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You've probably experienced this: Type in the address of your favorite blog but make one small error, and you end up at a page that isn't quite right. It has the same appearance and similar text, but a few elements are misplaced, the language a bit awkward. If you notice these inconsistencies, you're lucky, because you've identified a website spoof, thereby dodging a scam.

This week brought some good news for consumers and legit companies on this front. FreeCreditReport.com, a part of ConsumerInfo.com, Inc, which is owned by Experian (EXPN) company, won a complaint that grants it ownership of over a thousand Internet addresses very similar to FreeCreditReport.com.

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]]>consumerinfo.comexperianfreecreditreport.comttyposquattingweb site spoofingWebSiteSpoofingTom BarlowSun, 15 Nov 2009 09:00:00 ESTHarley-Davidson to shut down Buell, MV Augusta Brands, finallyhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/15/harley-davidson-to-shut-down-buell-mv-augusta-brands-finally/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/15/harley-davidson-to-shut-down-buell-mv-augusta-brands-finally/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/15/harley-davidson-to-shut-down-buell-mv-augusta-brands-finally/#commentsFiled under: ,

As it continues to struggle with its sputtering performance, Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) announced two long-overdue steps aimed at returning the company to the halcyon days of two years ago: Shutting down its Buell line and selling off the legendary high-performance brand MV Augusta. The moves will cost the company millions, but will allow it to refocus on its core business, the cruiser bike market.

Buell represented the company's foremost attempt to break out of the cruiser mold. Harley bought the name and product of inventor Erik Buell in 2003 with the hope of breaking into new markets, including sport (high performance) and standard bikes. However, a lack of acceptance by the company's dealer network and inadequate investment in building the brand kept Buell from finding any real traction. According to CFO John Olin, the Buell brand is not accounted for separately on the Harley-Davidson books, and therefore the company has chosen to kill it rather than sell it off. Another explanation might be that the brand has little to no value.

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]]>automakersautosbikeBuell: MV AugustaearningsHarley-Davidson: HOGHarley-davidson:HogharleydavidsonhogmotorcycleMotorcyclesTom BarlowThu, 15 Oct 2009 17:30:00 ESTE-mail is dead? Don't take my anti-boor shield away!http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/15/email-is-dead-dont-take-my-anti-boor-shield-away/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/15/email-is-dead-dont-take-my-anti-boor-shield-away/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/15/email-is-dead-dont-take-my-anti-boor-shield-away/#commentsFiled under: ,

Wall Street Journal writer Jessica E. Vascellaro recently wrote a provocative article arguing that e-mail is giving way to other, richer forms of communication: Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, and (on an approach vector) Google Wave (GOOG).

Fifteen years ago, electronic mail was fresh and shiny, efficient and economical. Today, it's a stone ax next to communication methods that let us tag, filter, and engage in real-time exchanges, group conversations, and multimedia. In a society that increasingly depends on consensus for decision-making, these new tools play an important role in keeping the tribes intact.Yet e-mail will still have its place in this world for years to come.

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]]>e-mailemailGoogle WaveGoogleWaveIMin focusInFocusInstant messagingInstantMessagingvideo conferencingVideoConferencingTom BarlowThu, 15 Oct 2009 13:40:00 ESTChina's Macau review could spell bad news for gaming industryhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/13/chinas-macau-review-could-spell-bad-news-for-gaming-indu/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/13/chinas-macau-review-could-spell-bad-news-for-gaming-indu/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/13/chinas-macau-review-could-spell-bad-news-for-gaming-indu/#commentsFiled under:

With the casino business in Las Vegas taking a huge hit during the recession, companies including Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Mirage (MGM) and Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) have looked east for profit -- as far as Macau, the world's biggest gambling center. On Monday, however, the Chinese city's government threw a pail of cold water on their plans by suggesting it may limit the aggressive expansion in this booming market.

According to the Wall Street Journal, representatives of Macau's government met with casino operators to "review" the industry and lay down new restrictions, including raising the age for gaming from 18 to 21. Last year, the Chinese government clamped down on travel to Macau from nearby Guangdong province, ostensibly to fight gambling addiction, resulting in a drop in revenue. Since then, however, restrictions have been loosened and returns from the casinos hit a new high in August of $1.4 billion.

