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Sun August 30, 2009
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(Yahoo) Unlikely Fark makes the list of the seven business models most likely to fail  (smallbusinessanswers.yahoo.com) (51)
(MSNBC) Sad Chicago is being invaded by thin crust pizza. EVERYBODY PANIC  (msnbc.msn.com) (480)
(The Morning Call) Interesting Appeals court ruling frees Comcast to suck for a larger percentage of the country  (mcall.com) (25)
(Reuters) Followup Patients on blood thinners are about to get the opportunity to pay twenty times more for their medication  (reuters.com) (24)
(MSN) Interesting Didn't they do this in Superman 3?  (articles.moneycentral.msn.com) (34)
(MSNBC) Obvious Hyundai to bring over a car that would give Daniel Radcliffe a stiffy  (msnbc.msn.com) (31)

Sat August 29, 2009
(Boston Globe) Sad Founder of Rite Aid pharmacy dies. If only there were some place he could have gone to acquire medicine for his ailments, along with overpriced snacks, cosmetics and chintzy electronics  (boston.com) (47)
(Yahoo) Sad 84  (finance.yahoo.com) (41)
(Some backwards bathrobe) Interesting The Snuggie: lovable blanket with sleeves or EVIL MARKETING SCAM?  (abclocal.go.com) (44)
(SeattlePI) Amusing Seattle to receive second underground, unmarked Starbucks that hopes to steal business from snobby indie coffeehouses  (seattlepi.com) (40)

Fri August 28, 2009
(Philly) Obvious The government's "Cash for Clunkers" program is proving to be a stimulus for an unexpected industry - the nation's auto insurers  (philly.com) (56)
(NPR) Obvious Illegal immigrants illegally not getting paid for working illegally  (npr.org) (96)
(Google) Interesting While you were busy deciding what food you could afford, the feds were busy investigating a conspiracy to drive up tomato prices  (google.com) (18)
(Rich Galen) Interesting "Don't tell me that all the good ideas have been taken. If you're so smart, why didn't YOU think about making chocolate from camel's milk and selling it in the US?"  (mullings.com) (10)
(Washington Post) Obvious Regulators are shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that injecting huge sums of cash into banks "too big to fail" has made them even bigger  (washingtonpost.com) (51)
(Some Investor) Fail Before filing your annual report with securities regulators, be sure to remove the note to yourself to "fudge this number"  (business.asiaone.com) (18)
(Time) Stupid Millions globally outraged at IKEA over: A) Shoddy quality and high prices B) Confusing instructions or C) Slightly changing the typeface used in the logo  (time.com) (61)
(CNN) Asinine AIG stock rises 264% in August on news that the stock market is basically one gigantic roulette wheel  (money.cnn.com) (38)
(Wired) Stupid Today is the 150th aniversary of the oil industry. Oh, how far we've come since then  (wired.com) (113)

Thu August 27, 2009
(Zug) Amusing Starbucks isn't kidding when they say they'll let you return anything  (zug.com) (69)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting FCC begins wireless probe, which should be slightly more comfortable  T-Shirt  (online.wsj.com) (7)
(The Capital) Obvious Reporter gets inside scoop on Krispy Kreme's closing from unimpeachable source-clerk from Days Inn next door;"They had these big trucks"  (hometownannapolis.com) (46)
(Reuters) Interesting To say the CEO of government-bailed-out-AIG is living a life of luxury and privilege would be a massive understatement  (reuters.com) (106)
(NJ.com) Spiffy That old stroller or baby car seat sitting in your garage just went up in value by 20%  (nj.com) (32)
(Boing Boing) Strange Ikea is actually owned by a non-profit corporation, part of a tax avoidance scheme so complicated it's like putting together a Leksvik three-door wardrobe ($349 at your local Ikea)  T-Shirt  (boingboing.net) (77)
(Google) Scary The next financial institution to go broke may be the FDIC  (google.com) (42)
(The Earth Times) Asinine Bank installs "genderless' toilet to accomodate employee going through sex change. Naturally, (s)he is furious and screaming about discrimination at work  (earthtimes.org) (734)

