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30 Sep 2009 09:17

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World: The developing world has a big bill to adapt to climate change

  • $75-$100 billion per year to adapt to major changes in climate expected with global warming source
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24 Sep 2009 08:43

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Biz: Guess it’s the recession: Coupons getting cut out more

  • 23% increase in coupon retention in ’09‘s 1st half source
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22 Sep 2009 23:00

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Biz, Tech: The New York Times has Twitter to thank for a traffic spike

  • 10% of the New York Times’ traffic came from Twitter this year source
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22 Sep 2009 10:17

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Biz, U.S.: Good news (kinda): Unemployment could get extended this week

  • six million people were getting unemployment at the end of August; benefits could run out for 1.5 million by the end of the year source
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16 Sep 2009 21:39

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Biz, U.S.: Coming soon: Higher costs for employer-offered health care

  • 40% of employers plan to raise out-of-pocket costs for their employees source
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16 Sep 2009 09:54

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Biz: The rebound continues: Stuff is getting more expensive again

  • 0.4% increase in consumer prices in August; a good sign source
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15 Sep 2009 09:03

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Biz: Duh: Cash for Clunkers led to a huge jump in retail sales

  • 2.7% increase in buying stuff at retail in August source
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13 Sep 2009 21:39

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Tech: With a URL hack, Google has a real-time search. No, really.

  • n10 allows you to search for stuff from the last ten minutes (click this link to see what people are saying about the VMAs) source
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13 Sep 2009 10:58

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U.S.: South Carolina has a well-funded House campaign on its hands

  • $1+ million each for Joe “You Lie!” Wilson and his opponent source
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12 Sep 2009 13:38

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U.S.: College students all about drinking to the point of no return

  • 56% of college students binge drink; the rest are losers source
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