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]]>Las Vegas gamblingLas Vegas gamingLas Vegas SandsLasVegasGamblingLasVegasGamingLasVegasSandsMacauMGM MirageMgmMirageWynn Resorts Ltd.WYNN:MGM:LVSWynnResortsLtd.Tom BarlowTue, 13 Oct 2009 12:45:00 ESTStates' bet on gambling industry to balance budgets hasn't paid offhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/29/states-bet-on-gambling-industry-to-balance-budgets-hasnt-paid/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/29/states-bet-on-gambling-industry-to-balance-budgets-hasnt-paid/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/29/states-bet-on-gambling-industry-to-balance-budgets-hasnt-paid/#commentsFiled under:

In many of the nation's cash-strapped statehouses, legislators have turned to increased gambling venues to fill gaping holes in their budgets. But rolling the dice on this industry does not appear to be a winning strategy, a new study from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute shows.

Why not? This past year has seen gaming revenue shortfalls, some tied to the recession and some part of long-term trends. More specifically, gaming revenue declined 2.6 percent nationally, with 28 of 42 states showing losses. The biggest losers were Oregon (-15.2 percent), Illinois (-14.6 percent) and Nevada (-12.5 percent).


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]]>gamblingillinoisjai alaiJaiAlaioregonpennsylvaniaracinostate gambling incomestate gambling revenuestate gaming revenueStateGamblingIncomeStateGamblingRevenueStateGamingRevenuevideo lottery terminalsVideoLotteryTerminalsTom BarlowTue, 29 Sep 2009 18:40:00 ESTGreat Lakes Journal: $500 million worth of rail feverhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/28/great-lakes-journal-500-million-worth-of-rail-fever/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/28/great-lakes-journal-500-million-worth-of-rail-fever/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/28/great-lakes-journal-500-million-worth-of-rail-fever/#commentsLess than a hundred years ago, Ohio was crisscrossed with passenger-rail lines and thousands of miles of electric interurbans, shuttling its residents between the countryside and big cities. The introduction of the auto made those obsolete. Now the state is in frenzied pursuit of federal stimulus money to return rail service to the state.

The question is, will we use it? Ohio hired Amtrak to study the feasibility of its Quick Start plan, an eight-train-a-day passenger service connecting Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Cleveland and using existing rails at modest speeds. Last week, Amtrak unveiled its findings, including an estimate that 478,000 riders a year would use the service, spending $12 million for the privilege. The full 225-mile route, from the Ohio River to Lake Erie, is projected to take around six hours, versus a drive time of four hours and 50 minutes on Greyhound. Ticket price estimates, based on those of the Chicago-St. Louis train, range from $23 to $60.

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]]>Tom BarlowMon, 28 Sep 2009 12:00:00 ESTCan eating locally, organically hurt the environment? New book says yeshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/22/eating-locally-organically-might-hurt-the-environment-author-a/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/22/eating-locally-organically-might-hurt-the-environment-author-a/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/22/eating-locally-organically-might-hurt-the-environment-author-a/#commentsFiled under:

eating-locally-organically-might-hurt-the-environment-author-aAt first blush, James E. McWilliams' new book Just Food could be taken as an attack on three movements; eating locally, fighting genetically modified crops, and using organic farming practices. He argues that these three could be responsible for more, not less, damage to the environment.

Heresy? Perhaps. However, the author is neither a knee-jerk conservative nor one who bases his conclusions on hearsay. Just Food is a carefully researched, thoughtful presentation about what happens when our preconceptions collide with valid research. But lest you think that McWilliams is a toady of the status quo, he also includes a scathing take on the land meat industry as an ecological and economic nightmare, while expressing a surprising amount of hope for aquaculture.

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]]>bookbook reviewBookReviewbookseating locallyEatingLocallyecologyfoodgm cropsGmCropslocavoreorganic foodOrganicFoodred meat and grain wasteRedMeatAndGrainWasteTom BarlowTue, 22 Sep 2009 13:00:00 ESTOlder Americans to dominate growth in labor force by 2016http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/18/older-americans-to-dominate-growth-in-labor-force-by-2016/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/18/older-americans-to-dominate-growth-in-labor-force-by-2016/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/18/older-americans-to-dominate-growth-in-labor-force-by-2016/#commentsFiled under:

You know that gray-haired gentleman who greets you when you enter Wal-Mart? Get used to him; he is the wave of the future. According to a new report by the Pew Research Center, over the next 10 years the age dispersion of the American labor force will skew considerably older.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2016:

  • The number of people in the labor force ages 16-24 will actually drop by 1.5 million
  • Those falling in the 25-54 age bracket will increase by 2.5 million
  • Those falling in the 55+ age group will increase by 11.9 million. Those 55-64 will increase by 7.3 million, while those 65-74 will go up 3.6 million

