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Fri February 03, 2012

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		University hires top ninja chief as business-school professor, researching how to apply ninja precepts to business world (japantimes.co.jp)	(28)
		As you can see. A completely ordinary Greek debt. Now, if I just cover it with a handkerchief & say, "Abracadabra".... Hey presto All gone (bbc.co.uk)	(48)
		Airlines say passenger demand grew 6% in 2011 ... 2% wanted lower fares, 2% wanted fewer delays, 2% wanted better service (businessweek.com)	(13)
		Do you consider yourself to be a non-conformist despite ironically conforming to everyone else? Enjoy your murderphone (businessnewsdaily.com)	(91)
		Sorry Mario, but our profits are in $1 phone apps instead of your $50 castle (businessweek.com)	(56)
		Employees at Detroit McDonald's locked in freezer after store robbery, enjoy the break from Michigan weather (clickondetroit.com)	(16)
		Crematorium to broadcast funerals live on the internet, allowing you to toast the dearly departed in your bathrobe (mirror.co.uk)	(22)

Thu February 02, 2012

	Facebook will soon offer a "Premium Subscription Service" that will offer you more, and better ads. Now who wouldn't want that? (news.com.au)	(70)
	After the earthquake, it appears that waste water dumping in Ohio has become a big fracking deal (businessweek.com)	(42)
	I could be wrong, but I believe that this resort advertisement has been Photoshopped (boingboing.net)	(96)
	Petrobras $25 billion worth of bids offers lots of support to sagging petroboobie economy (businessweek.com)	(3)
	Sub-Zero loses, promptly performs fatalities on 100 jobs (jsonline.com)	(24)
	U.S. manufacturing activity gains in January. In related news, apparently there is still some U.S. manufacturing activity (upi.com)	(48)
	Zynga CEO says they didn't copy another company's game, they just evolved it "in revolutionary ways", like changing the color scheme (blogs.reuters.com)	(24)
	A study in how to ruin a brand in 48 hours. HP, Netflix and now the Susan G. Komen Foundation (dailykos.com)	(95)
(Middletown CT Patch)	Truly full-service truck company offers to 'dump bodies'? (patch.com)	(10)
	In order to file their IPO, Facebook had to give up their privacy (finance.yahoo.com)	(8)
	Angela Merkel to China: "Europe is making fiscal progress." Progress towards financial apocalypse, but progress nonetheless (marketwatch.com)	(4)
	1) Don't 2) Don't 3) Don't 4) Don't 5) You're Fired (businessnewsdaily.com)	(37)
	Will you be flying Qantas or Jetstar? If so, watch the takeoff ... on airfare (news.com.au)	(1)
(Some Sappy Byproduct)	Crude tall oil gets the nod for biodiesel production. Well mannered short oil politely declines comment (yle.fi)	(4)
	Microsoft defenestrates 200 workers (seattletimes.nwsource.com)	(66)
	"This deadly cold front is sponsored to you by BMW -- the ultimate driving machine" (telegraph.co.uk)	(8)
	After IPO filing, Facebook gets its ticker symbol. To the delight of Fark, Fb - is the choice (thestar.com)	(41)
	American Airlines announces plans for bankruptcy reorganization, hopes to achieve delicate balance between angering customers and screwing employees (upi.com)	(9)
	Apple to introduce the world's first $1200 iPhone (nydailynews.com)	(167)

Wed February 01, 2012

(Some Guy)	Want a job in 2020? Become a nurse, teacher or fast food worker (lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com)	(224)
	Time to pull the plug (cnbc.com)	(41)
	No rational person thinks Facebook is worth $100 billion. But then again, how many rational people are there left on Wall Street these days? (thedailybeast.com)	(70)
	"The best thing I can do for today's youth is quit" (theglobeandmail.com)	(67)
	Salvation Army kettles collect a record $147 million at Christmas as people apparently will pay whatever it takes to stop the constant bell ringing (content.usatoday.com)	(11)
	Aussie boss sells business and gives $15 million bonus to staff (rawstory.com)	(50)
	YES (us.cnn.com)	(42)
	Tim Cook: we care about our slav...err, workers (news.cnet.com)	(87)
	Nokia Siemens Networks to ejaculate 2,900 workers (townhall.com)	(10)
	Residents of Buffalo NY found to buy most lottery tickets in the nation as desperate residents try anything to escape the city (marketwatch.com)	(9)

Tue January 31, 2012

	Stocks post their best January since '97. So it must be the Bush recovery. Or the anticipation of a Romney presidency. Or the Jet Stream. Or a celestial convergence. What else could it be? (thedailybeast.com)	(88)
	DP World sees 10% increase in business, has never looked up their name on Urban Dictionary (finance.yahoo.com)	(33)
	Did you take advantage of the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit? Congratulations, you've lost $16,000 so far... and counting (usatoday.com)	(134)
	Android handset makers stop worrying so much about competing with Apple... and start worrying about competing with Samsung (businessweek.com)	(55)
	Fourth-largest Spanish airline collapses. You'll have to forgive them; they're from Barcelona (bbc.co.uk)	(38)
(Demon Ocracy)	Wondering just how large the Euro debt problem is? This frightening infographic shows you using 18-wheelers packed with 100 Euro notes (demonocracy.info)	(142)
	IMF disavows knowledge of China's fiscal "hard landing" (news.yahoo.com)	(11)
	Today's Fark-ready headline: "Top RIM jobs were too powerful and had to go" (theregister.co.uk)	(3)
	Donald Trump to build cemetery near his New Jersey golf course. Groundskeeper told to expect an additional 1000 people under him (upi.com)	(14)
	The Chinese are finally taking Glenn Beck's advice...which may or may not be right for you. But you owe it to yourself to check it out (forbes.com)	(105)
	Don't let their oppressive shyness, lack of collaboration skills, unwillingness to speak up, and self-imposed isolation fool you -- introverts can be a real benefit to the workplace (npr.org)	(291)

