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15 Apr 2010 20:20

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Biz, Tech: Google shows off, posts an insane jump in profits

  • 37% boost in earnings for the search engine du jour
  • 23% boost in revenues for Apple’s new rival
  • $7 amount the company earned per share source
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13 Apr 2010 11:17

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U.S.: Rich folks in Texas, Virginia got a little lovin’ from Obama’s tax cuts

  • $1,595 amount the richest
    1 percent of Virginians got refunded from Obama’s tax cuts in 2009
  • $1,534 amount the richest
    1 percent in Texas got due to the economic stimulus plan
  • $1,158 amount the richest
    1 percent got on average across the country
    (that’s rich) source
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05 Apr 2010 11:31

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Tech: Want to become a better iPad touch typist? Use this app

  • If we can somehow turn an army of tablet-wielding rich people into tablet-wielding rich people who can also type at 50 words a minute on a touch screen, the world will have plenty of reason to be scared. We haven’t tried this app, but plan to. source
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30 Mar 2010 11:13

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Biz: Consumers’ confidence bounces back, gains a little swagger

  • 56.5 the consumer
    confidence index     in
    January, which was
    pretty great
  • 46.4 the index in February, which was its lowest level in nearly a year; we were sad and stuff
  • 52.5 the consumer index in March, which beat analysts’ forecasts; hooray! source
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30 Mar 2010 09:55

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Biz: Verizon really hoping this Apple iPhone thang is true

  • 4.7% stock leap on hopes and dreams alone source
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18 Feb 2010 08:24

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World: Laugh all you want, but Iran is innovating super-fast

  • 11 times faster growth in science than any other country source
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15 Feb 2010 20:06

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Tech: Oh, oxytocin, what can’t you do? You’re a wonder-hormone!

  • It slices, it dices, it helps Asperger’s patients … Oxytocin, a hormone often important to childbirth for females, has been shown to significantly help people suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. It helped, specifically, with social situations. For example, they were more willing to look at other people’s faces for 90 minutes after taking the hormone. This is a huge breakthrough for an often-challenging disease. source
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29 Jan 2010 13:56

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Biz, U.S.: Small businesses, not fat cats, winners in Obama’s job plan

  • $33 billion in tax credits for businesses that hire people
  • $5,000 in tax credits per employee hired under Obama’s jobs plan
  • $500k the limit on the size of the tax credit, to ensure it helps small businesses
  • zero what small businesses will have to pay in capital gains taxes source
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29 Jan 2010 09:24

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Biz: The economic picture: Growth’s happening, but jobs aren’t

  • 5.7% growth in the last quarter, which is the best quarter since 2003 (!)
  • 208,000 jobs were lost last quarter, which isn’t awesome at all source
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25 Jan 2010 20:44

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U.S.: Frozen like ICE: Obama’s gonna freeze some spending. Whoa!

  • three
    years     amount of time Obama plans to stop growth in domestic spending
  • $250
    billion     amount of money the government would save with the measure source
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