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18 Aug 2010 19:26

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Biz: General Motors’ IPO is pretty big, but it likely won’t be the biggest

  • $12-16 billion the amount GM’s upcoming IPO is expected to raise
  • $19.7
    billion     the amount Visa’s 2008 IPO, the largest ever, raised source
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06 May 2010 10:28

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U.S.: Actual NYT headline: “Giant Container to Collect Leaking Oil”

  • So in other words, a grease trap, kinda like the one above. No need to get overcomplicated in your headline language, New York Times. source
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11 Apr 2010 20:30

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World: The EU throws Greece a few bones so they can pay next month’s rent

  • €45 billion in loans; that’s $61 billion for Amer’kans source
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27 Feb 2010 02:54

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World: Chile earthquake: The country has a history with big quakes

  • 9.5M the size of a 1960 quake, which is the largest earthquake ever recorded in world history
  • eight number of earthquakes the country has had above an 8.0 magnitude before 1800 source
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12 Feb 2010 17:31

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World: Time for action: The U.S. and Afghanistan take the Taliban head-on

  • Get your war on! In the first major assault since Obama moved to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, NATO and the U.S. are attacking the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, which is a new style of fighting for the region. Marjah is the last large stronghold the Taliban has in the rough and tumble Helmand Province. Here’s a lineup of the troops ready to kick ass and chew bubble gum:
  • 4,500 U.S. Marines are leading the offensive
  • 1,500 Afghan troops are joining in the attack
  • 300 U.S. soldiers are taking part, too source
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22 Nov 2009 20:29

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U.S.: Wince-worthy: A super-sized man dies after being cut out of a chair

  • 900 pounds Daniel Webb’s weight before he died last week
  • nine months the amount of time he was stuck inside a La-Z-Boy chair source
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29 Oct 2009 11:08

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U.S.: How big is Nancy Pelosi’s house health care bill? (We’ll tell you.)

  • $894 billion the size of the health care bill Nancy Pelosi introduced today; that’s similar to the size of the senate bill
  • 36
    million     people will benefit from the bill, which will cut future federal deficits by about $30 million over ten years source
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30 Mar 2009 22:37

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Tech: This battery is as big as a garbage can and can power a hospital

It uses awesome technology that scales up and can handle large amounts of green power like wind or solar energy. Neat. source
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