Jill Foster

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• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Delta Airlines’ in-flight wifi plans;
• Financial Times on Germany’s Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück, his aggressive plan to rid Germany’s national debt by 2011, and the as aggressive tax cut debates involved;
• German resident “Bloggi” responds to Steinbrück’s plan from a German tax payer’s point of view (…I learned a lot from him on this);
• Associated Press on a decline in oil prices per barrel last week (and it’s one-penny gas savings at the pump);
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• The Vancouver Sun on Virgin Galactic’s space tourism initiative;
• CNN on NW Air’s new relationship-building program with its customers [insert hiccup...];
• Sen. Ted Steven’s innocent plea while confronting (7) felony counts of ‘concealing lobbyist gifts’;
• Street Soccer USA’s video update on this year’s Homeless USA Cup (congrats DC athletes and all involved!);
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• Business Week on Wachovia’s return to geographic footprints;
• ABC News and how kind and swift-to-act strangers helped an aging man retrieve thousands of dollars scattered by winds;
• The Financial Times on De Beers’ owned company Element Six and their investment in turning diamonds into knee caps…;
• More Friday Fiscal Tickle archives: weekly and wacky finance video in 100 seconds or less.

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• The Financial Times on new Swiss banking regulations for UBS and Credit Suisse;
• Huffington Post and Phil Gramm’s perception of American economic stamina (…whiny) while the San Francisco Chronicle validates Gramm’s remarks;
• MTV News and Leo Pearlman’s $300-$400 million debt;
• Friday Fiscal Tickle archives …weekly and wacky finance video in 100 seconds or less.

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• NBC Universal, Weather Channel, and potentially the largest US buyout this year;
• Billionaire oilman Boon Pickens and his plan to change US energy;
• Walmart’s investment in its employees;
• Friday Fiscal Tickle archives …weekly and wacky finance video in 100 seconds or less.

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• MSNBC and a $2.11 million auction bid to lunch with Warren Buffet;
• The Financial Times on indicators from G8 countries to backtrack pledges to Africa;
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Could they just assume the G8’s pledge and uphold a depended-upon commitment to Africa?
• CNN and the reasons behind Citigroup’s restructuring of top manager bonuses;
• Friday Fiscal Tickle archives (…weekly and wacky finance video in 100 seconds or less.

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• Financial Times and the Russian Gazprom’s oil pricing prediction in 2009. Gazprom expects oil to cost $250 per barrel, double that of today’s barrel price;
• New York Times on the two Bear Stearns’ managers being indicted for deception;
• Benefits of solar powering one’s home from a CNN feature;
• Friday Fiscal Tickle archives …weekly and wacky finance video in 100 seconds or less.

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• Bloomberg on G8 finance ministers meeting in Japan;
• The Financial Times and EU Commissioner Reding’s openness to new business models for mobile phones;
• New Zealand’s Finance Minister on causes for the country’s economic downturn;
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• UK’s Telegraph & Phil’s tax concern (and that egg story);
• Gas Buddy’s state-by-state pricing update at the pump;
• Financial Times & Brazil’s potential oil field boon;
• Rolling Stone & the Wall Street Journal on AC/DC’s partnering with Wal-Mart (who plans to stock less CDs as consumers go digital);
• Friday Fiscal Tickle archives …weekly and wacky finance video in 100 seconds or less;
• Question to you: when it comes to finance, what tickles your fancy fiscal self?

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Note from the wacky:
Sharing my family’s high, low, & zany moments in personal finance (…via short-winded video) remains a passion at Housewifery’s blog. Those quirky cuts will continue.

I’m also learning more slowly but surely about larger financial events & concerns along the way. I’d like to learn more about financial scenes beyond my own backyard. And hopefully not take it all too seriously despite the world’s often sober fiscal reality.

Thus comes Housewifery’s new weekly series: the Friday Fiscal Tickle. For a smirky digest on world financial events, take a peek each week. By all means, your thoughts & eye rolls are welcome anytime.