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]]>demographicsPew Research CenterPewResearchCenterretirementU.S. labor forceU.s.LaborForcework forceWorkForceTom BarlowFri, 18 Sep 2009 11:20:00 ESTApple Tablet could be the real Kindle killerhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/14/apple-tablet-could-be-the-real-kindle-killer/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/14/apple-tablet-could-be-the-real-kindle-killer/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/14/apple-tablet-could-be-the-real-kindle-killer/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

AppleAlthough the Apple (AAPL) world is disappointed that the rumored announcement of an Apple Tablet computer didn't transpire at the company's press conference on September 9, virtually everyone watching the industry expects it to arrive within the next year, if not by the 2009 Christmas season. While this year has been rife with the announcement of new devices to compete with Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle, none have the potential of the Tablet to turn the entire market upside down. Like the iPod and iPhone, the Tablet could overwhelm its competitors.

Why? For two reasons; the Tablet promises a quantum leap forward in customer experience over e-readers, and can tap into the enormous iTunes merchandising system.

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]]>Apple TabletAppleTabletereaderexpire-images:2010-7-9iTablettablet computersTabletComputersTom BarlowMon, 14 Sep 2009 16:30:00 ESTEBay: Internet sales tax hurts businesseshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/08/ebay-argues-that-internet-taxes-hurt-business/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/08/ebay-argues-that-internet-taxes-hurt-business/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/08/ebay-argues-that-internet-taxes-hurt-business/#commentsFiled under: ,

Internet sales tax is a hot button in many state legislatures that are attempting to find ways to balance recession-depleted budgets by raking in the sales tax revenue. At the center of this is eBay (EBAY), which reported $8.5 billion sales in 2008 and served as the marketplace for almost $60 billion in transactions.

I spoke with eBay's Brian Bieron, Senior Director, Federal Government Relations and Global Public Policy, about the company's position on the subject.

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]]>ebayinternet businessinternet taxesInternetBusinessInternetTaxesonline businessOnlineBusinessTom BarlowTue, 08 Sep 2009 17:30:00 ESTWest Virginia's plan to save money: Buy used carshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/20/west-virginias-plan-to-save-money-buy-used-cars/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/20/west-virginias-plan-to-save-money-buy-used-cars/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/20/west-virginias-plan-to-save-money-buy-used-cars/#commentsFiled under:

Like many states in the U.S., West Virginia is facing a budget shortfall; while this is nowhere near the magnitude of Governor Schwarzenegger's "IOU State," the mountainous corner of "almost heaven" will need some creative thinking. After all, squeezing out an additional $184 million in a state of only 1.8 million residents calls for serious accounting magic.

They may have found a first step. According to the West Virginia Gazette, the state has OK'd a contract with Chrysler Financial Services to provide 115 used, previously-leased Chryslers, Jeeps and Dodges to add to its fleet, thereby saving it $800,000 over the price of buying them new.

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]]>Chrysler deal with West VirginiaChryslerDealWithWestVirginiastate buys used carsStateBuysUsedCarswest virginia used car purchaseWestVirginiaUsedCarPurchaseTom BarlowThu, 20 Aug 2009 11:30:00 ESTRedbox enters the game market - Will it lead to Doom? http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/17/redbox-enters-the-game-market-will-it-lead-to-doom-hold-for-ph/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/17/redbox-enters-the-game-market-will-it-lead-to-doom-hold-for-ph/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/17/redbox-enters-the-game-market-will-it-lead-to-doom-hold-for-ph/#commentsFiled under:

Redbox, the kiosk company that rents DVDs for $1 per day, has spent much of this year bedeviling Hollywood with its game-changing technology. Now, however, the Coinstar (CSTR)-owned firm is elbowing its way into the video gaming world. Last week, the retailer premiered its first game rental kiosk in Reno, Nev. The companies new machines will allow users to borrow Nintendo, Wii, PS 2/3 and Xbox games for only $2 a night.

The threat to game producers here isn't much different than that perceived by the major movie companies. The top-selling game last week was Wii Sports Resort, with almost a quarter of a million copies. At $50 apiece, the software grossed over $12 million in those seven days. If the same games were available via a Redbox kiosk for $2 per night, how much would this cannibalize sales?

