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To: mishedlo who wrote (51545)	1/26/2006 12:31:31 PM
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Florida has 17 million people -- you need to develop a larger concept of the world. I do not assume that everything is "all about condos". As for the quality of jobs, the south has never been about big bucks, but I would caution you against thinking that the past is a good guide to the future.

To: mishedlo who wrote (51545)	1/26/2006 2:15:08 PM
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DJ Franklin Res To Repatriate $2B, Sees $112M Tax Bill >BEN SAN MATEO, Calif. (Dow Jones)--Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) plans to return to the U.S. $2 billion in foreign-earned profit and to take a $112 million related tax charge in the quarter ending March 31. The move takes advantage of a one-time federal tax break that reduces the levey on foreign-earned income if the money is reinvested in domestic operations. Earlier Thursday, Franklin reported a 32% gain in fiscal first-quarter earnings to $318 million, or $1.21 a share, on revenue of $1.18 billion. -Jeremy Herron; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400; AskNewswires@DowJones.com

To: mishedlo who wrote (51545)	1/26/2006 2:15:53 PM
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SPACE jobs Mish - SPace 1999 Spaceport in mexico by virgin - russian MOON base - hehe DJ Russia Rocket Maker Hopes To Build Moon Base By 15-Report MOSCOW (AP)--The head of a leading Russian space company said it was considering plans to set up a permanent moon base by 2015, a statement that appeared to be an effort to win government funds rather than a specific action plan, news reports said Thursday. Nikolai Sevastyanov, the head of the state-controlled RKK Energiya company that built Soyuz and Progress spacecraft, said that mining helium-3, a potential rich source of energy, and harnessing it back to Earth would be a key priority in the moon exploration program, the Gazeta.ru and Lenta.ru Web sites reported. Sevastyanov said a Russian moon base could start tapping helium-3 in 2020. He and other Russian space officials have made similar projections in the past, but the government hasn't allocated any funds yet for moon exploration. Sevastyanov's statement, made at a seminar on space research, appeared to be part of Energiya's publicity campaign aimed at attracting government funding for the development of a next-generation spacecraft. Sevastyanov said the Klipper spacecraft being designed by Energiya could serve as a transport ship to deliver helium. The company has also proposed building the Parom, or Ferrry space vehicle that could help assemble elements of moon missions on Earth's orbit. Scientists believe the moon's rich resources of helium-3 could be used in futuristic fusion reactors on Earth that would generate electricity without producing nuclear waste. Such fusion technology could also power rockets for deep space travel in the future. There is so little helium-3 on Earth that the technology hasn't been studied much. The moon appears to have it in abundance because it lacks the atmosphere and magnetic field that keep helium-3 from raining down on our planet from outer space. Speaking at the same seminar in Moscow, Erik Galimov, the head of the Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry Institute, also said Thursday that helium-3 could emerge as a vital source of energy as Earth's resources were being quickly exhausted, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. (END) Dow Jones Newswires January 26, 2006 11:27 ET (16:27 GMT)

To: mishedlo who wrote (51545)	1/26/2006 2:16:46 PM
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Buy more security, less id theft, more big iron, more overseas customers DJ Dow To Use Cash To Reinvest In Businesses,Reward Holders . By David Bogoslaw Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) said Thursday that having fully regained its financial strength in 2005, it's now in a position to balance its uses of cash between reinvesting in its businesses and rewarding shareholders. The largest U.S. chemicals company said it expects its performance businesses, which capture higher margins through more value-added product lines, to grow both organically and through small-scale bolt-on acquisitions. In its basic plastics and chemicals segments, Dow plans to pursue "more asset-lite ventures like MEGlobal, where we can monetize part of our assets and can operate more efficiently as joint ventures," Chief Executive Andrew Liveris said on a post-earnings conference call. MEGlobal is a 50/50 joint venture between Dow and Petrochemical Industries Co. of Kuwait that was created two years ago. "We're lightening up on the Basics side even as we make the Basics businesses more competitive," he said. Dow reported an increase in earnings of nearly 7% to $1.1 billion, or $1.12 a share, from $1.03 billion, or $1.06 a share, in the fourth-quarter of 2004 on a 9% rise in revenue to $11.92 billion. (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires