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Thursday, 13th April 2006

Recently Released, 2006 Congressional Pig Book

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Government Spending--United States
Source: Citizens Against Government Waste
Recently Released, 2006 Congressional Pig Book
From press release: "The 2006 Pig Book identifies 9,963 pork projects in the 11 appropriations bills for fiscal 2006, a 29 percent decrease over last year?s total of 13,997. However, the total cost of these earmarks is a record $29 billion, or 6.2 percent more than last year?s total of $27.3 billion. The cost of pork has increased by 29 percent since fiscal 2003. CAGW has identified $241 billion of pork since 1991."
+ Oinker Awards
+ State Rankings
+ Historic Trends
+ Complete Pork Database ("Search all 9,963 projects by keyword, state, or appropriations bill.") (via DocuTicker)
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Business--United States--Franchises--Lists and Rankings
Source: StartupJournal and FRANdata
New, Franchise High Performers List
Click and read profiles of various companies. From SJ, "...an exclusive database of franchise high performers. Browse and sort the list, then read profiles of the franchises..." Sort by:
brand, minimum investment, maximum investment, financing, SBA Franchise Registry Status, years franchising.

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