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14 Sep 2010 09:24

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U.S.: Scary: MegaBus plows into bridge lower than bus, kills 4

Need a good reason to never take one of those ultra-cheap double-decker buses, East Coasters? Their drivers don’t account for short bridges. Yikes. source
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03 Aug 2010 00:00

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Biz: Newsweek’s sale was for a bargain-basement price (and lots of debt)

  • $1 the amount Sidney Harman will pay the Post for Newsweek
  • $70M the amount of debt Harman will take on in exchange for the price
  • 250 the number of the mag’s 325 employees Harman will keep source
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23 Jul 2010 17:24

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Tech: One Laptop Per Child = Old news, thanks to India’s ultra-cheap tablet

  • 1,500 rupees the cost of the Linux-based tablet prototype they showed off
  • $35 dollars the amount that is in American dollars (in other words, cheap!) source
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25 Apr 2010 20:43

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Tech: Spammers resort to outsourcing their blogspam CAPTCHAs

  • 80¢ the starting rate for doing 1,000 CAPTCHAs source
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07 Sep 2009 11:22

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Tech: Asus’ new Eee eBook reader is not only fawnworthy, but cheap

It’s dual-screen AND it’s going to sell for less than $200. We’re gonna buy two so that we can surround ourselves with the Internet at all times. source
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06 Jul 2009 13:01

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Tech: Sprint offers a netbook that costs as much as a candy bar

  • 99¢ but with many two-year contractual strings attached source
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20 May 2009 08:44

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Biz: Now’s a pretty good time to buy Bank of America stock

  • 825 million number of shares the banking company is putting up for sale source
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13 May 2009 20:46

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U.S.: The pilots in the Buffalo crash may as well have been slaves

  • $16,254 a year the amount co-pilot Rebecca Shaw made; she once had to augment the job with part-time work at a coffee shop in our former home town of Norfolk, Va. (please don’t be Fair Grounds … Yikes!) source
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10 May 2009 13:53

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Biz, World: India’s Tata to offer cheap housing to go with your cheap car

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01 May 2009 19:24

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Tech: Boost Mobile’s customer’s aren’t getting much of a boost

  • Boost Mobile, in response to the cruddy economy, created a $50 no-contract unlimited plan that’s proved to be very, very popular for broke people. source
  • It’s so popular, in fact, that many users of the service are complaining about slow text messaging. The influx of new users are to blame. source
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