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Sun January 24, 2010

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		Study lists unfair credit card companies. Originally submitted the list of fair credit card companies, but the editor refused to publish a blank document source: news.smh.com.au \| share:	(119)
		Mike Abramsky of Fanboi Inc. says the Apple tablet, even though no one has seen it, could earn eleventy hundred gillion dollars a year, extrude hip sandals from a special port, and provide intravenous lattes source: news.cnet.com \| share:	(78)
		Tea sales rise in Britain for first time in four decades, driven by young women rejecting expensive American chain-coffee and returning to comfort of the traditional cuppa source: news.scotsman.com \| share:	(121)

Sat January 23, 2010


		Delta Air Lines 2008: "We won't close any hubs after merging with Northwest." Delta Air Lines 2010: "Yea, about that..." source: news.cincinnati.com \| share:	(36)
		This week's bank failures are brought to you by Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington source: reuters.com \| share:	(21)

Fri January 22, 2010

	Fearing campaign funding will get worse after SCOTUS decision, corporate CEOs tell Congress to quit calling them for contributions, to publically fund elections instead source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(151)
(Some Guy)	What's the best part of driving a Prius? It's the one Toyota that won't turn into a burning fireball of wreckage and hurl you into a lake at 115MPH after the accelerator becomes stuck and the brakes fail source: pressroom.toyota.com \| share:	(123)
	Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, profits up 23% on a sesame seed bun source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(39)

	Harley-Davidson posts first quarterly loss since 1993 amid reports that people weathering a recession don't have spare cash to waste on poorly-built overpriced crap source: businessweek.com \| share:	(118)
	Yeah. I'd like a Whopper with cheese, hold the tomato, medium fries and a beer source: usatoday.com \| share:	(217)
	The Apple Tablet that may or may not exist may or may not get its wireless from Verizon or AT&T, and said wireless may or may not be free. The only thing that's certain is that you're sick of hearing about it source: foxnews.com \| share:	(25)
	"The US economy is a system where you socialize the losses and privatize the gains, which is not capitalism," says the America-hating professor who obviously doesn't know the first thing about economics source: cnbc.com \| share:	(165)
	Hulu considers $5 monthly fee for older episodes. Who would pay $5 a month for content that they can get for free? source: latimes.com \| share:	(63)
(Some Tribune)	Five Latin American/Caribbean nations lost significant amounts of economic freedom in 2009. This is bad news... for a Bahaman source: tribune242.com \| share:	(15)

Thu January 21, 2010

	A slideshow on the origins of some popular brandnames. Submitter's favorite: "Australians have worn uggs for decades. Folklore has it the term is short for ugly". You don't say source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(16)
	Google: China called our bluff source: online.wsj.com \| share:	(50)
	You can now buy 10 shares of Blockbuster stock for the price of 1 movie rental source: thestreet.com \| share:	(62)
(Some Guy)	With the hedge fund center hit by 5.8 quake, no one certain if banks will go into de fault source: hedgeco.net \| share:	(14)
	New jobless claims for December unexpectedly increase, after unexpectedly decreasing, after unexpectedly stapling a penguin to its head and breaking into the theme from "Hee Haw" while wearing nothing but a codpiece and hip waders source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(53)
	President Obama unleashes his secret weapon: The Volckernator. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until all the bankers are dead source: nytimes.com \| share:	(115)
	Advertising industry group demands MillerCoors stop touting its new "Taste Protector" technology because they're the same damn beer cans everyone's been drinking out of since the 1980s source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(60)

Wed January 20, 2010

		Following the California real estate crash, take a look at what $1 million will now buy you in the San Francisco housing market source: sfgate.com \| share:	(172)
		Air France denies plans for obesity surcharge. Let's all eat a triple bacon cheeseburger with extra mayo and super-size chili cheese fries to celebrate source: msnbc.msn.com \| share:	(33)
		Good news; someone is hiring. Bad news; it's the outsourcing firms in India source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(65)

Tue January 19, 2010

	DVR-proof commercial will prevent fast-forwarding, according to its creator, Hitler, Stalin and Dahmer Advertising Inc source: gawker.com \| share:	(109)
	On second thought, maybe tying the currency value of a whole bunch of wealthy with a whole bunch of poor countries was a really bad idea source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(82)
	Even in the browser-wars, France surrenders source: dailymail.co.uk \| share:	(16)
	Citigroup loses $7.6B in 4Q so it can repay TARP and pay bonuses to people who make decisions like this source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(49)
(Providence Journal)	How State Unemployment Works 101: Or, In This Case, Doesn't source: projo.com \| share:	(19)

Mon January 18, 2010

	Oil continues massive drop on news that we have plenty of the black gold to lower prices, thankyouverymuch source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(85)
(Some petal pusher)	Toyota's floor mat problem might not have anything to do with the floor mats source: leftlanenews.com \| share:	(118)
	The average salary of Public University Presidents rose to $436,111 last year. Thank you for educating our new homeless population source: nytimes.com \| share:	(75)
	JAL flies into bankruptcy. There wasn't an app for that source: abcnews.go.com \| share:	(34)
	Sith Lord Rupert Murdoch finds his apprentice: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. "Help us, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're our only hope source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(13)

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