ran a front-page article on how voters can be impacted by how the voice of a candidate sounds. The article talked about how the deepness of a voice commands authority and the inclusion of “ums” and “ahs” can hurt how a cand

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This challenge promises to be quite an interesting one, not only for the rather interesting topic, but also because there are 18 participants. It seems like each time the challenge rolls around there are about 5 more bloggers participating. Here are links to all of the participants in the fourth Mystery Topic Challenge:

Blog Ninjas present

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The makers of 14 popular cough and cold medicines for infants are voluntarily pulling their products from store shelves after several reports of children overdosing.

coldmeds.jpgNow get this. They are pulling the medicines not because there’s something wrong with the medicines or because the directions are messed up or mislabeled but becau

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Skype’s encryption is giving the German Polizei a hard time. Apparently they are having severe troubles to decipher encrypted messages.

“The encryption with Skype telephone software … creates grave difficulties for us,” Joerg Ziercke, president of Germany’s Federal Police Office (BKA) told reporters at an annual gathering of security a

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PALM BEACH, Fla. – Hillary Clinton will be the likely winner in the 2008 race for the White House, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is predicting.

"If the Republicans don't get their act together, Hillary's going to be the next president," DeLay said in an exclusive interview with WND.

DeLay, a long-time leader in the Republ

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VietNamNet Bridge, Aug. 22 – Doan Thi Kim Hong, Chairwoman of CIAT Advertisement Company, Miss Universe Organisation’s Vietnamese partner, yesterday said Vietnam had been chosen to host Miss Universe 2008.

Ms. Hong said she had received a letter from Miss Universe President Paula Mary Shugart two days before, which was only 10 days after t

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In this day and age where politicians take themselves so seriously, it's refreshing to see that Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee can laugh at himself. What's even better is when Governor Huckabee, from Arkansas, can turn a political ad into a great piece of viral marketing. rnrnWho's the superstar that makes all this p

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President Hugo Chavez on Friday wrapped up his campaign to push through broad constitutional changes with a broadside attack against adversaries at home and abroad -- including a threat to cut off oil exports to the United States.

Chavez told a crowd gathered in the center of Caracas that if the referendum was approved and the result was q

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