Scott Burns: Buying a car gives better financial traction
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
It is usually better to purchase than lease
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Scott Burns: U.S. in better shape than China?
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
George Friedman holds up a recent Fortune magazine, his face a portrait in incredulity. The cover declares that China is buying everything, much as the Japanese were doing nearly two decades ago. The inside story is titled “It's China's World. (We just live in it.)” “If China is so healthy, why is everyone there not investing in China?” he asks.
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Scott Burns: Past predictions seem to fail test of time
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
One of the mixed blessings of moving: Things that had become invisible become visible.
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Scott Burns on Senior Citizens and the AARP
Got Shares? (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Former Dallas Morning News financial writer Scott Burns tells it like it is: http://assetbuilder.com/blogs/scott_burns/archive/2009/10/16/comparing-paychecks-workers-and-retirees.aspx As far as I can tell, the goal of the AARP--- the American Association of Retired People--- is to enslave all those of working age. Once enslaved, workers will support retirees in the style...
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Is the U.S. the Next Japan?
dshort.com Financial Planning (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
December 3, 2009 In the lead article of the latest Rule Your Retirement newsletter, published today, RYR leader Robert Brokamp, a Certified Financial Planner, asks the question "Could the U.S. stock market ever look like Japan's?" He posed the question to several experts: Rob Arnott , financial wizard and investment manager Scott Burns , chief investment strategist for AssetBuilder...
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Conn-X : The Magician [Video]
scaryideas (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Conn-X : The Magician [Video] Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett/Athens, Greece Creative Director: Giannis Sorotos Account Director: Vangelis Tsaras Writer: Andreas Dimitroulas, Vassilis Klissouras Art Director: Paris Godenopoulos, Nikos Andriopoulos, Vassilis Papadopoulos Agency Producer: Giannis Akiozoglou Director: Scott Corbett Production Company: Boo Productions, Identity Executive Producer:...
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Opposing view: Reasonable and rare
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Opposing view: Reasonable and rare Sometimes, locking juveniles away for life is needed to protect society.By Scott Burns Life without parole for violent juveniles is reasonable, constitutional and appropriately rare. A super-majority of states (43), the federal government and the...
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US geologists challenge 'gout de terroir'
Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... and geology have no effect on the wine. They may have effects that we don't understand.' Professor Scott Burns, a Geologist at Portland State University, concluded that wines may vary in levels of dissolved minerals, but that those variations aren't related to the mineral levels in the vineyard soil.
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