Monthly Archives: October 2008

Hard jobs with few willing workers

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Some articles are so useful, you wish you could ‘drag and drop’ them to a more prominent position in the paper. I found one in Wednesday’s Miami Herald’s Business section about Perdue Farms coming to Broward County to recruit poultry … Continue reading →

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First casualty of the Obama Administration

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Jorge Costales

(AP-BHO Newswire) – In what is being referred to as the first casualty of the Obama Presidency, a promising young political cartoonist, Kay Suerte, was found dead today of an apparent suicide. Ms Suerte was 28 years old and had … Continue reading →

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Fund Investors Face Risk of Tax Hit Despite Losses

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Jorge Costales

WSJ Tax article —————————————————————— Fund Investors Face Risk of Tax Hit Despite Losses Many Managers Are Planning Capital-Gains Distributions Before the End of This Year OCTOBER 22, 2008 By TOM HERMAN For most mutual-fund investors, it’s been an abysmal year. … Continue reading →

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Powell’s exit strategy on Obama

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Well at least Colin Powell practices what he preaches. Just as in his advice to President Bush about the Iraq war, his endorsement of Obama contained an exit strategy. I come at this from the following perspective, everything Powell said … Continue reading →

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Why the Amish don’t have mustaches

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Clearly, I am referring to the men. Anyways, I was flipping through the Miami Herald yesterday and spot a full-page ad for an Amish ‘Miracle’ Heater. Their uniformity of appearance triggered my curiosity and within 3 seconds unproductive neurons planted … Continue reading →

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Hopkins Win

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Miami Herald boxing article by Santos Perez on Bernard Hopkins. ————————————————————————————— Hopkins looks like his old self in win against Pavlik Posted on Mon, Oct. 20, 2008 BY SANTOS A. PEREZ As New Jersey boxing officials counted the scorecards of … Continue reading →

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Is reality is a little too ‘Real World’ for MTV executive?

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Jorge Costales

In the Miami Herald’s Business Monday, they published an interview with an MTV executive conducted by Douglas Hanks. Below an excerpt: Q: Is Cuba the only country where you don’t have a channel? A: We talked about it. We were … Continue reading →

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Faith informing our politics

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Jorge Costales

As the elections approach, today’s Gospel is a reminder of that our politics and our faith have a division. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 22,15-21. Then the Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap … Continue reading →

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Roberto Acevedo

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Miami Herald boxing article by Santos Perez on Roberto Acevedo. ———————————————————————————- Puerto Rico’s Acevedo wins his fourth consecutive fight Posted on Sat, Oct. 18, 2008 BY SANTOS A. PEREZ Motivated by new management and encouragement from an older brother who … Continue reading →

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Tom Wolfe in Miami, Cooooññño

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Jorge Costales

Tom Wolfe! The other day it hit me, one of the great American writers ever is in the process of researching and writing a book, Back to Blood, based in our town. The book’s topic is immigration and it’s focus … Continue reading →

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