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To: LindyBill who wrote (404430)	1/15/2011 10:05:06 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Jeb might make a good president, but there's an aversion to dynasty candidates by a lot of folks. * * *

To: LindyBill who wrote (404430)	1/15/2011 10:28:22 AM
From: unclewest	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793955

This is disconcerting. January 8-14, 2011 Financial, FT Lex on the foreign exposure of US S&P 500 companies, January 14 "Oft quoted is that half of S&P 500 companies’ revenues are from beyond America’s shores. But a closer look at the government’s national and international accounts tells a less heartening story in aggregate. For a start, the proportion of after-tax profits earned by US companies abroad has been falling since the end of 2008. Today, it makes up less than a tenth of total profits." "Another misconception is that US firms are geared into the sexiest parts of the planet. As Smithers & Co notes, corporate America is mostly exposed to regions with outlooks as dull as at home. According to the latest quarterly data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 60 per cent of overseas income comes from Canada, Europe and Japan. By contrast China, accounts for less than 3 per cent, and Asia overall less than a fifth. Even neighbourly South America chips in only 6 per cent of foreign profits." ft.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (404430)	1/15/2011 2:51:27 PM
From: average joe	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793955

Elderly cancer survivor 'humiliated' by airport security Cancer survivor Elizabeth Strecker says she was humiliated by security workers at the Calgary airport. Jan. 13, 2011. (CTV) Updated: Fri Jan. 14 2011 17:02:18 CTV.ca News Staff The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is issuing an apology to a woman who says she may never fly again. Elizabeth Strecker, 82, was flying from Calgary to Abbotsford, B.C. after visiting her children last week. A pin in her leg set off a metal detector and she was sent to a body scanner. Strecker lost a breast to cancer and now wears a gel prosthesis instead of an implant. The body scanner picked up the prosthesis and that created a problem with security. "I heard someone say ‘whatever she said isn't true,'" Strecker recalls. Shortly after that claim from security, Strecker said she was subjected to a thorough body search. "Then she started to touch me everywhere." While Strecker said the pat-down was intrusive, she is especially concerned over the accusation that she would lie to security. "They make an 82-year-old woman cry like a baby," she said, noting that being described as "a liar or something" was unsettling. "It was terribly humiliating and embarrassing for me," she told CTV British Columbia in an interview. Transport Minister Chuck Strahl said this week that the scenario "sounds completely unacceptable." Frequent fliers at Calgary International Airport are shocked by the incident. CTV has received several emails from travelers who say Calgary security screeners are some of the most aggressive they've seen. The Calgary Airport Authority couldn't confirm or deny this, saying it doesn't keep track of such complaints CATSA has launched an investigation into Strecker's treatment. They've looked at video tape and spoken to some of the screeners who worked that day. CATSA is apologizing, but has yet to actually reach Strecker. With files from CTV.ca calgary.ctv.ca