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22
Sep 2009
11:07
tags
Biz
:
Daily poll: How much are you willing to pay for news online?
How much are you willing to pay for news online?
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poll
)
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cost
flat fee
journalism
micropayments
money
News
online
subscription
21
Sep 2009
11:15
tags
Sports
:
Duh: Athletes don’t know what to do with all that money
78
%
of NFL stars
wind up broke within two years of retiring
source
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basketball
financial ruin
football
income
money
nba
NFL
retirement
21
Sep 2009
10:32
tags
Biz
:
Dell wants a piece of Perot Systems. Heck, it wants the whole thing.
$
3.9
billion for Ross Perot’s
massive cash cow
source
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$3.9 billion
acquire
buy
dell
h. ross perot
money
perot systems
19
Sep 2009
09:59
tags
U.S.
:
Senate minority to Timothy Geithner: Kill TARP. Now.
39
Republican Senators
(and one Democrat) want TARP to end
source
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bailout
financial crisis
money
recession
recovery
tarp
Timothy Geithner
Troubled Asset Relief Program
18
Sep 2009
12:04
tags
Biz
:
Daily poll: Changing regulations on employee pay at banks
The Federal Reserve is looking to limit pay for executives AND employees at banks. What do you think is the best way to do it?
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polls
)
Posted by Ernie Smith •
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bailout
employees
executives
federal reserve
financial crisis
financial industry
limit
money
pay
recession
regulation
18
Sep 2009
11:39
tags
Culture
:
Michael Jackson’s estate is giving lots of cash to his mom and kids
$
86,000
monthly
allowance; holy crap
source
Posted by Ernie Smith •
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allowance
cash
children
income
michael jackson
mom
money
16
Sep 2009
20:26
tags
Tech
:
Twitter is worth a bit more than 140 characters would suggest
$
50 million
the amount Twitter raised
in its latest round of venture-capital funding
source
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funding
huge
market value
money
raise
twitter
venture capital
15
Sep 2009
10:34
tags
Biz
:
The world isn’t as wealthy as it used to be, guys
-11.7
%
decline in the
world’s wealth in 2008; it’ll take a while to recover
source
Posted by Ernie Smith •
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decline
economy
millionaires
money
wealth
World
13
Sep 2009
22:18
tags
World
:
Hugo Chavez has more guns than you do. A. LOT. MORE.
$
2
billion deal
to get lots of weapons for Venezuela. SIGNED.
source
Posted by Ernie Smith •
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arms
deal
hugo chavez
latin america
money
signed
south america
venezuela
weapons
13
Sep 2009
10:58
tags
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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campaign
donations
funding
increase
joe wilson
money
you lie
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