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26 May 2010 10:37

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Biz: Domino’s Pizza improves their pizza, then their quarterly sales

  • +14.3% the increase in Domino’s
    quarterly sales after starting a
    campaign to improve
    its pizza from the bottom up
    with better ingredients
  • -3% the decline of the pizza-delivery industry in general, due to the recession; this article uses the phrase “vastly improved frozen-pizza technologies” source
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26 May 2010 10:29

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U.S.: Definitions: WTF is a “top kill,” and what does it have to do with me?

  • whatA “top kill” is an ambitious method BP plans to use to stop the oil spill. It involves putting heavy fluids, like mud, into the pipe in an attempt to prevent more oil from coming out.
  • risks It may work, but there’s a chance it’ll just make everything worse by causing the oil to come out at an even faster rate. Still though, it’s a better bet than a robot (maybe). source
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26 May 2010 10:22

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U.S.: Did BP have warning signs the oil well might blow?

  • YES pressure surged in the oil well before the blast source
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