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Sun October 18, 2009
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Good luck cancelling that Best Buy Mastercard (consumerist.com)
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Canon rewards customer's laziness by replacing his out-of-warranty printer. Guess not all corporations are evil (consumerist.com)
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Rupert Murdoch in talks to acquire NBC Universal. Please, stop dividing by zero (nypost.com)
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Colorado town claims cow manure can be converted into clean energy. Critics say that's just bullshiat (hosted.ap.org)
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Sat October 17, 2009
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Fragrant, full-body Belgian beer becomes increasingly popular in Japan, particularly with picky female drinkers. "I see more women taking their male bosses to our place" (search.japantimes.co.jp)
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AT&T to raise landline prices. In other news, Maxell to raise cassette tape prices (mercurynews.com)
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When President Obama is being briefed on the collapse of the commercial real estate market, you might want to panic (foxbusiness.com)
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Only one away from 100 failed banks in the USA with San Joaquin Bank in Bakersfield, CA. Who will assume your deposits America? (fdic.gov)
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China Mobile will spend $4.4 billion upgrading its 3G service in 2010. AT&T to spend 2010 listening to you complain about your iPhone dropping calls (finance.yahoo.com)
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Fri October 16, 2009
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Ring ring Ring ring Banana war (guardian.co.uk)
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After threatening a small brewery and a beverage reviewer, Monster Energy threatens to sue an actual movie monster over trademark infringement. Cookie monster last seen fleeing to Canada (consumerist.com)
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Wal-Mart and Amazon are now in a race to see which company will be the first to actually pay you to read Sarah Palin's book (weblogs.baltimoresun.com)
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Merck wins US approval to protect men from lumpy dick (reuters.com)
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Sony: It's been two months, time for a new PS3 (consumerist.com)
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Rajaratnam and Kumar go to PMITA Prison for insider trading (reuters.com)
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Canada's annual deflation higher than expected. Also, if you strip out energy costs, its inflation was lower than expected (edmontonjournal.com)
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FCC is threatening to open access to broadband networks to encourage competition (pcworld.com)
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Apparently having never heard of the Streisand Effect, the makers of Monster Energy are threatening product reviewers with legal action if they rate Monster beverages poorly (bevreview.com)
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Since being elected, Fox News has blamed President Obama for the slumping markets. Dow Jones goes above 10,000. Fox News: Is this the Bush Recovery? (chattahbox.com)
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Time-lapsed US map of jobs gained/jobs lost from 2004 to 2009. Apparently, Skynet became self-aware sometime around October 2008 (tipstrategies.com)
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Thu October 15, 2009
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In today's best use of the Obvious tag, it turns out that complex financial derivatives are "intractable" - meaning it's impossible to tell whether they've been tampered with as they pay off (or don't) (freedom-to-tinker.com)
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Don't get too excited by the DOW at 10,000; adjusted for inflation, that's 7,537. And compared to gold, it's near historic lows (zerohedge.com)
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Who benefits from hyper-inflation? The government, since its debt gets wiped out. Who gets screwed? You. Enjoy your $3 billion loaf of bread (moneyrunner.blogspot.com)
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Harley-Davidson profits plummet as Baby Boomers realize their new mid-life crisis is funding their retirement rather than a desire to ride a Harley (jsonline.com)
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Legendary corporate raider Bruce Wasserstein closes his final deal, yet AOL still lives (ft.com)
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Tim Geithner's IRS strong-arms 7,500 of the wealthiest Americans into paying their taxes, still trying to figure out his TurboTax® software (usatoday.com)
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Miss the Buick Regal? Yeah, pretty sure nobody else did either, but it's back anyway baby (jalopnik.com)
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Wed October 14, 2009
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That Sally Mangina has one hell of a name (buzzfeed.com)
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The Dow passes 10,000 for the first time since the last time the Dow passed 10,000 (money.cnn.com)
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My industry is recovering, my job, salary and bonuses are secure, so the next thing I would do is quit that job to take another in the same industry, at an 83% pay cut. Am I doing it wrong? (bloomberg.com)
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Pennsylvania's plan to charge $100 toll on I-80 is typical shortsighted government greed: the free road generates $50 million annual profit and tolls would wreck the economy (thenewspaper.com)
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How Krispy Kreme took a flying fark through a rolling doughnut (finance.yahoo.com)
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Woman reprimanded by employer for calling 911 without permission after accidentally drinking oven cleaner (firstcoastnews.com)
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Price of wheat rises on news of new Wil Wheaton book (bloomberg.com)
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For the first time in more than 35 years the, U.S. military has met all of their recruitment goals. Three hots, a flop, and all the incoming fire you can take (washingtonpost.com)
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PC World calls T-Mobile's $100 apology an insult to Sidekick owners. All six of them nod approvingly (msnbc.msn.com)
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Disney has turned to Apple to help re-imagine their Disney Store Chain. Employees will get the Apple Store feel with their own iPod Touch (nytimes.com)
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Ford announces 4.5 million additional recalls over faulty cruise-control deactivation switch that could turn Windstars into Deathstars (detnews.com)
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Tue October 13, 2009
Mon October 12, 2009
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Local "Vermonster" brewer stands up to Monster Energy drinks' trademark bullying (burlingtonfreepress.com)
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Forbes columnist still doesn't realize the last ten years' growth were totally illusory (forbes.com)
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Obama fails to win Nobel Prize in economics (marketwatch.com)
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Canadian tourism campaign launched to combine the two activities that Canadians find most thrilling: long stretches driving interspersed with stops to read roadside historical plaques (vancouversun.com)
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First woman wins Nobel prize for economics. So it looks like all those home ec. classes paid off (news.bbc.co.uk)
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Britain is in awe of new import from America - the Snuggie. Except they call it a 'Slanket' the way the Brits call a Quarter Pounder a Royale with cheese (dailymail.co.uk)
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Lufthansa to reintroduce internet service on its jets, allowing passengers to biatch about the latest Fark redesign while plunging to the earth from 20,000 feet (earthtimes.org)
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KKR is about to preside over the largest collapse of private equity investment in financial history. Good night, EFH. Hello, energy re-regulation (reuters.com)
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Lionel Pincus invests himself in worms, six feet under (reuters.com)
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Bank of America thinks it wise to place their fate in the hands of 12 Angry Men. What a puny plan (bloomberg.com)
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