Tech Briefs Insider » 2008 » January http://www.techbriefsinsider.com Questions of the Week Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Will lower interest rates help the economy? http://www.techbriefsinsider.com/2008/01/29/question-of-the-week-30/ http://www.techbriefsinsider.com/2008/01/29/question-of-the-week-30/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:30:50 +0000 TechBriefs http://www.techbriefsinsider.com/?p=603 This week’s question concerns the Federal Reserve’s recent announcement they would cut back the interest rate in an effort to stimulate the economy and reverse recent declines in the world stock markets. The move temporarily slowed the decline in stock prices, and the Fed has hinted they might reduce interest rates again. What do you think? Will lower interest rates help the economy?
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]]> http://www.techbriefsinsider.com/2008/01/29/question-of-the-week-30/feed/ Did D.B. Cooper survive? http://www.techbriefsinsider.com/2008/01/14/question-of-the-week-29/ http://www.techbriefsinsider.com/2008/01/14/question-of-the-week-29/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:37:53 +0000 TechBriefs http://www.techbriefsinsider.com/?p=581 This week’s question concerns a recent FBI announcement that they are reopening their investigation of the only unsolved skyjacking in US history. On November 24, 1971, a mysterious figure known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a Seattle-bound Boeing 727 airliner. After demanding $200,000 and four parachutes, he released the other 36 passengers in Seattle and ordered the pilot to take him to Mexico. Somewhere between Seattle and Reno, NV, Cooper opened the plane’s rear exit and jumped out into the rainy night, never to be seen again. The FBI now hopes modern technology and mass communications may help them solve the case. What do you think? Did D.B. Cooper survive?

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