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Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... the First Lady comes in. Michelle Obama reportedly spent part of her lunch yesterday serving homeless men and women at a soup kitchen located near the White House. Pictured wearing an apron, Mrs. Obama said that, "We are facing tough times in this country ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Two million jobs and counting. This is the number of Americans that will bring increased profits to Campbell Soup come Christmas time. And because these ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... lending standards encouraged banks/financial institutions to lend vast sums of money to people who can't even afford canned soup for the yuletide season. Loans were packaged, sliced and diced and offered to investors who borrowed money to 'invest' in ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... lost in front of the dinner tables. Thank you that inflation is coming down, they could have been having baked beans or can soup instead of turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. Australians too have plenty to be thankful. Thank you that the Reserve Bank of ...

Ho hum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... give in to the requests of these private jet flying CEOs lest their workers find themselves walking their way down to the soup kitchens come Christmastime. Like a bad hangover from bingeing the night before, time is needed for these to heal. Fiscal and ...

Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... Congress to give them taxpayers' money to bail them out. Ackerman continued, 'It's almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high-hat and tuxedo... I mean, couldn't you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled or something to get ...

Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... utter, economic depression. News wires reported that of the 500 companies that make the index, only one advanced - Campbell Soup Co. (up 0.32 per cent). Somehow the market appears to have gotten it right. Soup will be the only thing everyone will be ...

Economic round-up: Umbrellas up, ice creams down

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007

Unilever switches strategy as FitzGerald goes

Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever switched its focus to boosting shareholder returns on Thursday after failing to meet sales growth targets, lifting its stock, and said Chairman Niall FitzGerald would retire early. Unilever Plc/NV, the food and consumer products ...
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