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]]>game rentalGameRentalRedboxWiiXboxTom BarlowMon, 17 Aug 2009 15:00:00 ESTGreat Lakes Journal: Ohio is broke, but gambling is not the answerhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/12/great-lakes-journal-ohio-is-broke-but-gambling-is-not-the-answ/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/12/great-lakes-journal-ohio-is-broke-but-gambling-is-not-the-answ/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/12/great-lakes-journal-ohio-is-broke-but-gambling-is-not-the-answ/#commentsFiled under:

This year Ohio, like many states, has a huge hole in its budget; $3.2 billion, give or take. To help fill the crater, the Governor and legislature just rammed through a bill to allow slot machines at seven horse tracks, despite the long history of Ohioans voting down gambling proposals. (Governor Strickland made sure this proposal never saw a ballot.) To balance Ohio's new two-year, $50.5 billion budget, the state projects revenue from these slots of $933 million per year.

The opposition to this measure, LetOhioVote.org, has been vocal about its position but resolutely mute about the source of its funding. Tellingly, the opposition to an upcoming casino bill is backed by MTR Gaming Group (MNTG), which owns racinos -- race tracks which have casinos -- in Pennsylvania and West Virginia and wants Ohioans to continue crossing the Ohio River to gamble.

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]]>ohio gamblingohio gamingOhioGamblingOhioGamingracinosslot machinesSlotMachinesTom BarlowWed, 12 Aug 2009 15:00:00 ESTWalMart and swine flu vaccine: A perfect match?http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/walmart-and-swine-flu-vaccine-a-perfect-match/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/walmart-and-swine-flu-vaccine-a-perfect-match/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/walmart-and-swine-flu-vaccine-a-perfect-match/#commentsFiled under:

swine fluAt least once a month, the typical American shopper trudges to the local WalMart (NYSE:WMT) to stock up on groceries, dry goods, entertainment, and . . . vaccines? The company is in talks with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about what role it can play in the CDC's ambitious immunization process for the H1N1 (swine) influenza outbreak.

According to Dr. John Agwunobi, WalMart's president of health and wellness, as reported by MSNBC, the chain is offering to help with the CDC's plan to immunize the portion of the nation's population most vulnerable to the disease. 302 people in the U.S. have died of Swine Flu so far. The CDC recently estimated that hundreds of thousands of Americans could die of the disease in the next two years if the vaccine and other countermeasures fail.

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]]>CDC immunization for swine fluCdcImmunizationForSwineFluWalMart H1N1 flu vaccinesWalMart swine flu vaccinesWalmartH1n1FluVaccinesWalmartSwineFluVaccinesTom BarlowThu, 30 Jul 2009 19:56:00 ESTMcAfee security experts make security blunderhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/mcafee-security-experts-make-security-blunder/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/mcafee-security-experts-make-security-blunder/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/mcafee-security-experts-make-security-blunder/#commentsFiled under: ,

Earlier this month, McAfee (MFE), one of the industry leaders in computer security, hosted a conference in Sydney, Australia. Not long afterward, it sent out emails with an attached spreadsheet that contained contact details for the conference's 1,408 attendees.

As many of McAfee's competitors chuckled over its major breach of confidentiality, the company scrambled, quickly placing the blame on human error and discounting the usefulness of the information. However, one attendee told Computerworld that the list included the entire registration database, down to employment details and menu choices for the conference banquet. Any hackers who wanted to know if their foes preferred steak or chicken would likely find this list highly illuminating.

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]]>computer securityComputerSecurityinternet securityInternetSecuritymcafee blunderMcafeeBlunderTom BarlowThu, 30 Jul 2009 14:40:00 ESTNext year in France! Radio Shack joins Lance Armstrong's teamhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/next-year-in-france-radio-shack-joins-lance-armstrongs-team/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/next-year-in-france-radio-shack-joins-lance-armstrongs-team/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/next-year-in-france-radio-shack-joins-lance-armstrongs-team/#commentsFiled under: ,

The fittest 37-year-old man in the world, Lance Armstrong, has announced that Radio Shack (RSH) will be the lead sponsor of his new LiveStrong professional cycling team. Armstrong and his team will race in next year's Tour de France, which he won seven times before retiring temporarily in 2005. The Tour ends Sunday; he is expected to finish third this year.

How does cycling-team sponsorship make sense for Radio Shack, when it proved a disaster in the past for the U.S. Postal Service? The only bike race that receives more than cursory coverage is the Tour de France, and it runs on Versus, Comcast's small blood-sports cable network. This year's real-time Tour coverage -- airing in the a.m. in the U.S., due to the time difference -- has drawn not quite half a million viewers. And that's up 77 percent over last summer's Tour, when Armstrong did not compete. Nielsen Media Research reports that 30 million viewers have tuned in for at least a moment during this year's race.

