Archives: 2007 September

When Mark Gruenwald, of Marvel Comics fame, died in 1996, he left instructions in his will for his heirs blend the ashes of his body with ink and use the mixture within the pages of a comic book. According to an Associated Press story, 4,000 copies of Gruenwald’s ‘ink-and-ashes’ edition was distributed in 1997.
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Today the Fed pulled a nice move and surprised everyone by dropping the rate by 50 basis points instead of the 25 basis points that the market had effectively already priced in. I was getting nervous immediately prior to the announcement - thinking that the market had probably priced in ~37 bp drop (some anticipating […]

A starstruck Charles Bronson fan named Audrey Jean Knauer left $290,000 to the idolized actor. She’d never met him before or engaged in contact by any means.
The Louisville Free Public Library in Kentucky is tied-up in legal negotiations with the family of the late Audrey Jean Knauer over one of her final requests, which hinges […]

Lawyer Charles Millar willed most of his $1 million fortune to the woman who produced the most babies in Toronto, within 10 years following his death. But his mischievous didn’t stop there. Millar bequeathed shares in a jockey club to two men who were well-known for their opposition to racetrack betting, and left shares in […]

Most firms have what’s referred to as a “Key Man”—the one architect upon whom the success of the business depends.  In fact, for some companies, the business could not survive if one or more key individuals suddenly passed or were injured and could not work.  In many cases, this “Key Man” is the firm’s owner […]

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Chester, PA 
190221-800-888-4213             
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P.O. Box  740250

Atlanta, GA
30374-02501-800-685-1111 

British singer Dusty Springfield’s 1999 will specified that a bequest for her cat, Nicholas, be spent on a lifetime supply of Nicholas’ favorite meal — imported baby food. Additionally, Dusty’s will instructed that Nicholas’ bed be lined with Dusty’s nightgown and that Dusty’s recordings be played each night at Nicholas’ bedtime.

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1.  WHAT IS A CREDIT REPORT? A credit report, also called a “consumer report,” contains information about your credit worthiness.  The information is on file with a credit bureau, or “consumer reporting agency.”  The data consists of your “track record” of payments on charge accounts, loans and credit card accounts.  If you apply to a company […]

Computer resources are not unlimited. Network bandwidth and storage capacity have finite limits, and all Users connected to the network have a responsibility to conserve these resources. As such, the User must not deliberately perform acts that waste computer resources or unfairly monopolize resources to the exclusion of others. These acts include, but are not […]