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27 Apr 2010 10:21

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Biz: People still getting plastic surgery – just less of it (fortunately)

  • $10 billion spent on plastic surgery procedures last year source
  • » The recession hit, kinda: With spending down and unemployment up, fewer people have been going under the knife for vanity. But not by much. It’s down just three percent from 2008.
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22 Apr 2010 20:13

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Tech: Microsoft’s great quarter not amazing; Wall Street whines loudly

  • +6% Microsoft’s boost in sales this quarter, a new record for the company
  • +35% Microsoft’s rise in income this quarter, great but not eye-popping
  • -4.5% fall in share prices after the news; where’s the love, guys? source
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16 Apr 2010 16:38

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Biz: Super-investor Warren Buffett directly feels Goldman Sachs’ SEC fail

  • $950 million drop in Buffett’s personal wealth today source
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14 Apr 2010 21:45

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U.S.: Hey, America, you got a tax cut last year. Thanks for noticing

  • 12% of all Americans
    think taxes went
    down last year
  • 2% of bizarro hippies
    think people’s taxes
    went down
  • 95% of workers had their taxes go down
    last year source
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13 Apr 2010 10:21

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U.S.: This year’s federal deficit could be less than expected

  • 8% decrease in the federal deficit
    so far this year source
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12 Apr 2010 08:51

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Biz, Tech: Palm-reading: The phone maker’s putting itself up for sale

  • What a sucky ending for a cool comeback story. A year ago, Palm looked like it had realistic potential to take on the iPhone in the market. Now, it’s a completely different story. The Pre is a good phone. WebOS is a good system. But now the company and its dwindling stock price are going up for sale, according to Bloomberg. The company has been burning through $80 million every three months just to keep up with Apple and Google. It’s not sustainable. source
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06 Apr 2010 22:40

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U.S.: Births: Fewer births, but the moms were a little older

  • -2% decline in births across the board in the U.S. last year
  • 40+the only age group that had any increase in birth rate source
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01 Apr 2010 23:05

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Biz: Toyota’s way of dealing with heavy recalls? Big incentives!

  • 24% increase in total U.S. auto sales in March, led by Toyota’s rebound
  • 41% increase in Toyota’s sales after two months of recall-hurt sales
  • 8% decrease in Chrysler’s dismal sales from a year earlier source
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26 Mar 2010 15:59

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Biz: The karaoke industry tanked with the rest of the economy

Apparently, people would rather be anywhere else besides hearing your annoying friends sing annoying renditions of Spice Girls songs. source
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24 Mar 2010 10:47

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Biz: Must’ve been the snow: New home sales unexpectedly fall

  • 2.2% dip in new home sales in February source
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