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Tips to Save More Money on Printer Ink

Posted on Wednesday, 12th October 2011 by Erin Jones

The printer industry has adopted the business model long used by the Gillette and Schick. Give away razors for dirt cheap prices or for free and make the money back by selling costly razor blades that are specific to the model of razor you own. Printer companies do this by selling printers for subsidized prices and charging as much as $30.00 for replacement ink cartridges. Did you know that a gallon of printer ink can cost more than $2,500 per gallon? It’s true. Fortunately, you don’t have to play the game that Cannon, HP and Epson would like you to play. You don’t have to buy costly ink cartridges at full-retail price. There are several ways that you can save money on buying printer ink.

If you’re looking to buy cheap ink, your best place to look is online. There are a number of companies which sell remanufactured print cartridges for as little as 1/3^rd of the cost of an ink cartridge from a big-box retailer or an office supply store. These cartridges work just as well as the ones sold in stores, but are much, much cheaper.

Another method to save money on printer ink is to purchase ink refilling kits. These k

Roth IRA- It is not just a smart investment idea

Posted on Wednesday, 12th October 2011 by admin

As a smart investor, you would obviously be looking for an investment with good or even great returns considering the current economic scenario of the world, what can be more important than investing for your future? There are several ways you can invest when it comes to your family or your children, but when its you? How much thought really goes into investing for yourself in order to have a secure future? As we all are well aware we have several avenues for investment on self, but in recent times, investing in a roth ira account has caught a lot of investor’s attention. As to roth-ira.org – roth ira is not the same as the traditional investment retirement account you would’ve come across so far.

You must be wondering now, what’s so great about investing in roth ira over the traditional ira account? Retir Read more…

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ARA expresses concern over carbon tax legislation

Posted on Monday, 10th October 2011 by Emily Smith

Earlier this week, the government passed the much-discussed carbon tax legislation, but the move has caused the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) to express concern about the ramifications of the bill.

Russell Zimmerman, executive director of the body, suggested that the economy could falter as a result of the tax, adding that it could dent the confidence of consumers, who may purchase goods from outlets with credit cards.

He observed that many retailers are already struggling to cope with the costs involved in running their businesses.

“ARA is worried about the effect on consumer confidence as Australians are faced with more household costs and taxes than their budgets can handle,” he added.

Mr Zimmerman called on the government to reconsider the bill, suggesting that it will have little environmental benefit and could prove disastrous for shops in the country.

This comes after figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed a 0.6 per cent increase in turnover recorded by retailers during August.

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BP, Bird Shredders, and Hunters

Posted on Monday, 10th October 2011 by Vanessa Miller

The facts on bird deaths in North America:

BP Oil Spill 23,000 in 2010

Wind Turbines 10,000-100,000/year

If you Google “Bird Deaths Wind Turbine” you will get approximately 46,600 results.

If you Google “Bird Deaths BP Oil Spill” you will get approximately 2, 140,000 results. (The Frac Tank)

According to Flyways.us 18,057,750 ducks and geese were “harvested” last year.

Image from SibleyGuides.com

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Primary care docs earn less but don’t work less

Posted on Thursday, 28th July 2011 by Emily Smith

SACRAMENTO, CA – The trend of primary care physicians earning lower wages for their services compared to specialists is not tied to the number of hours they work, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine last month.

Written by J. Paul Leigh, PhD, and colleagues, the research letter in AIM looks at the number of hours physicians work in comparison to what they earn.

“I was surprised by the primary care physician results,” said Leigh, professor of public health sciences at the University of California, Davis. “I kind of anticipated that their annual work hours were going to be very low, but they weren’t. They were in the middle of the group… That was surprising. I thought that they would be toward the low end.”

Leigh and his colleagues looked at a nationally representative sample of physicians from the 2004-2005 Community Tracking Survey. Their sample contained 6,381 physicians self-reporting 20 to 100 weekly work hours and at least 26 weeks worked annually. The sample di

The Contrarian: U.S. Treasury ETFs

Posted on Thursday, 28th July 2011 by Emily Smith

Even with the gridlock on the debt ceiling, exchange traded funds that invest in U.S. Treasuries have been relatively subdued.

Despite worries over the U.S. deficit and debt-limit debate, some analysts say Treasuries could benefit from another potential flight to safety similar to 2008. The market is one of the world’s deepest and most liquid, and the U.S. isn’t the only country wrestling with debt issues after the financial crisis.

On the other side, bears say yields are so low that investors aren’t being compensated for the risk. Also, Treasury bonds have already enjoyed a multi-decade run, and U.S. credit risks are rising.

Global debt jitters have grown so severe that investors have once again driven yields on U.S. Treasury notes back into negative territory, reports William D. Cohan for Bloomberg. U.S. T-bills with less than three months until maturity traded at negative yields.

“It was virtually impossible to find any amount of certain maturities of short duration Treasury bills,” remarked Gifford Combs, a founder of Dalton Investments, in the report.

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