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=**Current Event Article**= ​ 1. Identify the topic of your current event as it relates to business. It related to business because Burger King is trying to change it market it wants to stop being a fast food place and be more like a sit down place to eat. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) It affects everyone who eats from Burger King. It also affects neighborhoods and everywhere Burger King is located at it changes everything because now it want people to sit down and eat their food their instead of ordering it and leaving with it. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of the article are that Burger King is trying to change to the inside of the of the fast food place and make it look like a restaurant “Chairman and CEO John Chidsey says the design "feels so much more like an upscale restaurant." 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? There isn’t a really specific person it affects. It affects everyone who eats at Burger King.

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=Current Event Article Due 10-16-09=

Social Security to make it offical: NO COLA
1. Identify the topic of your current event as it relates to business. The topic of my article is about social security and about how there won't be any living increases next year for the people who receive social security. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects seniors, vertrans, retired people, and disabled people. It probably affects the ne people who will start to recive social security. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of my article are that social security is not increasing what they are already giving to disabled people, senoirs, veterans, and retired peeple because of the economic crisis. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specifc people involed are Obama, key members of Congress, senoirs, the disabled, veterans, and retired people. []

=Current Event Due 10-29-09= =City Bracing For Potential SEPTA Strike= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event it that septa is thinking about going on strike. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects everyone who rides the bus adults, teens, children, workers any one who takes the bus. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of this article are that septa is going on strike because of their contracts. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people involved are the setpa workers, adults, teens, children and everyone who rides the bus or who works for septa.[] =Current Event Due 11-6-09= =Septa Talk Start Again= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business. This topic of my current event is about septa and them meeting with Gov. Rendell and about them negotiating their contract. ** 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects everyone who has to take the bus because they can't go where they need to go because buses aren't running. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of the article are that they are negotiating the contracts of their workers. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? It involves the workers and everyone who rides septa. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/subindex/news/local_news

=Current Event Due 11-13-09= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about major flooding in the Jersey Shore. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world**)** This affect everyone who live in the Jersey shore and people who live near the Delaware shores 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of the article are that their are floodings in Jersey shores everything is getting stuck and flooded in. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? This affect store little businesses and everyone who works and goes to school. [] I would also have added that as far as attracting tourists the beach is a mess. There are manholes exposed. The Governor declared 6 different areas disasters. They "always find money for the beach."

=Current Event Due 12-04-09= =Red Cross Workers Go On Strike= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my article is about the people working at the red cross going on strike. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world**)** This affects the workers who work their and the everyone who goes to the red cross. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of my article is that the workers want more pay it only affects the employees who package blood. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people it involves is the workers who package the blood. []

=Current Event Due 12-11-09= =Unpaid Water Bills Amount To $132million= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** This topic is about water bills and how people aren't paying the city. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects the people who live in the city of Philadelphia and the people who don't pay their water bill. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points on this article are that the people in Philadelphia are not paying their water bills. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The water company and the people who do and don't pay their water bills.

=Current Event Due 12-18-09= =Some Airlines Waving Baggage Fees= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic is about traveling and how you probably don't have to pay for your bags. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects people who travel a lot. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points are the different airlines that are doing this. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The airlines and the

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/real_deal/010410_some-airlines-waiving-baggage-fees

=Current Event Due1-8-10= =City Workers To Be Docked Back Taxes= 1. Identify the topic of your current event as it relates to business. It relates because it has to do with back taxes and with people who own business's and real estate. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects people who own business's and own back wage and real estate. 3. What are the key points of your article ? The key points of this article is that the money is going to be taking out of their paychecks money will be collected from people who haven't made arrangements to pay already. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The people who own the money and the government who is taking the money from the people.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/politics/local_politics/010710_Delinquent_City_Of_Philadelphia_Workers_To_Be_Docked_Back_Taxes

=Current Event Due 1-15-10= =Recession is boom for astrologist= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** This article is about astrologist and them making money even though we re in a recesion. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects astrologist because they are not really suffering because of the recession people are actually going to astrologist more. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points in this article are that some people that are going to astrologist feel less anxious then they use to be. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people are people who want to know whats going to happen in the future. http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/01/18/n_india_economic_fortune.cnnmoney/

=Current Event Due 1-22-10= =Taxing bailed-out banks= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** This topic relates to business because people axes are helping the banks out. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects the people who are with banks who are about to close it gives them reassurance that their bank might stay open. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of the article are that banks are recovering with peoples taxes. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific agencies are banks and peoples taxes and other companies.

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/01/14/n_cmr_taxing_tarp_banks.cnnmoney/

=Current Event Due 1-29-10= =Managing Haitian relief funds= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about managing the money being sent to Haiti. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This is affecting the people who were affected by the earthquake in Haiti and the people who are sending them money. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of the article are how they are trying to send money to Haiti but their trying to figure out how to send it and how to to give it out. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people are the people who are donating and the people who are distributing it Haiti.

