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To: elmatador who wrote (72024)	1/11/2010 2:21:33 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 74559

They were ElM. Thanks. This one was especially interesting: <US public pensions 'facing $2,000bn shortfall' By Francesco Guerrera and Nicole Bullock in New York > I have heard of the concern but that's a serious number, even in US$ amounts. No problem though, just cut the pensions by that much. Private business owners have ideas about how wealthy they'll be in retirement, but when the business doesn't come up with the cash, they have to adjust their lives accordingly to lower spending. Mqurice

To: elmatador who wrote (72024)	1/14/2010 2:45:15 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Pole climbers on ice... Arctic fiber-optic cable could benefit far-flung Alaskans - TOKYO-LONDON: Polar melt allows route through northwest passage. By ELIZABETH BLUEMINK Last Modified: January 13th, 2010 10:36 PM Alaska Native corporations and a multinational firm are planning to build the first fiber-optic cable between Asia and Europe through the Arctic. The project, estimated to cost roughly $1 billion, involves laying 10,000 miles of undersea fiber-optic cable from Tokyo, along the Alaska coast, through the Northwest Passage, past the southern coast of Greenland to London, company officials said Wednesday. more: adn.com