The growing financial crisis in the United States and around the globe is threatening businesses that are among Iowa's economic strengths: farming, manufacturing and insurance. Losses from investments in Lehman Brothers, AIG and other financial companies send shares of Iowa insurers tumbling 53 percent. That opens the door for possible takeovers |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.