ACROSS THE BOARD : THE WEEK AHEAD.MONDAY Treasury bill auction. State securities regulators release findings and recommendations based on seven-month investigation of day trading Day trading Establishing and liquidating the same position or positions within one day's trading. industry. TUESDAY: Treasury note auction. WEDNESDAY: Federal Reserve releases survey of regional economic conditions as compiled by the Fed's 12 regional banks. Treasury note auction. THURSDAY: Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working reports weekly jobless claims Initial Jobless Claims is a report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor on a weekly basis. This report tracks how many people have filed for unemployment benefits in the previous week. It is a good gauge of the U.S. job market. . Commerce Department reports retail sales for July. FRIDAY: Commerce Department reports on business inventories for June. Labor Department reports on producer prices for July. BIZ BYTES E-THIEVERY: Two Michigan men have been charged with committing old-fashioned shoplifting Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Florida caught shoplifting at sears 12/05/05, first time, 20yearsold, have no criminal record. with a high-tech twist - fencing thousands of dollars in stolen goods through the Internet auction site eBay. Theodore R. Armstrong, 31, and Neil A. Schultz, 30, were arraigned on racketeering Traditionally, obtaining or extorting money illegally or carrying on illegal business activities, usually by Organized Crime . A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. and fraud charges Monday in Jackson County Jackson County is the name of 23 counties and one parish in the United States:
Police said the pair shoplifted $40,000 in merchandise from Meijer discount stores in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, then sold about half of it on eBay to buyers around the world. Blackman Township Detective Sgt. David Elwell said the buyers didn't know they were bidding on stolen merchandise. Kevin Pursglove, an eBay spokesman, said the company was cooperating with investigators. He could not say whether Armstrong and Schultz still had listings on the site. - Associated Press SITE OF THE WEEK BOOK IT: Tired of getting rejection letters from book publishers? Thanks to online publishers like 1stBooks Library and Online Originals, every writer's dream of getting that Great American Novel This article is about The Great American Novel (as a concept). For other uses, see Great American Novel (disambiguation). The "Great American Novel" is the concept of a novel that most perfectly represents the spirit of life in the United States at the time of its published may be easier now than ever. For a fee - $450 with 1st Books - authors can sell their works online. Readers who like a book download it after paying a fee, which is how the authors and publishers make their money. Of course, that means readers may have to pick through lots of junk before finding a jewel. It also means any masterpieces found will become hits because of reader interest rather than corporate marketing. 1stBooks Library can be found on the Internet at www.1stbooks.com; Online Originals is at www.onlineoriginals.com. - Associated Press |
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