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31

Making love to the real-time reaction meter

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Senator Hillary Clinton’s responses caressed the CNN real-time reaction meter with consistently higher ratings than Senator Barack Obama all night long.

A few other observations, as a result of liveblogging the debate at two blogs at once:

-Hillary was “Senator Clinton” while Barack was “Barack” much of the evening – some of the co-bloggers I blogged with didn’t like that and thought it wasn’t respectful of HRC to not call Barack “Senator Obama.”

-some bloggers thought Obama looked annoyed when talking about hugging a grieving parent in relation to the angst of the war in Iraq.

-everyone loved the idea of the Dream Team and blogged it before Wolf Blitzer asked about the two candidates whether they’d consider it.

-we all wanted to know where Bill was shacked up and who he was with for the night.

-we wanted Pierce Brosnan and Diane Keaton to ask the questions and we wanted the camera to stop showing Rob Reiner.

General consensus: far better debate on every level than the GOP event last night. My estimation: because the two candidates are far better candidates on every level. But that’s just me. ;)

You can check out the live-blog commentary I participated in here and here.

Also – I could have sworn Wolf said that there will be debates on Feb. 27 and 28 and in Ohio?? Maybe he said just before Ohio? Anyone else hear that? I’m still on pretty powerful pain meds.

UPDATE: Behind the People Meter.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:25 pm January 31st, 2008 in Campaigning, Elections, Politics, WH2008 | 5 Comments 

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31

Ann Taylor Update for Ohio

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The Columbus Business First covers the news here.

Ann Taylor Stores Corp. will close 117 of its more than 900 apparel stores over the next three years, though the retailer didn’t specify whether shutdowns would be made in Central Ohio, where it runs nine stores.

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Ann Taylor Stores (NYSE:ANN) sells women’s apparel, shoes and accessories in stores bearing the Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft and Ann Taylor Factory nameplates. The company operates 921 stores, of which 22 are in Ohio.

Thank you, Google Alerts.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:10 pm January 31st, 2008 in Business, Economy, Ohio | 1 Comment 

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31

The Fix goads gender battle: Mano a mano has nada to do w/gender

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And I bet Chris Cillizza knows that, but then why use this very tired rubric for tonight? Is he totally deaf to people begging for the gender and race stuff to stop?

The quote from his debate preview:

After a year of campaigning, tonight’s Democratic debate in California finally offers the sort of a mano a mano — eh, mano a womano — confrontation that many within the party have been craving.

Feh.

Watch the debate tonight between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:51 pm January 31st, 2008 in Campaigning, Elections, Politics, WH2008, Women | 7 Comments 

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31

Interrogation transcript of Jerome Kerviel,French rogue trader from SocGen

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Is Jerome Kerviel really that unusual?  How many people try and don’t get caught?

Here are the excerpts published in English speaking markets. One curious to me:

On his hiring by SocGen in 2000: “I had no illusions. I knew perfectly well that I would be less well-paid than on other desks, that I would not be paid according to market standards, but that did not lessen my motivation.”

On his advancement to the Delta One trading desk in 2005: “I was aware, starting from my first meeting in 2005, that I was less well-considered than the others, as regarded my university degree and my professional and personal background. I had not come directly to the front office, but had passed through the middle office, and I was the only [trader] to have done that.”

How is it that someone who had enough pluck to be the only trader to get to the Delta One desk through the middle office, and not the front office, that he didn’t trust that pluck to keep going? Was it him, the hierarchy in the French system, both?

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:48 am January 31st, 2008 in Business, Crime, Culture, Law, Social Issues | Comments Off 

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31

Petites to suffer again?

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Ann Taylor is closing more than 100 stores. I can’t locate a list of which ones yet though.

Remember when Saks shutdown its petites sections, only to be forced by little old ladies to re-open them? Given my current back problems, I may be closer to little old lady than I like to admit.

More information here, but no locations to close revealed.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:28 am January 31st, 2008 in Economy, Women | 11 Comments 

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