Wed August 26, 2009
(Nieman Journalism Lab) Interesting New York Times and Wall Street Journal feverishly opening printing presses across America, hoping to lure college-educated customers away from pathetic daily local newspapers  (niemanlab.org) (36)
(Salon) Obvious GM to stop using "Mark of Excellence" logo on its cars in effort to improve branding, honesty  (salon.com) (52)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Supermarkets "are one of the last major service industries in the country where you don't have single, serpentine lines." Plus learn a new word, "faffing," which is not some odd thing furries do  (online.wsj.com) (151)
(Yahoo) Spiffy New home sales surge 9.6% in July, rising for the fourth straight month. In other news, the year's first unicorn was spotted today in Central Park  (news.yahoo.com) (83)
(Forbes) Interesting Marketers will pay online news and magazine sites $2.27 for every reader they can scam into revealing their real name, e-mail address, and other personal information. Oh, joy  (forbes.com) (39)
(Some Guy) Sad The top U.S. beer brewers say they are raising prices this fall because they can barley make ends meet  T-Shirt  (local12.com) (101)
(News Tribune) Strange Smuggling radioactive devices, injecting people with unknown substances and bribing government officials are all part of the work of: a) terrorists, b) spies, or c) nail salon owners?  (thenewstribune.com) (12)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting How the bursting of the Beanie Baby bubble should have warned us about the housing bubble  (online.wsj.com) (87)

Tue August 25, 2009
(CNN) Obvious Consumer confidence soars on news that people love getting free money from the government  (money.cnn.com) (84)
(Some Guy) Unlikely "We tried to tap into the idea that everything good about America can be found in a bottle of Miller"  (mddailyrecord.com) (99)
(The Daily Beast) Interesting AirTran is the safest airline, United the least. AirTran: "It has been a great five years for us in which our continual dedication to safety has paid off." United: "Suck it. And that will be $10 for that comment, so pay up"  (thedailybeast.com) (60)
(LA Times) Fail "If the 1st Amendment is to mean anything, Congress has to suspend antitrust rules for the newspaper industry so publishers can determine as a group how much to charge for online content"  (latimes.com) (123)
(Some Guy) Stupid "Whether it's a matter of ignorance or greed, people are still buying General Motors stock, even though the company and the government have warned that the shares will someday be worthless."  (rgemonitor.com) (41)
(TechnologyReview) Interesting Why are we wasting billions of dollars building hardware and software to respond in a tenth of a second to changes in prices of goods to be delivered millions of seconds later?  (technologyreview.com) (78)

Mon August 24, 2009
(Yahoo) Amusing Viagra has left Brazil's pension system hard-up for cash  (au.news.yahoo.com) (15)
(CNBC) Interesting Hungary cuts interest rates in an effort to avert inflation, starvation  (cnbc.com) (24)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting It'd be the same old sad story: Business owner shuttering his factory and shipping it overseas-if it weren't for the fact that the factory was in China, and is being shipped to Texas  (online.wsj.com) (41)
(Some Guy) Stupid But who will dress the rich and famous? 12% of fashion industry vendors will not survive this recession  (nymag.com) (24)
(UPI) Obvious Contaminated Pueblito brand Mexican cheese recalled because it might cause serious flatulence, vomiting and diarrhea, pretty much the same as non-contaminated Pueblito brand Mexican cheese  (upi.com) (21)
(Reuters) Spiffy Democratic Senator calls the SEC to the floor on their complete and total incomptence in regulating the industry they are tasked to oversee. PAC 10 and Big East point and laugh  (reuters.com) (24)
(CNBC) Obvious Dr. Doom forecasts big 'double-dip' recession. George Costanza placed under house-arrest  (cnbc.com) (40)
(Reason Magazine) Fail Credit default swaps wrecked the U.S. economy and nearly plunged the world into a second Great Depression. So naturally, the Federal Reserve should start selling them  (reason.com) (44)
(Houston Chronicle) Obvious Prosecution of a business license ordinance violation is so much better when the stripper is crying  (chron.com) (16)
(Some Guy) Amusing "Many people already had their hands caught in the tortoise's anus" remains unlikeliest economic metaphor despite usage  (234next.com) (13)

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