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/01/21/n_irc_managing_money.cnnmoney/

=Current Event Due 2-5-10= =Soda Tax Proposal Bubbles Up In Philly= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current is they are going to put taxes on soda and any drink that has sugar or sweet sugars in it. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This is affect Philadelphia right now and everyone in Philly who buys sodas. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key point in the article are they are raising the price of soda and sweet juices. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? All of the soda companies and they stores they sell them in. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/health/020410_Philadelphia_Soda_Tax_Proposal

=Current Event Due 2-12-10= =Suit: Laptops Used To Spy On Students= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about Lower Merion School District spying on students at home by watching them through webcams given to them by the school laptop computers. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects the students attending that school and the teachers and parents of the children. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points in this article are that the teachers are spying on children outside of school with no knowledge of them knowing. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people involved were Lower Merion School District, teachers, students, parents. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/education/021810_School_District_Accused_Of_Spying_On_Students_At_Home_Over_Laptops

=Current Event Due 2-19-10= =City Sales Tax Hike Gets Mixed Results= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about major 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) 3. What are the key points of your article? 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/politics/local_politics/021610_Hiked_Philadelphia_Sales_May_See_Shortfall

=Current Event Due 2-26-10= =SEPTA Urged To Restrict Student Passes= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about tranpasses and that Controller Alan Butkovitz want them to only be used until 4:30 pm. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affect all the students who use tranpasses and students who attend after school activity's and ride the bus home afterwards. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of the article are that they are trying to change the time of the use of tranpasses and only them being used until 4:30 pm. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific agencies involved are septa, Philadelphia government and schools who give out school tranpasses. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/education/022310_SEPTA_Urged_To_Restrict_Student_Passes

=Current Event Due 3-5-10= =Lawyers Ask Parents To Block Webcam Suit= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about the lawyers also some of the kids parent filled out a lawsuit to the school for spying on their kids through web cam. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects the school, the kids they spied on, parents, and other kids who go to that school and parent who send their kids to that school. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of the article are that the parents are suing the school and the government will have to be involved because it is a public school. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people involved are kids, parents, the school, and the government. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/lawyers-ask-parents-to-block-webcam-suit

=Current Event Due 3-12-10= =NAACP May Sue Inquirer Over Cartoon= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about the Inquirer and them drawing a picture of the principal aspleep and not doing her job the NAACP is getting involved. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects the principal at South Philadelphia High School and the NAACP and the Inquirer. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key point of this article is that the Inquirer was drawing pictures of the principal asleep not doing what she is suppose to do. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The NAACP suing the Inquirer because their showing the problems the school had in early December asian students at the school got attacked because of their race. "So, to draw a cartoon that shows her sleeping at her desk while the school is falling apart, it's completely erroneous and gives a false impression, and it basically libels an African-American woman who's in a very tough situation," says Jerry Mondesire president of the NAACP. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/naacp-may-sue-inquirer-over-cartoon

=Current Event 3-19-10=

1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) 3. What are the key points of your article? 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved?

=Current Event 3-26-10= =Diners To Chew On Tax Hike Proposals= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about Mayor Nutter trying to push taxes on soda. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects the stores and the people buying the soda products. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points in this article are that the Mayor want to put takes on sugar products and they don't want to pass it. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people involved are the stores selling the sugar products and the people buying it and the Mayor trying to make this happen. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/politics/local_politics/032610_Nutter_Talks_Budget_At_Diner

=Current Event Due 4-15-10= =Toyota Halts Sales Of 2010 Lexus GX460= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** This topic is related to business is because Toyota is stopping the sales of their car because it dangerous. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This mainly affects Toyota and the people who own that car and the people thinking about buy a car from Toyota. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key point of this article are that Toyota is losing sales and losing people buying their cars. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people involved are Toyota and people who own the cars that are very dangerous. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/consumer/toyota-halts-sales-of-2010-lexus-gx460

=Current Event Due 4-30-10= =Philadelphia Tax Amnesty Program Begins= = = 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of this current event is about first tax amnesty program in more than two decades in Philadelphia. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affect all the people in Philadelphia who pay taxes. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of this article is the city plans to collect 30 million hopefully more to fix the recession we're in. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The Philadelphia government and the Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter and people who pay taxes.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/politics/local_politics/050310_Philadelphia_Launches_Tax_Amnesty_Program

=Current Event Due 5-7-10= =Rendell: Layoffs, New Taxes To Fill Budget Gap= = = 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of this current event is about Governor Rendell raising the taxes to decrease job layoffs. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects in Pennsylvania and Harrisburg people who pay taxes and people who buy things with a lot of taxes on it. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of this article are that he is playing to put new taxes on new taxes on cigars, smokeless tobacco and natural gas extraction. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people involved are Governor Rendell and the Legislatures and people who have to pay higher taxes on things that the taxes are being raised. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/politics/local_politics/050310_Pennsylvania_Budget_Gap_Grows

=Current Event Due 5/14/10= =Will The Gulf Oil Catastrophe Affect Summer Travel Plans?= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** This topic is about the oil spill in the Gulf and how it is affecting the beaches and businesses near the beach. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects the people who own hotels, restaurants, shops, etc. down to the beach because of the oil that is showing up on the beach people are less likely to go to the beach. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of this article are that travel agencies are prepared for cancellations people now don't want to go on vacations because of the oil spill and how bad it is. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? The specific people involved are the businesses, restaurants, shops etc. because of the oil spill people don't want to go on vacation on the beach anymore. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/is-it-a-good-idea-to-vacation-in-the-gulf%3F

=Current Event 5/21/10= =Gov. Rendell's Budget Balancing Act= 1. Identify the topic of your current event **as it relates to business.** The topic of my current event is about the Governor is trying to balance the budget but wants to spend $354 million dollars for education. 2. Whom all does it affect and why? (Ex. You, your neighborhood, country, world) This affects all tax payer because their taxes will be raised higher and add taxes to certain things. 3. What are the key points of your article? The key points of this article are the Governor is counting on federal stimulus money to balance the budget plan and try to keep everything on track. 4. Are there specific people or agencies involved? Th people involved are tax payers, the Governor, and the city of Philadelphia. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/gov.-rendell%27s-budget-balancing-act