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Kwaabish at 10:26 AM JST - 16th September

Not that it affects any premier mileage members anyway... Their poor service and surly fat old flight attendants are reason enough for me to avoid flying UA in the first place, especially on trans-pacific routes.

Posted in United Airlines boosts 2nd-bag fee to $50 at 10:26 AM JST - 16th September
proxy at 10:26 AM JST - 16th September

The headline "U.S. officials say Al-Qaida 'imploding,' unpopular", unfortunately could almost be reversed; "Al-Qaida officials say U.S. 'imploding,' unpopular." I certainly hope the former is true and not the latter!

Posted in U.S. officials say Al-Qaida 'imploding,' unpopular at 10:26 AM JST - 16th September
thebottomline at 10:25 AM JST - 16th September

Oh, if only they could turn back time, now they will have to serve it.

Posted in 2 Japanese doctors arrested for smoking marijuana in Indonesia at 10:25 AM JST - 16th September
Kwaabish at 10:24 AM JST - 16th September

3.75% is still pretty low for any major metropolitan area.

Posted in Tokyo office vacancy rate edging up at 10:24 AM JST - 16th September
yabits at 10:21 AM JST - 16th September

I'm a big believer in personal responsibility and I wonder how people can get themselves into this situation

While greed was running rampant, you never heard a peep from the White House about it. During each State of the Union message, the focus was on terrorism and how wonderful…

Posted in Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy at 10:21 AM JST - 16th September
yabits at 10:17 AM JST - 16th September

but remember, one of the leading legislators that was pushing for the rights of the credit card companies was Joe Biden.

While Biden voted for the legislation revising credit card bankruptcy, he neither wrote nor sponsored the bill. And then, only after compromises were included which would better protect…

Posted in Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy at 10:17 AM JST - 16th September
haytkayokomiya at 10:16 AM JST - 16th September

Will his koenkai still support him?

Posted in Kitanoumi lost the plot with sumo scandals at 10:16 AM JST - 16th September
Betzee at 10:13 AM JST - 16th September

Alphaape,

Any powerful industry is going to line pockets on both sides of the aisle. My first credit card, which I got only after I was working, was headquartered in South Dakota a state, like Delaware, with lax regulatory laws. It probably also created local jobs.

I'm a big believer…

Posted in Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy at 10:13 AM JST - 16th September
Farmboy at 10:11 AM JST - 16th September

Nippon5, You may as well include the rest of that quote: "Former Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, until recently one of the McCain campaign’s top economic advisers, was a chief writer of that law.

McCain voted for a Senate version of the bill but did not vote on the final package.…

Posted in What do you think of the recent financial upheavals in the U.S. that have seen Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, the collapse of Bear Stearns and the U.S. government take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? at 10:11 AM JST - 16th September
littleboy at 10:10 AM JST - 16th September

People are constantly being arrested, imprisoned for long periods over minor drug related offenses. In possession of 2 ecstacy tablets for someone else, 3 months Jail. The question is, who would be stupid enough to touch drugs in Indonesia?

Posted in 2 Japanese doctors arrested for smoking marijuana in Indonesia at 10:10 AM JST - 16th September