Mon January 30, 2012

	Wal-Mart is now getting rid of door greeters entirely. But now who will harass us, demanding to see the receipt for the 24-pack of toilet paper we just bought but was too big for the bag? (bloomberg.com)	(209)
	Wait, there's a place that doesn't have Starbucks? (reuters.com)	(33)
	Freddie Mac, a company owned by taxpayers that's supposed to make it easier and more affordable to get a home, has bet billions of dollars that homeowners will not be able to refinance their homes (npr.org)	(89)
	LOLWUT? Obama's Al Green karaoke moment helped save economy (thedc.com)	(20)
	Facebook IPO predicted to raise $10 billion. Mark Zuckerberg immediately eyes 25 million new acres of fake farm land (smh.com.au)	(42)
(The Register)	RIM tops smartphone sales chart in 2011 in the UK, where it is apparently still 2001 (reghardware.com)	(31)
	Seattle is trying to reach around and steal San Francisco's tourists (blog.seattlepi.com)	(55)
	Michelle Obama stimulus for Barack's package leads to increased sales (telegraph.co.uk)	(56)
	LEGO has a patent on filing nuisance lawsuits against companies that make similar toys (courant.com)	(28)
	Another Japanese tradition is discarded in favor of the western way (globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com)	(19)
(Some Guy)	Ford still owns 12% of Aston Martin, which corresponds to 12% of the new Fusion being an Aston Martin. Can you guess which 12% that is? (ford.com)	(50)
	Apple employees work in a constant state of iFear (telegraph.co.uk)	(166)

Sun January 29, 2012

		Gallagher hikes dividend by 3%. I didn't know Sledge-o-matic sales were doing that well (chicagotribune.com)	(10)
(Seattle Weekly)		Irish distillery unveils 65% ABV version of poitin, hopes to export it to USA. "We want to bring Poitín out from the shadows and let Irish people have a national white spirit they can be proud of" (blogs.seattleweekly.com)	(60)

Sat January 28, 2012

	If you're wondering how it feels to live in a house made out of paper currency, he said that it's quite warm inside: "Whatever you say about the Euro, it's a great insulator" (news.yahoo.com)	(22)
	Massachusetts is getting drive-through grocery stores for people who can't risk light exercise (bostonherald.com)	(38)
(Westword)	Danny Williams, organizer of Great American Beer Festival and steward of 2,500-bottle beer mine, taps his last keg at age 52 after fight with cancer (blogs.westword.com)	(18)
	CEO of Archie Comics banned from company offices by judge, Veronica and her rich father (bottomline.msnbc.msn.com)	(33)

Fri January 27, 2012

(MPR)	Forget housing or student loans, I'm worried about the beer bubble (minnesota.publicradio.org)	(56)
	CEO of government-backed bank: "Due to uproar over use of tax payer money for bonuses, I've rescinded my £1m bonus." Fails to mention he's getting a £.9m bonus as a replacement (independent.co.uk)	(8)
	Starbucks sales/profits now stronger than their coffee (marketwatch.com)	(17)
	The 12 most ridiculous things sold on Barack Obama's store. Wait, he has a store? (buzzfeed.com)	(62)
	The Windy City blows for employment (chicagotribune.com)	(8)
(Some Guy)	The real U.S. GDP growth for 2011 is just 1.7 percent, compared with an increase of 3.0 percent in 2010. Yes, strong economic recovery indeed (businessinsider.com)	(77)
	Rubbermaid net profits bounce back (marketwatch.com)	(5)
	50% of all Americans now spend $1,000 a year on coffee bought at work, 12 visits to Starbucks (cbsnews.com)	(59)
	Let's see, what was that called again? Oh right, slavery (cnbc.com)	(51)
	Micromet, AmGen to merge, form Anemic GromMet (finance.yahoo.com)	(5)
	New RIM CEO: Remain calm, all is well (businessweek.com)	(18)
	The unemployment in Spain falls mainly on the plain (bloomberg.com)	(2)
	Hey YEAH, how come rich jerks pay less taxes on their earnings than the guy working at McDonald's? Seems kind of... anti-American (finance.yahoo.com)	(64)
	Americans would rather watch some pointless football game instead of getting married, laid, or employed (businessnewsdaily.com)	(15)
	Crude oil price climbs over $100 a barrel on news that crude oil was priced below $100 a barrel (finance.yahoo.com)	(3)
	Lakers now ahead of the Knicks as the most valuable NBA franchise. Both teams now more valuable than the team in Utah, the state of Utah (bloomberg.com)	(4)
	Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. I'm hunting initial pubwic offewings (finance.yahoo.com)	(1)
(Ithaca Journal)	Lansing Bj's Open for business. Will blow competition away while sucking economy dry. Swallow (theithacajournal.com)	(5)
	Nokia posts profits 50% higher than analysts expected... meaning profits only fell 73% (reuters.com)	(3)
	Prepaid card imprint Green Dot grows 4Q revenue 77% on news that people hate Bank of America so much that they'd rather pay the exact same fees to anyone but Bank of America (finance.yahoo.com)	(19)

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