This Beer Promotion Isn?t A Good Deal, But At Least It?s Honest

literalRegular photo contributor Ashi sent us this photo, seen in San Diego. It's a thing of beauty: truth in advertising and the least fuzzy math we've ever seen. Or is it the most fuzzy math, because it's calling your attention to something that isn't a special price at all? This is too much to think [...]

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20 Candid Snapshots Of American Tourists

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When we travel to iconic American destinations—places like The Grand Canyon, The Statue of Liberty, and Yosemite National Park—we take countless photos of beautiful landscapes and scenery.

Then we forget about them a few weeks later.

In many cases, the most memorable photos from trips are the funny, candid shots of friends and family that show them wrapped up in the experience of an unforgettable vacation.

Luckily, photographer Roger Minick was at many of these tourist spots to photograph people in the midst of roaming around the USA. His "Sightseer" series—which he started working on in the 1970s—shows the American tourist experience in vivid color, and captures honest moments of happiness, excitement, and curiosity at life on the road.

Woman with Binoculars at South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (1980)

Family at Disney World, Florida (2000)

Two Women on Brooklyn Bridge, NYC (2000)

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Apple Put Out These 4 New iPhone 5 Ads In A Row ? And They're Good (AAPL)

As if the hoards of people camping out to get the iPhone 5 wasn't good publicity enough, Apple rolled out four brand new iPhone 5 ads in quick succession Friday night. And they're good.

It's about time considering that for a while, the only iPhone 5 related spots we were seeing were viral jabs by Samsung.

While we already showed you the first spot, called "Thumbs," late last night , there are three others that follow a similar format — clean and compelling, the ads have one word titles that focus on a cool new feature. (Apple is probably holding off on the "Maps" spot until a future update). 

Oh, and they're all narrated by Newsroom (and Dumb and Dumber) star Jeff Daniels.

Watch all the upbeat spots, by TBWA/Media Arts Lab, below.

"EARS" ("I don't know what shape that is, but it's not round.")

"CHEESE"

"PHYSICS"

AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, "THUMBS"

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City Attorney Using That Song Everyone Knows To Call Attention To Payday Loan Settlement

callmewhatnowIf there's some possible way you've avoided hearing that pop song where the girl is like hey perhaps you should ring me on the telephone (paraphrasing so as not to unintentionally force you to get it in your head), then we applaud you on your success. But because it seems most of the country, if [...]

Source: http://consumerist.com/2012/09/city-attorney-using-that-song-everyone-knows-to-call-attention-to-payday-loan-settlement.html

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Kroger Recalls Spinach In 15 States Because No One Wants A Listeria Salad

spinnyachIt's baaaack and this time it could be plaguing Kroger stores supply of spinach ? our old foe Listeria has returned and is once again triggering a recall. Kroger is alerting customers in 15 states that its Fresh Selections Tender Spinach might be contaminated with Listeria. The affected spinach was sold in 10-ounce packages and [...]

Source: http://consumerist.com/2012/09/kroger-recalls-spinach-in-15-states-because-no-one-wants-a-listeria-salad.html

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Mitt Romney to Release 2011 Tax Return

--> Mitt Romney to release 2011 tax returnMore information is coming out about Mitt Romney's finances: The Republican candidate for president will release his 2011 tax return this afternoon, posting it online at 3:00 pm.

According to Reuters, the Romney campaign says the candidate paid $1.936 million in taxes in 2011 on $13.697 million in income, for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent.

Most of Romney's income came from investments; his effective tax rate was relatively low because capital gains are taxed less heavily than ordinary income. By comparison, President Barack Obama paid an effective tax rate of 20.5 percent in 2011.

Although the former Massachusetts governor continues to refuse to release multiple years of tax returns, The New York Times reports that Romney's lawyer "said on the campaign's Web site that the candidate would release a letter later Friday from his tax advisers providing a summary of his tax liability for a 20-year period from 1990 to 2009."

Over that 20 year period, Romney paid an average annual effective federal tax rate of 20.2 percent, the campaign said. The lowest annual effective federal personal tax rate paid by Romney during those 20 years was 13.66 percent -- a revelation presumably intended to counter speculation that Romney might have at some point paid a rate close to zero.

The campaign also said that the Romneys gave a little over $4 million to charity in 2011, but claimed a deduction of only $2.25 million of those contributions. As a memo from Romney trustee Brad Malt explains:

The Romneys' generous charitable donations in 2011 would have significantly reduced their tax obligation for the year. The Romneys thus limited their deduction of charitable contributions to conform to the Governor's statement in August, based upon the January estimate of income, that he paid at least 13% in income taxes in each of the last 10 years.

The Wall Street Journal has the full text of Malt's memo.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.


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Wall Street Watch: Day 2 of the IPO Party Has Been Canceled

Trulia CEO Pete Flint (center) and CFO Sean Aggarwal. It had been a little more than a month since a company had dared to go public on a stateside exchange, but that dry spell ended with a bang when Trulia (TRLA) began trading on Thursday.

Underwriters priced the IPO at $17 a share, and the market ate it up. Shares of the real estate website operator opened 30% higher on Thursday morning, closing out the day 41% higher at $24.

Trulia has yet to turn a profit, making Thursday's big move more than a bit surprising. Sure, the dot-com is growing quickly. Revenue nearly doubled last year. However, the market is hungry enough for new offerings that it's willing to let Trulia's lack of positive earnings slide.

The IPO party was set to continue on Friday when Smith Electric Vehicles (SMTH) -- a maker of plug-in electric commercial trucks -- would test the market.

Except it's not going to happen. Late Thursday, Smith Electric canceled the IPO.

It's not because Smith Electric isn't profitable at the moment. Actually, it's not profitable yet, but the investors who were clamoring for a piece of the potentially promising electric vehicle market didn't seem to mind.

"We received significant interest from potential investors," said Bryan Hansel, Smith's chief executive officer. "However, we were unable to complete a transaction at a valuation or size that would be in the best interests of our company and its existing shareholders."

Smith Electric's client list is a who's who of consumer-facing companies that welcome the opportunity to replace their fleets of diesel-slurping vehicles with trucks powered by electricity. As long as the fleet operators have predictable daily routes of no more than 120 miles before returning to the depot, Smith Electric's trucks are surprisingly easy to sell.

For now, they'll keep selling the trucks -- but not stock.

Other Things Worth Watching

? Cintas (CTAS) suited up after Thursday's market close. The leading provider of corporate uniforms and other workplace essentials posted mixed quarterly results for its first fiscal quarter of 2013. Revenue climbed 3% to $1.05 billion, just shy of what Wall Street was expecting. Cintas cites lower paper prices as a factor. However, profitability grew at a double-digit percentage clip, and Cintas' quarterly earnings of $0.60 a share narrowly beat out the pros' estimates. The company's guidance is also comfortably within the ballpark of what Wall Street's been forecasting.

? It's iPhone 5 Day for Apple (AAPL) fans. The world's most valuable company's iconic smartphone hits U.S. retailers on Friday morning, so if you were planning on swinging by an Apple Store to drop off your iPad for a repair or to check out the new Macs, you might want to reschedule for a day when the place won't be quite so be mobbed. Apple shares set new highs earlier in the week, and it will be interesting to see where the stock price goes from here.

Motley Fool contributor Rick Munarriz does not own shares in any of the stocks in this article. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Cintas and Apple. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended creating a bull call spread position in Apple.


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