1) Obama orders more fuel-efficient cars by 2011 WHY does the President Need to ORDER automakers to build more fuel-efficient cars? WHY didn't they just do it? Obviously the technology is there (various car makers have been using it for years). At first I thought bailing out the auto industry was great to help people keep jobs, but I reconsidered, because these Automakers shouldn't be FORCED to do the right thing with fuel-efficiency. They should've just DONE IT. So, like poorly run retail stores, I say let them go bankrupt. Maybe they, too, will learn. I just feel bad for the employees who were not involved in that poor-decisionmaking.
2) 4 More Months for "Rabbit Ears" - The U.S. Senate has approved legislation to delay the conversion to digital TV from Feb. 17 to June 12, enabling 4 more months to buy a TV converter box, or subscribe to cable or satellite TV. The Commerce Department also would have time to issue additional $40 coupons to offset the cost of converter boxes. The program RAN OUT OF MONEY/COUPONS earlier this month, prompting a waiting list.President Obama endorses the delay.
3) One Household to Avoid for 4 Years: A woman in Southern California has given birth to six girls and two boys, the world's second octuplets born alive. The babies, delivered in about five minutes, weighed between 1.8 pounds and 3.4 pounds.
4) Black Jobs Monday - This is frightening- and we know a number of friends looking for work now, too. Foreclosures are up everywhere, and we see some in our neighborhood. (NY TIMES:) Home Depot, Caterpillar, Sprint Nextel and at least eight other companies announced on Monday they would cut more than 75,000 jobs in the U.S. and around the world. Caterpillar, the maker of heavy equipment, is slashing its payrolls by 16 percent. Texas Instruments said late in the day that it would eliminate 3,400 jobs, or 12 percent of its work force.
JOB TIP - The U.S. Census is NOW hiring part-time workers around the country, to prep for the 2010 census. Check it out...
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