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17 Feb 2009 10:26

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Sports: The top of the NCAA hoops rankings is a revolving door

  • 5 top-ranked men’s teams have lost while No. 1. UConn’s the latest. source

15 Feb 2009 23:12

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Biz, World: Japan’s economy goes down the toilet :(

  • -12.7% decline in gross domestic product in the 4th quarter of 2008 source

15 Feb 2009 20:01

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Biz, U.S.: How nuts has the peanut salmonella crisis been?

07 Feb 2009 09:17

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Biz, U.S.: Bernard Madoff didn’t just screw over the super-wealthy

  • We don’t have any cash reserves now. And we still owe money on our houses.
  • Ian Thiermann • A 90-year-old California man who lost his $750,000 life savings in Madoff’s scheme and now works in a grocery store to make ends meet. Yeah, that’s right, he’s 90 and works in a grocery store. • source

05 Feb 2009 10:50

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Biz, Culture: Kevin Bacon: Great actor, one of Bernard Madoff’s victims?

  • Six degrees of separation wasn’t enough. Bacon is just one of the famous names that shows up on a 162-page document listing those who lost money in Bernard Madoff’s investment scheme. Madoff, currently being held under house arrest in New York City after losing more than $50 billion in investor’s money, is accused of masterminding the biggest financial fraud in history. source

03 Feb 2009 22:57

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Biz: Auto sales sucked in January, and then some

  • -37% decline in sales from January 2008. Oof. source

29 Jan 2009 09:58

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Biz: Automaker Ford: Sure we lost a buncha money, but really, we’re OK!

  • $5.5 billion amount that Ford blew through in the fourth quarter; they’re the only Detroit automaker not to take a bailout, and they had a huge loss last quarter source
 

13 Jan 2009 01:40

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Biz: Sony’s not looking so hot profit-wise

  • $1.1 billion in losses for Sony this fiscal year source

12 Jan 2009 17:21

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Biz: Bernard Madoff gets to live the lavish life some more

  • $10 million The amount of Madoff’s bail. He remains free on bond. A judge declined a request to revoke bail source

08 Jan 2009 09:51

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Sports: Brett Favre takes the high road against teammate jabs

  • Was Thomas backed into a corner or in a bad mood when he said those things? I don’t know, but ripping Thomas is not my nature.
  • Brett Favre • in response to comments last week by teammate Thomas Jones, who claimed that Favre should have been benched during the disastrous end to the Jets’ 2008 season • source