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]]>bicycle racing sponsorshipBicycleRacingSponsorshipcyclinglance armstrongLanceArmstronglivestrongradio shackRadioShacktour de franceTourDeFranceTom BarlowFri, 24 Jul 2009 14:50:00 ESTCadillac cologne, for the scent of . . . bankruptcy?http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/cadillac-cologne-for-the-scent-of-bankruptcy/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/cadillac-cologne-for-the-scent-of-bankruptcy/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/24/cadillac-cologne-for-the-scent-of-bankruptcy/#commentsFiled under:

The new GM is up and running with its re-branding campaign. Without much new iron to put on the showroom floor, it apparently has decided to start small -- small, as in the Cadillac Fragrance for men. (And no, the bouquet is nothing like Valvoline or Brylcreem.)

The company GM licensed to make this new line of scents, Beauty Contact Inc., describes it as "at once bold and sporty, yet luxurious and refined. [It] pays tribute to the opulence and extravagance of past eras, as well as the luxury and ease of today."

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]]>Beauty contactBeautyContactcadillaccadillac cologneCadillacColognecavaliercimarrondont missDontMissgmodd lotsOddLotsTom BarlowFri, 24 Jul 2009 11:30:00 ESTBarnes and Noble's new e-reader sets its sights on Amazon's Kindlehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/22/barnes-and-nobles-new-e-reader-sets-its-sights-on-amazons-kind/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/22/barnes-and-nobles-new-e-reader-sets-its-sights-on-amazons-kind/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/22/barnes-and-nobles-new-e-reader-sets-its-sights-on-amazons-kind/#commentsFiled under: ,

Real competition is emerging for Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle. A few days ago, bookseller Barnes & Noble (BKS) announced a deal with Plastic Logic to supply a Kindle-like reader. B&N's catalog of 700,000 titles, twice that available for the Kindle, should be a major attraction for consumers, as should the new device's cell-network based Internet connectivity, which will be provided through AT&T (T).

Barnes & Noble's device will apparently work much like the Kindle, which uses the Sprint network. Users will be able to download reading material anywhere within the AT&T network, including its Wi-Fi network in locations such as Starbucks (SBUX). Amazon bundles the cost of the Sprint (S) connectivity into the price of the device and books purchased. It seems likely that B&N will do the same.

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]]>AmazonBarnes Noble e-readerBarnesNobleE-readere-bookse-readersGoogle booksGoogleBooksKindlePlastic Logic e-readerPlasticLogicE-readerSonyTom BarlowWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:30:00 ESTReview: The King of Vodka by Linda Himelsteinhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/20/review-the-king-of-vodka-by-linda-himelstein/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/20/review-the-king-of-vodka-by-linda-himelstein/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/20/review-the-king-of-vodka-by-linda-himelstein/#commentsFiled under:

SmirnovAlthough Linda Himelstein's King of Vodka concerns itself with a different time and a distant land, the byzantine history of the founding and eventual disintegration of the Smirnov vodka empire seems oddly resonant in today's business environment. The famous brand was forged in one of the most tumultuous periods in Russia's history, yet the company's eponymous founders struggled with many of the same business problems that financial analysts see today.

Pyotr Smirnov, founder of the empire, was born into serfdom in 1831, and was, effectively, the property of the Skripitsyn family. Fortunately for Smirnov, however, his family was ambitious, and the success of an uncle who made enough money to buy his own freedom inspired a young Pyotr to move to Moscow and pursue his own liberation.

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]]>Linda Himesteinpytor smirnovPytorSmirnovsmirnoffThe Vodka KingTheVodkaKingTom BarlowMon, 20 Jul 2009 18:20:00 ESTHarley-Davidson continues to misfire, will cut 1,000 more jobshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/17/harley-davidson-continues-to-misfire/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/17/harley-davidson-continues-to-misfire/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/17/harley-davidson-continues-to-misfire/#commentsFiled under: ,

Harley-Davidson (HOG) experienced an appalling second quarter in 2009, and storm clouds continue to gather as it attempts to overcome inventory glut, bad loans, the "made in America" handcuffs, labor problems, and a narrow product line. Whew.

The company reported earnings of only $0.08 a share for the quarter, down from $0.95 a year ago, when the wheels were already starting to come off the corporation. It has dropped its projected sales for the year from 264-273,000 to 212-228,000. The company shipped 349,196 bikes in 2006.

Harley has also announced a further reduction in its workforce, as another 1,000 will join the 425 cut in January and 90 in April. Widespread temporary shutdowns are scheduled throughout the company this fall and winter, as well.

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